DUSTY BODDAMS Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Big ole Gatling ! Who’s the expert what is this thing. (First post on new wire with pictures if all goes well) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUSTY BODDAMS Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 Hot dang it works! If I can post a picture this easy y’all can too! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holloman Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Looking at the carriage and the size of the barrels, I would bet it is an early gun, 1860s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Coffinmaker Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 It's a One Inch Naval Gatling gun, mounted on a Field Carriage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holloman Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 7 hours ago, Guest Colorado Coffinmaker said: It's a One Inch Naval Gatling gun, mounted on a Field Carriage. Interesting! Do you have any information on it? My research found only the fact that the Army adopted .50 and 1 inch gatling guns in the late 1860s, nothing about a Naval gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUSTY BODDAMS Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 Caption says “ American soldiers with captured gun from cacao rebels Haiti 1915” I knew it was a Gatling but the size of it looked gigantic . I knew somebody here would know what it was. Cool deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 I don't know of any American "soldiers" that wore the Navy "dixie cup". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUSTY BODDAMS Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 Me neither but that’s what the caption read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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