The Dread Gun

[tombogan03884]

Mac, I thought Haz was the evil one   But I wish they hadn't "outed" my avatar      Still, beats heck out of a Red Ryder

[Hazcat]

Mac, I thought Haz was the evil one   But I wish they hadn't "outed" my avatar      Still, beats heck out of a Red Ryder

Evil?  ME?? 

[DDMac]

Go after'em for a copyright infringement, Tom, You were there first! We all saw it..

Once, when I was younger, I had to flee Illinois for a while to escape a domestic situation. Stayed with an "aunt" in Ft. Lauderdale, whose next door neighbor had a machine shop in his garage. Great guy, lots of guns, drank and shared good rum, heaven. He showed me a semi-auto pistol (to young to notice the make), but he had mounted a neat suppressor on the barrel. About 5" long and looked like steel coils in metal sheathing. Marked "MAXIM" and a number. We actually shot it in the back yard and nobody knew... Cool. That was about 1964.

Tom, where were YOU in 1964?? Was that you?? If so, had a great time, Thanks, Mac.

ps. Haz, evil?? Nah! He is the victim of evil Women, I'll wager. Mc.

[tombogan03884]

No, in 64 I was wishing I was old enough for first grade like "the big kids" But old Hiram DID patent a silencer, as well as a bunch of powder developments. But before he got into guns he had a bunch of patents in the lighting Field, first gas then electric. But I am thinking about changing my avatar.

Glad you had fun anyway

[Lucas]

We build some pretty crazy paintball guns,  and this looks like the new prototype.  Thinking an electric scooter motor and tire and some pvc!!!  FUN FUN FUN

[Sponsor]

[gunman1911]

Seems like a big can of whup A$$ to me!

[tombogan03884]

Just looking through "Poor Mans James Bond" by Kurt Saxon, found plans for a BB firing centrifugal gun !

[DDMac]

Didn't Da Vinci hold the patent on those?
Mac.

[drcagle]

This does have great promise as a military weapon, but it is not an entirely new idea.  Something similar was built just before the civil war, but never saw service.  It was steam powered and probably too large to be practical.  It could fire 100 to 500 ball per minute.  Read up on it and see drawings at:

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/may/winans-steam-gun.htm     
http://www.2ndmdinfantryus.org/winans.html

The Myth Busters tv show had a segment on it and built one.  They said it was busted because they didn't think the ball had enough muzzle velocity to be practical, but they were using a very short barrel.  With a centrifical force weapon, you just make the barrel longer and you get much more velocity. 

Anyway, it is interesting to see what may be a practical application of this idea.  After all, isn't the military mini-gun just applying electrical power to a gatling gun?

[tombogan03884]

This does have great promise as a military weapon, but it is not an entirely new idea.  Something similar was built just before the civil war, but never saw service.  It was steam powered and probably too large to be practical.  It could fire 100 to 500 ball per minute.  Read up on it and see drawings at:

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/may/winans-steam-gun.htm    
http://www.2ndmdinfantryus.org/winans.html

The Myth Busters tv show had a segment on it and built one.  They said it was busted because they didn't think the ball had enough muzzle velocity to be practical, but they were using a very short barrel.  With a centrifical force weapon, you just make the barrel longer and you get much more velocity. 

Anyway, it is interesting to see what may be a practical application of this idea.  After all, isn't the military mini-gun just applying electrical power to a gatling gun?

According to this the prototype was built in 1837 and patented in 1859 and was described in an article in Scientific American in 1861.

At one point Dr. Gatling hooked his gun up to an electric motor and acheived a rate of fire similar to a mini gun. Does that put the 1911 in second place for longest serving US firearm ?