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To: Leaning Right

From what I remember of Gatling guns, the US Quartermaster declined to buy them during the Civil War. The gun itself was about 800lbs, with a support wagon that was another 800lbs.

The round was .58 cal, so it wasn’t already provisioned by the quartermaster corps.

And, the gun itself wasn’t reliable.

What it was a decade+ later, I have no idea.


90 posted on 06/25/2019 11:28:50 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke; RedMonqey

Take a look at RedMonqey’s post #81. He shot my Gatling Gun theory full of holes (pun intended).


103 posted on 06/25/2019 11:51:11 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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