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And the political significance of this is, what? Nice pictures though.
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I am not aware of anyone manufacturing Gatling Guns except Colt. I do not think there was a 'Gatling' factory. Weather they are both Gatling's I do not know, certainly the stands are not original to the guns.
Neat place---gun shop or private collection?
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It appears that our Russian friends purchased and manufactured a few Gatlins
per this site(The Gatling Gun, Manufactured by The Battery Gun Co.) and Gatlin himself had a Factory. Colt is also mentioned.
FWIW
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love the lemat revolver on display
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It is obviously not a Gatling. It is too crude and there are too many differences from a Gatling. Since building a Gatling was/is not a typical DIY project, it was probably made as a knockoff by some company or government arsenal. A Russian connection is quite possible, given the location, but the time line doesn't seem to work. Russia bought Gatlings as early as 1862, and may have tried to copy them then, but large Russian purchases didn't begin until 1868 and the Russians didn't make their own, as far as is known, until 1870. The Alaskan purchase, called "Seward's folly" because the territory was obviously worthless (OK, OK, Sarah, I'm only kidding!), took place in April, 1867 and it seems unlikely that the Russians would have sent in a Gatling copy after that.
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The Russians made about 400 Gatlings starting in 1870. They were known as "Gorloffs" after the Russian inspector assigned to Colt. See "The Gatling Gun Notebook" by James B. Hughes. Also note the item resting behind the mystery Gatling. It is a wheeled mount for a Russian Maxim M1910 (and later?) Heavy Machine Gun. How did THAT get there?
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Wonder if the "mystery gun" shows any sign of a name plate being remover or just missing for some reason? Would there be any other marks (proofs, etc.) which might give a clue? Or. with all the patent dates on the Colt Gun maybe both are Gatling's just improved and/or first type models?