Express,

It is too ugly to be considered! By the way Mateba make a very nice slide action, based on the Colt Lightning design.

Andrea Sandri-Boriani

I'm not sure what you want is practial but that is not the question. In revolver calibers I do not see it as a great problem to fabricate. As for a gas shield on double action revolvers you could have someone machine a shield for the left side to cover the barrel cylinder gap. Contour it with the cylinder and frame.The shield would not have to be heavy or bulky. Attach it to the Cylinder yoke and when you open the cylinder the shield would rotate out with it. It could be welded or screw attached and if a mistake was made in instulation you simply replace the yoke. I did have some pictures of a Super Redhawk that was converted but I cannot find them now. Hope this helps. Keep us informed.

James

Why did I see our governor, the Terminator, using the portable mini-gun, when I saw this thread???



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http://world.guns.ru/machine/minigun-e.htm

James,

Thank you, it sounds a good solution. In my estimate the distance between the cylinder and my elbow will be of about 8", enough for the escaping gasses to cool down and lose velocity. I do not think there is any serious risk to be really burned in any case.

Soc,
The really fun thing about Gatlings is that they are perfectly legal . . . even in California! Since they require a manual crank to operate, they do not come under the heading of any kind of automatic, full or otherwise. Now if you use smokeless cartridges, you might run into problems in the case of the .50 BMG, but if anyone was silly enough to want a .475 No 2 six barrel Gatling gun as a lawn ornament, there isn't anything to stop them, though it might be politic to paint it something innocuous like eau-de-nil or chartreuse rather than OD green. My son believes that if I built a revolving turret on top of the house with one in it, I'd be charged with "brandishing" and I believe he may have a point. However, if I lived in a different neighborhood, I might be willing to take the risk.

Black powder Gatlings clear up to Hotchkiss size are also legal but the fouling would put them out of business in a very few seconds. Impressive, though, I saw a re-inactment group at a shooting festival crank theirs off. Made the mountains rumble, I can tell you.

Sarge:

Just what I need...

I'd like a 375 H&H gattling. Works for me

HI,
Russell, I agree with you even if you got a redhawk converted it to a 500 Linebaugh, you could get the stock, just have to have the redhawk with a long barrel,Kev

HI,

One more thing if I were to do what you want I would use a Bowen sight for the handgun. Rough Country sight with v-notch/white-post sight blade. - Designed for use with express front sights such as the Ashley Outdoors Big Dot pattern. It is an express sight, look at Bowen guns . com,Kev

HI,

Mehulkamdar, I just really check out the pics, that is really cool, I would love something like that myself, It looks like the smith would have to have a custom forarm also and maybe the stock would be removable? Although with a barrel that long it would not matter, but still different,Kev

I wouldn't bet my skin on that, think welding glove on the left hand. While experimenting with Ruger Super Blackhawk, I found this to work well. You get more gas than you might think, and forbid you "shave" a round! I know what might be said, but Murphey has a tendency to raise his ugly head from time to time.

Andrea Sandri-Boriani, JD and Kev,

The Belgian company of Pieper/Nagant made a gas seal revolver in the grand old days and I am certain that the concept could be easily be revived and improved upon using today's technology.

Thanks for the good words and good shooting! Personally, I don't know much about guns but I liked what I saw on the Hunt America website and that is why I posted it here.

Good hunting!