Okay all you experts, would it be okay to have an old style gatling gun with its high capacity drum/feeding chute since I think these are not considered semi autos, by cranking the gun you manually cycle the next round, in the way that a pump or lever action is not a semi. What say you?

IANAL but gatling guns are not semi auto. You could have an ammo factory dumping straight into the feed chute for all the law cares.

The originals are runnin' around $30K+ in average condition and prime examples have hit $50K, so you are either someone I wanna meet or just a troll, lol!

 

Seriously, Dr. Gatling's invention of 1862 originally used a paper round and then quickly adopted the .45-70 black powder cartridges with 405 gr. round-nosed flat-point heads (same as the Trapdoor Springfield) in order to use the 40-round vertical "stick magazines" that were gravity fed. Available either on a tripod or a carriage, these behmoths weighed well over 200 pounds.

 

Gatling guns aren't considered Class 3 (Federally) and .22 LR set-ups with two Ruger 10-.22's (up to 15 rounds in each mag) are NJ legal, even with the special crank that employs a "Gatling" effect. So if you're on a budget, especially ammo-wise, the Ruger set-up is interesting. I've seen it at the range. Take this same set-up to PA, slip on two 30-rounders and crank-away!

 

Later originals were chambered in .30-40 Krag and .30-06 to make use of rifle ammo that the Infantry was using. By 1911 the War Dept. ruled them obsolete.

 

So when are you buying one and where can I meet you to watch you shoot it?

Maybe one of these? http://www.coltsmfg.com/Catalog/SpecialEditions/1877BulldogGatlingGun.aspx

That remake is a work of art IMO.

 

If the OP ever does get a real gatling gun and plans on shooting, I hope he lets us know where and when. I would clear the calendar to go watch.

That remake is a work of art IMO.

 

If the OP ever does get a real gatling gun and plans on shooting, I hope he lets us know where and when. I would clear the calendar to go watch.

 

THIS and I'll bring my own ammo, lol!