Ripley machine gun

[1] Although it is likely that it was never actually produced, it demonstrated a number of basic concepts that were employed in the design of the Gatling Gun that was patented the following year.

The design, as patented, consists of nine fixed barrels attached to a limbers and caissons.

A firing handle was then attached, which locked the cylinder into place.

By rotating the handle quickly a high rate of fire could be achieved, or slowly, single shots.

The weapon was probably never built,[2] and was passed over in favor of volley guns like the Billinghurst Requa Battery.