Perhaps but the ones I spoke of were made by the ordnance dept.
Perhaps but the ones I spoke of were made by the ordnance dept.
Yes sir.The ones that I referenced were experimented with in the late 1880`s.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo
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In 1944 or there about's, Mel Johnson was tasked with development of a motor powered Gatling gun, so they took 30-40 Gatlings out of storage from some museum, and I believe that they were testing them at Eglin in Florida--Can't remember where I saw it, read it or maybe it was at their museum--
The U.S. Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, (since relocated to Fort Lee, VA) had an M1900 Gatling in .30-40 Krag in their lobby with a plaque stating that it had been used for such a test. IIRC, they obtained over 3,000 RPM with it. There were no details on the plaque stating when or where the test was conducted.
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I would settle for that nice pile of fired brass from that session, at this point
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |