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To: thackney

Turn a crank. As the single operation of turning the crank continues, more shots occur. (This in contrast with the pull-release-pull-release of a semi-automatic.)
Not quite a “machine gun” as legally defined today, but so close as to make no practical difference.


79 posted on 03/06/2015 9:17:26 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: ctdonath2

Gatling gun then. Not an auto. Each shot fire requires additional human action.

Thanks.


80 posted on 03/06/2015 9:22:06 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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