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Is it legal to own a Gatling gun?

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Depends on where you live, and how the Gatling Gun is operated. In MOST of the US, a hand cranked Gatling Gun is legal to own, if you can meet the legal requirements to own an ordinary gun. However, the last one I saw for sale was around $15,000.

If the Gatling Gun is operated from a power source (think Jesse Ventura and the movie Predator), then it is regulated as a machinegun. That requires special registration and payment of fees.

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In the United States, it is legal to own a Gatling gun as long as it was manufactured prior to 1898 or is a modern reproduction that complies with the National Firearms Act (NFA) regulations. These regulations include registering the gun with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and paying a tax for ownership.

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The Gatling Gun followed a long tradition of devices named after the person who invented / designed it.


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What was the gatling gun used for?

the gatling gun was used for taking out large troups of enemies


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He invented the first successful machine gun called the Gatling Gun


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When was the first gatling gun invented?

The Gatling gun was designed in 1861 and patented in 1862


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The Gatling Gun was invented in the USA by Dr. Richard Gatling, but other countries bought them and used them. General Gorloff who purchased them for the Russian Army renamed them Gorloff Guns, and a gatling gun is known as a gorloff gun in Russia today. Also, any machine gun or automatic cannon which now uses Gatling's principle of revolving barrels can be called a gatling with a lower case "g."


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