You can’t help smile when you turn the crank on something that’s close to 150 years old and fires the .45/70 Government cartridge.
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That is too cool.
Screw cool, is it NFA-compliant?
it’s not an nfa gun
Then that’s a “Doesn’t matter, you can haz,” right?
.45/70 damn, that must of left a mess on the battlefield.
Is that really 150 years old, or is it the remake?
http://www.coltsmfg.com/Catalog/SpecialEditions/1877BulldogGatlingGun.aspx
It’s…
…beautiful.
http://up-ship.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cat_its_beautiful.jpg
Meh, a fancy useless toy for those who can afford to buy .45/70 by the pallet.
Show me a new Colt DA revolver or a polymer Colt pistol, then I’ll be excited. I love Colt, but they leave me little to get excited over nowadays.
Various people make these in .22LR, so you can
1) afford thousands of rounds of ammo
2) scare the crap out of ground squirrels
3) have everybody at the range want to try it.
It doesn’t have to be practical to be a lot of fun to shoot.
Neat gun. They are pretty.
MAP is a whopping $50,000… methinks it might be for people who can afford to buy the entire munitions factory?