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    Building the Coffee Mill Gun

    I started working on the Union Repeating Gun/ Ager Gun/ Coffee Mill Gun. This gun was used by the union troops in the Civil War, Lincoln nicknamed it the Coffee Mill Gun. A friend of mine works at the museum at Quantico Marine Base and has one in their collection that they let me take pictures of and take measurements off us as much as I could without taking the gun apart. I got a lot of basic measurements and pictures. I am going to post some pictures of the original gun and some of the stuff I have already done. Dr. Gatling stole the idea for the chambers from this gun and the carrier too for this gun back in 1862 to build his first Gatling, and was sued in court over it. This gun was invented in the 1850\\\\\\\'s, and is a close relative of a Gatling, and I thought it was pretty cool. It used the same chambers as my 1862 Gatling, which is one of the reasons I wanted to build it so I could use the same chambers as I have.
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    You built an 1862 Gatling?

    I test CAD software for a living. As a test subject, I am modeling an 1862 Gatling using the original patent drawings.

    Do you know of any surviving 1862 style with the separate chambers instead of cartridges?

    How did you design yours?

    I'd love to hear more about your Gatling.

    Steve

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    I sold and original mint Auger barrel to a team member a few years back. He has no plans for it. Just bought it when I was selling a ton of junk. If you need a barrel I'll put you in touch with him.
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    I believe that the New Market Battlefield museum at New Market, VA has a coffee mill gun - albeit it is in dug up condition.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maillemaker View Post
    You built an 1862 Gatling?

    I test CAD software for a living. As a test subject, I am modeling an 1862 Gatling using the original patent drawings.

    Do you know of any surviving 1862 style with the separate chambers instead of cartridges?

    How did you design yours?

    I'd love to hear more about your Gatling.

    Steve
    Hello, yes I built it a couple of years ago, it is not an exact copy but real close, I used the patent drawings to make the parts. My gun uses separate chambers just like the original and that is what this coffee mill gun will use, the only difference is I use shot gun primers instead of musket caps. You can click on the link to see some of my built of the gatling gun here. http://www.gatlinggunforum.com/forum...c.php?f=7&t=55.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RaiderANV View Post
    I sold and original mint Auger barrel to a team member a few years back. He has no plans for it. Just bought it when I was selling a ton of junk. If you need a barrel I'll put you in touch with him.
    I wish I would have known that before I already bought a green mountain barrel. If he wants to sell it at a decent price, I might be still interested. I will have to check out the New Market museum to see that gun.

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    The original gun had a one piece cast receiver, and I am making mine out of plate steel and I am going to bolt it together and once I get it all working I am going to weld it all together to make it look like one piece cast. This is some pictures of the receiver I am building.
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    You do realize that once you get this going, people will want to buy copies?
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