The DIY Gatling gun sold at auction in Illinois for $3,450; ... As the hand crank is rotatator, the trigger of each individual rifle hits the lever, causing the guns to fire. ...

Someone still had to crank it by hand make the gun fire. In an era of warfare remembered for muskets and bayonets, the Gatling gun was a terrifying leap forward.

Sometimes, it meant firing .22 tracers from his hand-crank Gatling gun across the Woody Creek-Lanado Road when he got irritated at the traffic, or blowing an old Jeep pickup into thousands of ...

On this week's episode of American Rifleman TV, we continue with the top 10 machine guns of all time, with the Gatling and Bren Gun. We'll also take a look at the CrossBreed Chest Rig Holster ...

Or, well, almost machine guns: the Gatling gun, first patented in 1862, wasn’t fully mechanical. Someone still had to crank it by hand make the gun fire.

The Gatling gun is one of the best-known early rapid-fire, spring-loaded, hand-cranked weapons. A clip of bullets feeds a rotating wheel of barrels and at one time fired 200 to 400 rounds per minute.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Technically the Gatling Gun wasn’t a “machine gun” in the modern sense, as it was hand-cranked – with each crank essentially firing a round and ...