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Gatling Gun
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 3:06 pm
by bullsi1911
My brother is in Pleven, Bulgaria right now and got to crank the handle on a Colt made Gatling gun (with no ammo) that was used in the battle of Plevin that helped liberate them from Ottoman rule in 1877. It seems the US was supplying arms to both sides of the conflict… which sounds familiar
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Re: Gatling Gun
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 3:30 pm
by Rugerfan
That is cool!!!
Re: Gatling Gun
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 3:35 pm
by Japhy
The direct ancestor of the Dillon Minigun
Re: Gatling Gun
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 3:27 am
by Chiro1989
Dang, very cool he got to fondle it.
Re: Gatling Gun
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 12:11 pm
by Wambli Ska
Lord I’d love to shoot that!!!! Even handling it would be great thrill. Glad for him
Re: Gatling Gun
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 12:33 pm
by Admin
He told me the bottom line of the brass plate reads "Hartford, America"
Re: Gatling Gun
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2025 3:55 am
by Wambli Ska
That is too freaking funny/cool!!!
Re: Gatling Gun
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2025 2:06 pm
by Bigslug
Actually used at Plevna - that is incredibly cool! The one in the museum at Cody looks practically new - that one has the lived-in look of "real" about it.
Peabody-Martinis and Winchester repeaters to the Turks; Colt Gatlings to the Russians; Colt revolvers to practically everybody. . . As Hiram Maxim's friend advised, the real money was in inventing "something that will enable these Europeans to cut each other's throats with greater efficiency"
Re: Gatling Gun
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2025 4:10 am
by Jayhawker
Did he say what it was chambered for?
