Gunsmithing looking for full size gatling gun plans

[maccrazy2]

Have any of you come across any dimensional plans for a 45-70 Gatling gun? I have 9 patent drawings from 1890 that have a lot of dimensions but, some are unreadable. Several are missing. And, there are no drawings of the bolts.
I am looking into scaling one down to .357 or something similar. If anyone has any or knows of any I would appreciate the info.

 

[Dracozny]

will this fit the bill? Gatling Gun Blueprints pdf free ebook download

 

[damoncali]

You might try calling the Cody Firearms Museum. They have quite a bit of that sort of knowledge. Firearms at the Cody Firearms Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West

 

[maccrazy2]

will this fit the bill? Gatling Gun Blueprints pdf free ebook download

Thanks for the link. That appears to be a 22cal plans set. However that is a good drawing. I am looking for a detailed set like that for a larger gun. I suspect if they are out there the plans are not shared.

 

[maccrazy2]

You might try calling the Cody Firearms Museum. They have quite a bit of that sort of knowledge. Firearms at the Cody Firearms Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West

Thanks I will give it a try.
I have been searching for some in colorado. I found a link that dragonman in colorado springs has/had one. I have been to a few of his machinegun shoots in the past. I will make a call there as well.

 

[damoncali]

I know they have one or two gatlings on display, and have a staff to answer that sort of question. It's a first rate museum.

 

[cal50]

I have a set of prints from RG-G (?) for a small scale . 22 rimfire gun with 10 barrels. Good design and could be scaled up easily. Mine is about 1/2 finished and various parts made.

 

[maccrazy2]

I have a set of prints from RG-G (?) for a small scale . 22 rimfire gun with 10 barrels. Good design and could be scaled up easily. Mine is about 1/2 finished and various parts made.

I have some on the way from D&E now. I wanted to build one that shoots 22. I did not know untill after I ordered them that theirs uses 22 shorts. I started reading some of the forums and it sounded like the 22 guns were not as reliable as centerfire guns. I would love a full size 45-70 but ammo cost as well as size is an issue. A pistol caliber rimmed cartridge that is common and cheap sounds good to me. I am not concerned with it looking 100% authentic but would like it to be close. I have found pictures and videos of full reproductions as well as 1off's people made from scrap laying around in a machine shop. The essential mechanism is the same but the cocking cam was essentially a flat piece if steel that catches a rear mounted firing pin sear. it was alot simpler to make than a milled arangement like on an original gun.
At this point I am just gathering info to decide if I want to try to scale down and copy an original or build a simpler design of my own dimensions.

 

[LRI]

Ive made a full solid model assembly. You can run the gun in the puter.

Someday hope to build it in 22lr.

 

[flylo]

If anyone locates a set for a full size 45/70 please contact me as I want to build a full size 45/70. The 5 barrel Bulldog would be my 1st choice because of portability. This has been a lifelong dream as I love the 45/70 & I'm getting older so I need to get it done. Thanks for any & all help.

 

[Dracozny]

have either of you found gatlinggunforum yet? tons of builds on that site a few with some decent plans in the background from what I have gleened so far.

 

[maccrazy2]

If anyone locates a set for a full size 45/70 please contact me as I want to build a full size 45/70. The 5 barrel Bulldog would be my 1st choice because of portability. This has been a lifelong dream as I love the 45/70 & I'm getting older so I need to get it done. Thanks for any & all help.

If I come up with any I will pass them along. from what I am finding there are drawings on most models but there are only about 50-70% of the dimensions and some of the drawings always seem to be missing. I suspect I could still get one to work but it would be nice to have actual specs to draw from or actual parts to measure.
I have a friend of a friend who owns a very nice original gun. I have put in a call to see if I can get his contact info if he is willing to help. Unfortunately he is in another state so I dont expect more than photos and maybe some easy measurements. I will hopefully know tomorrow.

 

[maccrazy2]

have either of you found gatlinggunforum yet? tons of builds on that site a few with some decent plans in the background from what I have gleened so far.

Yeah. there are only 5 topics under original guns. The majority posted there is for 22 builds. That was where I was reading about all the issues people were having getting the 22s to work well. I figured if you buy plans and build according to them and still have alot of issues then i might as well go bigger and try to build what I want from the get go. it appears there is alot of tweaking to get them to work right. scaling down an original seems a better option than one that was scaled down and changed from centerfire to rimfire.

 

[maccrazy2]

OK, I have located a friend of a friend with an original gun I can get some bolt measurements from. I also know some guys in town that have one of the new bulldog guns. I will run by there and see how much cash it will take to get them to pull a few parts out. Lol