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INERT DEACTIVATED. RARE, British, Experimental, 25 Round .303 Feed Strip for the British Model 1893 Gatling Gun. - O 2283 The Accles Gun was developed by J. G. Accles (1850-1939), who had worked as a Senior Engineer for the Gatling Gun Company, making many improvements to the design of the gun, before taking over ownership of the British Gatling Gun Company in 1891. The gun was built for Accles by Armstrong Mitchell & Co. at their armaments works at Elswick. The major fault of the Gatling gun was that the ammunition feed was worked by gravity. To alleviate this shortcoming a positive feed was developed by Accles with the form of a feed strip so the gun could be used in any position. This was used in the Model 1893 Gatling gun and was introduced in the new military.30-40 Krag cartridge, and came with a feed strip system very similar to the Hotchkiss machine gun. The U.S. Army bought 18 of these guns, with the option to have them converted to Bruce Feed if the strip system was not satisfactory. The benefit of the strip feed is that is was mechanically actuated by the guns rotating cylinder of the gun, pulling the cartridges into the feed mechanism. This allowed the gun to reliably feed at any speed and any angle of elevation, where gravity-based systems could become unreliable. Ultimately the feed strip system was not adopted and in 1897 all of the American 18 guns built with it were converted to the tried and tested Bruce feed. This is a British Accles feed strip for the British Model 1893 Gatling guns made for use in the British Army. The feed stirp is made in the British .303 caliber from pressed steel with spring tabs holding the cartridge cases and a pressed piece of the strip stabilising the bullet. The strip contains 25 unfired .303 mark 2 rounds which are headstamped C 2 5 (Cordite mark 2 rounds, 5 being an unknown British manufacturer). The rounds have a large unfired copper primer. The price for this rare and experimental British army Gatling gun feed strip and rounds includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2283 £425.00
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