From YouTube: Gatling guns have been the first firearms with a firing rate close to modern machine guns. Their principle is easy: A set of rotating barrels is turned by cranking a wheel, with one barrel after the other firing a round when it is in shooting position. This makes them technically and legally a repeating gun, not a full auto one - but it is close enough.
The Slingshot Channel took the challenge to design a rubber powered version of Mr. Gatling's great invention. And here it is: Eight 20 mm balls, on their way to the target in less than half a second. The theoretical firing rate is 960 rounds per minute, slightly faster than the popular M16 assault rifle.
The video also shows how you can fire single shots with the weapon.
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SericI can't tell if he's happy or smug. This annoys me.
BoneRemakePheasants beware.
rottenseedyou can't say that it fires at a rate of 960 rounds per second when you have such a short supply of ammo...that's like saying that I can have sex 6 times a minute when we know I'm done for good after 10 seconds...
CrushBugWell, all machine guns and such are rated in rounds per minute even when they only have a clip of 30.
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jubuttibsays...>> ^rottenseed:
you can't say that it fires at a rate of 960 rounds per second when you have such a short supply of ammo...that's like saying that I can have sex 6 times a minute when we know I'm done for good after 10 seconds...
That's exactly how the firing rate of every automatic gun is stated. See Metal Storm for example (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hlj4EbdsE). The video finishes of with a 1 000 000 rounds per minute demonstration, even though it only shoots 180 rounds.
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