M1862 Gatling Gun - 300 round per minute - Civil War Reenacting

Detailed to the range, with the Battery's 2 M1862 replica Gatlin Guns.
The Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling. It is an early machine gun and a forerunner of the modern electric motor-driven rotary cannon.
@Batteryi
M1862 .58cal Gatling Gun:
Nick Name: The Infernal Machine
Replica Civil War Gatling Gun
Type: Rifled, Hand Crank Machine Gun
Barrel Material: Casted Iron Barrels with Bronze Breach
Manufacturer: Gatling Gun Company, Mich.
Calibre: .58Cal
Range: 500 yards
Types of Shot: Minie Ball or Round Ball
Max Rate of Fire: 300 shots per Minute

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

A bit of fun at the range with @BatteryI - 20 round magazine goes fast 2-4 seconds. Sending you a personal invite to follow our group by subscribing to this youtube channel and also by following us at facebook.com/1St.Minn.Sharpshooters See you in the field or around the camp fire --LT

[@professorpewpuew]

That is terrifying to be around now. I imagine it was so much worse for those that faced it in the 1860s.

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

very true pard

[@AndrewBrownFilm]

Participated at an event in Long Beach, CA few years back that use one of these and it was quite a thrill.

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

a lot of the fun for me was seeing these as a kid on old westerns movies, perhpas today more common in video games.

[@Hothenrik]

That thing's got one hell of a good suppressor on it!

[@Batteryi]

It is louder in person… but it is firing cowboy loads. The originals would have been black powder. 1880s version used rifle cartridges.

[@pvtbucktail2452]

Love your channel man I reenact with the 149th PA - lots of great information man

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

Thanks Pard! Hope you are getting out and doing some reenacting yourself this marching season. Perhaps we can meet up some day.

[@pvtbucktail2452]

@@1stminnsharpshooters341 I would love to I have some videos posted from the season already if you want to check em out

[@31stvirginia]

Another great video man

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

thanks pard, hope you are doing well.

[@dpphillips4579]

The John Wayne special.

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

Indeed, thanks pard for the comment, hope you are doing well.