Machines | .50 BMG Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon Reproduction
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http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Hammer price: $22,500 The Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon was developed in the 1870s as a competitor to the other manually-operated machine guns of the era, guns like the Gatling, Gardner, and Nordenfelt to name a few. What made the Hotchkiss stand out is that while the other guns were mostly built in rifle calibers, with larger options available, the smallest caliber Hotchkiss offered was 37mm. This was done because one of the primary applications for this sort of gun at the time was naval mounts to combat small torpedo boats. In that role, explosive projectiles were a major advantage, and international agreement restricted explosive projectiles to shells no smaller than 37mm. The Hotchkiss has a cluster of 5 rotating barrels, but only a single bolt. It would chamber, fire, extract, and eject once with each full rotation of the hand crank, and it would hold the barrels stationary while the round was fired. The multiple barrels allowed a manual action to fire at a high rate, and also prevented barrels from overheating during extended firing. This particular Hotchkiss is a modern-made reproduction, scaled down to use .50 BMG brass. However, the action of the Hotchkiss is not strong enough to use modern smokeless powder, so this can only be fired with black powder .50 BMG handloads.
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so if you had the resources and know how it would be legal to make one of these due to it being manually operated correct?
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That camming wheel looks very different from the Geneva drive i expected to see when you opened it up. I thought Hotchkiss designs would have used a typical Geneva drive, but I guess those weren't sturdy enough (and plus that camming gear does everything all at once). That's a really elegant and impressive design.
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This the one in the movie magnificent seven that came our? Or is it the Gatling? Either way looks great
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I see that you told franktrek1 that this was not an NFA item, but how does the BATF look at the original 2pdr hotchkiss?
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+ Removable Electric Motor = Extra Fun.
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is that a NFA item
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There's just something about brass cannons...
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Given the blackpowder power limits I would think a 12 gauge gun would have been a better idea. Low pressure limits, really available ammo and brass. With 30 to 36" improved cylinder barrels it could shoot buckshot, birdshot or slugs.
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Manned by Corporal RightArm. Really cool vid.
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I wonder how they used something like this as an AA gun.
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If I have this, I would call it, "The Samurai Killer"
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If you can afford the gun,then you can afford the ammo.It looks like a lot of fun to shoot.
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So many dry fires lol
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Attach an electric starter from a car to that and see what it does, my bet is it would be a minigun.
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I did NOT expect to get to see the innards of this thing moving. But given my love of all mechanical things, I was not unhappy in the slightest.
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killer home defence love it !!!!!
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This mechanism reminds me a little bit of what they used with forward machine guns on airplanes to bypass the propellers.
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It's marked 50 BMG but only fires black powder handloads? Somebody is going to blow their face off.
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found my new squirrel gun.
Action limitations?