9mm Gatling gun? You had me at belt fed

[SuperTrooper]

You had me at belt fed!

 

[MisterEd]

Mostly idiocy and stupidity.

Full auto firearms are nothing but a 'niche' interest for those who can afford them and occasionally shoot them OR attend full auto events.

The few people I know who own full auto firearms rarely shoot them and some haven't done so in years.

 

[SuperTrooper]

Mostly idiocy and stupidity.

Full auto firearms are nothing but a 'niche' interest for those who can afford them and occasionally shoot them OR attend full auto events.

The few people I know who own full auto firearms rarely shoot them and some haven't done so in years.

I wasn't aware a Gatling was considered a machine gun. I can buy a replica without NFA, I almost did.

Hand-cranked Gatling gun replicas are generally not classified as NFA items (National Firearms Act) because they are not considered machine guns, as they fire one shot per revolution of the crank rather than automatically. These, including modern reproductions from companies like Tippmann Ordnance, transfer as standard Title I firearms through an FFL, requiring only a standard background check.

 

[SuperTrooper]

Mostly idiocy and stupidity.

Full auto firearms are nothing but a 'niche' interest for those who can afford them and occasionally shoot them OR attend full auto events.

The few people I know who own full auto firearms rarely shoot them and some haven't done so in years.

I'm more interested in it as an awesome piece of mechanical machinery with basis in a mid 19th century design. If I wanted a machine gun I'd just get mine back from the museum at Ft. Rucker where it's been on display since my father's death in '77.

 

[MisterEd]

I wasn't aware a Gatling was considered a machine gun.

I didn't look close enough to see it was a hand cranked Gatling gun.

If I wanted a machine gun I'd just get mine back from the museum at Ft. Rucker where it's been on display since my father's death in '77.

Well, is there a story to go along with this?

 

[SuperTrooper]

I didn't look close enough to see it was a hand cranked Gatling gun.


Well, is there a story to go along with this?

My dad handed down his T-44 (M60 prototype) when he died in '77. At the time I didn't feel like jumping through the hoops it took at the time to actually possess it, so I loaned it to the Museum of Army Aviation, and supposedly I can get it anytime I want to do the paperwork.

 

[SuperTrooper]

My dad handed down his T-44 (M60 prototype) when he died in '77. At the time I didn't feel like jumping through the hoops it took at the time to actually possess it, so I loaned it to the Museum of Army Aviation, and supposedly I can get it anytime I want to do the paperwork.

They also have the very very early production FN FAL that dad traded a pair of 1911 pistols, and a case of Scotch to the XO of the Belgian Volunteer Corps (at a card game) while participating in the Korean War - I'd almost forgotten that one. I should probably retrieve that one someday.

 

[MisterEd]

I should probably retrieve that one someday.

Yea you should probably do that. How long have they had it? It is semi auto only or select fire?

 

[SuperTrooper]

Yea you should probably do that. How long have they had it?

Since August 1977

 

[MisterEd]

Since August 1977

Well, 49 years is a long time for them to have had them. Why not do the paperwork on the T-44, get it back and sell it? I mean it's not in your possession now so by selling it you probably wouldn't miss it - but have cash in hand to do something else with. Same with the FN/FAL.

 

[SuperTrooper]

Since August 1977

Taking off my shoes LOL I can see I wasn't yet 21 - that must have been the original reason for loaning them to the museum. Dad was from Daleville, it seemed a good fit. Hmmm, if I was under 21 when I inherited them, I wonder if they are still mine. In '77 I'd never met an honest to God FFL holder, I bought my first 3 pistols (CZ-75, Rossi M720 & a Bersa .380) while buying cigarettes and Vanilla extract (dry county) at Monk's General (not a gun store) store. My first rifle from Western Auto - I was never asked for ID, it was paper and didn't have my picture on it anyway.

 

[SuperTrooper]

Well, 49 years is a long time for them to have had them. Why not do the paperwork on the T-44, get it back and sell it? I mean it's not in your possession now so by selling it you probably wouldn't miss it - but have cash in hand to do something else with. Same with the FN/FAL.

Yes, that sounds like an awesome idea!

 

[MisterEd]

f I was under 21 when I inherited them, I wonder if they are still mine.

Do you have any documents from the Museum that identifies them as yours? have you spoken to anyone there recently - or anytime in the past?

Did you at any time EVER in the 49 years consider getting them back? Got any pics of them?

 

[Rimfire Fanatic]

Or, sell them to the Museum.

 

[SuperTrooper]

Or, sell them to the Museum.

Now you're talking.

 

[SuperTrooper]

Do you have any documents from the Museum that identifies them as yours? have you spoken to anyone there recently - or anytime in the past?

Did you at any time EVER in the 49 years consider getting them back? Got any pics of them?

Yes, I talked to them in '91, and had paperwork and photos until my house fire. In the photos I had the tagt said it was on loan from me. In '91 I was still LEO, and I could have possessed them legally, ultimately I decided I had no use for them, and no I didn't think to sell them as I made a decent living. Now retirement is HARD, and I could definitely use the money. Ha, it isn't even called Ft Rucker anymore.