Rumor has it that these run for $50,000, so we’re talking lottery territory here. Plus there’s the cost of feeding it .45-70 ammo.
As Sebastian notes, this isn’t technically a machine gun so NFA doesn’t apply. And it would be an awesome weapon for certain stages of Lovecraft action shooting.
(Hattip: The Firearm Blog, by way of Sebastian. I do love the comment there: “I think [Colt’s] marketing strategy is to put a monkey in charge.”)
Edited to add: I can’t directly link to the “Gatling” westerns on Amazon, but here’s the “Jack Slade” page which includes those books.
You have good taste, sir. They had one of these on display at the last two NRA conventions I attended. Instant lust. They were $36k at the 2009 Convention.
There are many people who would dispute the idea that I have good taste, or any taste at all. But I thank you for your kind words; coming from you, sir, they mean a great deal to me.