Colt Model 1881 Gatling Gun, Hartford, Connecticut, with ten 31-inch .45 caliber barrels, the barrel housing engraved Gatling Gun, Patented and Manfd. at Colt's Armory, Hartford, Conn., USA, Model 1881, No. 297, Cal. 45, JEG, inspector's mark DFC appears in numerous locations, one marking with 1879, the artillery carriage with two ammunition boxes, one with six brass cartridge clips, cleaning rods and leather tool kit with applied tag marked US and numerous tools, overall lg. approximately 8 ft. Note: According to the consignor, this gun was purchased by Bannerman from Watervliet Arsenal sometime before WWI, as the best of a small group of similar guns sold as surplus when the military cartridge was changed from 45-70 to the short-lived 30-40 Krag in 1892. It was purchased as "new-in-the-box, never fired" condition from Navy Arms in 1968. Estimate on Request wooden artillery carriage refinished, iron carriage components repainted.
Colt Model 1881 Gatling Gun, Hartford, Connecticut, with ten 31-inch .45 caliber barrels, the barrel housing engraved Gatling Gun, Patented and Manfd. at Colt's Armory, Hartford, Conn., USA, Model 1881, No. 297, Cal. 45, JEG, inspector's mark DFC appears in numerous locations, one marking with 1879, the artillery carriage with two ammunition boxes, one with six brass cartridge clips, cleaning rods and leather tool kit with applied tag marked US and numerous tools, overall lg. approximately 8 ft. Note: According to the consignor, this gun was purchased by Bannerman from Watervliet Arsenal sometime before WWI, as the best of a small group of similar guns sold as surplus when the military cartridge was changed from 45-70 to the short-lived 30-40 Krag in 1892. It was purchased as "new-in-the-box, never fired" condition from Navy Arms in 1968. Estimate on Request wooden artillery carriage refinished, iron carriage components repainted.
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