[geeks] Multi-Barrel Machine Guns

[Anthony Ortenzi]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>wrote:

> On 08/30/11 11:23, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> > Did anyone ever successfully build a gas-operated Gatling gun?
>
> Far as I know, no-one has ever tried to.  There would be no reason to.
> You'd need a gas system on each barrel; it would be heavy, complex,
> require lots of cleaning, and be less reliable.


The Discovery series Sons of Guns created a three-M16 monstrosity with
intermingled gas systems to cause a single trigger pull to fire 3 rounds in
succession, and simply go nuts on full-auto.

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/sons-of-guns-triple-m16-videos/

-Anthony