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An exhibition standard 1/6 scale display model of a .450 calibre horse-drawn hand-operated Gatling gun,
built by W. Smith from his own researches, with mild steel furnished mahogany carrriage fitted with bolted-on metal-tyred wooden wheels with separate spokes and fellies, wooden hubs with brass hub nuts, lifting handles, traverse pole, gunner's seat, axle bracing, hammer and other details. The gun is built up with ten partially bored barrels, bronze cradle, gear and dog operated dummy Bradwell drum, dummy oscillating mechanism, elevation jack with spoked brass handwheel, foresight, and other details, finished in blued-steel, polished brightwork and polished mahogany --24.7 x 48.3cm. (9¾ x 19in.)
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built by W. Smith from his own researches, with mild steel furnished mahogany carrriage fitted with bolted-on metal-tyred wooden wheels with separate spokes and fellies, wooden hubs with brass hub nuts, lifting handles, traverse pole, gunner's seat, axle bracing, hammer and other details. The gun is built up with ten partially bored barrels, bronze cradle, gear and dog operated dummy Bradwell drum, dummy oscillating mechanism, elevation jack with spoked brass handwheel, foresight, and other details, finished in blued-steel, polished brightwork and polished mahogany --24.7 x 48.3cm. (9¾ x 19in.)
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