Project Description
!!!!!SOLD!!!!! This is the earliest Furr Gatling gun I have ever seen, a 1/3 scale 1883 model serial # 5! Made & finished in 1969 & signed in engraving pencil on the bottom part of the trunion band “Made by, Karl J. Furr, No. 5, Paul Kuhni, Provo, Ut. 1969″ in five lines. The 1/3 scale Model 1883 Gatling was the first of the four different model Gatlings the Furrs made. This is a ten barrel Gatling with the barrels covered in with a protective brass shroud.  The gun is chambered in and will fire the .22 short rimfire cartridge.  The gun on the carriage is about 29″ long muzzle to end of trail, 24″ wide from axle tip to axle tip, and 20 1/2” tall to the top of the magazine.  The gun and carriage are made almost entirely of brass with the exception of the walnut spokes and wheel rims, the steel barrels, steel bolts, and some internal parts. The top rear of the receiver cap has two spirit levels, one for fore and aft, the other for side to side.  There are two very sharply pointed front sights, one on each side of the muzzle.  There are fixtures to hold rear sights on both sides of the rear of the gun, each has a sight is present. There were two sights for zeroing the gun on one side with 405 grain projectiles, & the other side for 500 grain projectiles. There is a tiller bar on the bottom rear of the gun assembly for directing fire in a sweeping motion, & the the tiller bar is thicker that the ones on later serial numbered pieces.  The rear receiver ring has a removable plug to access the bolts for removal to clean both the bolts and the barrels.  There are two brass boxes mounted to the axle, one on either side of the gun.  These were to hold four of the Accles drum magazines.  I believe each magazine holds 64 rounds of .22 short rimfire ammunition.  The gun is complete in every way as far as I can tell. The brass has a pleasing patina with some small spots of brown. Some of the more protected areas still showing a nice mellow yellow aged brass look. & there is some visible polish residue in some of the protected areas.  The bores of the barrels are bright, shiny, & show no signs of rust or pitting.  This piece would make an excellent display with it’s antique period patina look, or it could be cleaned up, polished to look new, and of course you can shoot it! Since this is a firearm and is not antique, all FFL rules apply. One of these just sold August 28th, 2022 in a Rock Island Auction for $19,000.00! !!!!!SOLD!!!!! To DE in UT.
