How a Gatling Gun Works

Gatling Gun maker Bruce Guilmette describes how his Gatling Gun firing mechanism works.

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[drsmartz]

You don't post a video with "Gatling Gun" in the title and then not have a gatling gun firing in the video. That's a total youtube foul.

[atguilmette]

I updated the title to "How a Gatling Gun Works." Hopefully, this will provide a little more relavant information about the content.

[Zen5012]

Good Lord - Okay, I'll admit it.  I'm a grown man but I still think the word nipple is funny.

[airpug]

nipple.

[Artexerxes101]

How were the bullets fed in the Model 1862 Gatling Gun? Also, how was the percussion cap replaced?

[7249xxl]

my right hand fell asleep gues what hapend next :3

[artardFTW]

Thumbs up if you laughed when he first said nipple. I lmfao.

[kiwininja100]

@airpug i loled

[MuF123]

this video is about som refilling of ammo or something, no with "how the gatling gun woks"... mistitled videos suck.

[twizzler123969]

i have  a couple shirts with nipple pockets

[SuperAaaaa123456]

so why are you telling us??

[Snafu7]

I always wondered about what kind of ammunition they used being that almost all weapons of the period were cap-lock guns. Even the Colt .45 of the period was a cap-lock gun and multiple cylinders could be preloaded for more firing. This is an example of fixed ammunition in that the cap-lock cartridge can be loaded in the field, then reloaded similarly to the loading of a cylinder of a period revolver. Fixed ammunition did not come in to wide use until after 1868.

[skeilak]

@atguilmette :

Excellent video, demonstrating one aspect of the original Gatling mechanism.

If I recall correctly, these early Gatlings were built in 1in. and 1.5in. cal., and even a 3in. Naval gun, was at least, prototyped.

I assume yours was, or will be, built in .44 caliber?