Anderson Guncraft

Anderson Guncraft Anderson Guncraft is a federally licensed manufacturer of museum quality replica Gatling guns.

Pictures of the gun on the carriage. This small field carriage weighs 300 pounds without the gun. Wheel diameter is 45 i...
03/21/2026

Pictures of the gun on the carriage. This small field carriage weighs 300 pounds without the gun. Wheel diameter is 45 inches

Some more pictures of the carriage build.
03/20/2026

Some more pictures of the carriage build.

The wheels are installed, and the cheeks are cut and fitted. The cheeks are bolted to the sides of the trail and provide...
11/17/2025

The wheels are installed, and the cheeks are cut and fitted. The cheeks are bolted to the sides of the trail and provide the width necessary to support the bedplate and yoke.

The lunette ring and hand-spike ring are fitted to the rear end of the trail. I also located the seat hinges and seat tu...
11/08/2025

The lunette ring and hand-spike ring are fitted to the rear end of the trail. I also located the seat hinges and seat turnbuckle and pilot drilled the screw holes for them.
Once that was done, I used my floor jack and an extra chunk of wood to raise the axle to the height it would be when supported by the wheels, as they hadn't arrived yet. The reason for this was to ensure that the bedplate/yoke mounting surface was parallel to the ground. Using a level I marked a cut line and band-sawed the excess off and finished it with a belt sander and a square.

Sorry for the delay in posting pics of the carriage build. These will get us started. First is the axle and axle tree. T...
11/01/2025

Sorry for the delay in posting pics of the carriage build. These will get us started. First is the axle and axle tree. The axle is 2 x 2 steel tubing with 1/4 wall thickness. The tapered axle stubs are welded in. The wood axle tree is a solid chunk of ash.
The trail stock is also a solid chunk of ash. In this photo the basic shape of the trail has been cut on the bandsaw and the sanding needed to bring it to final size and shape has been started.

07/31/2025

I've started the first Gatling carriage project. No photos yet as the wood slabs for the trail stock, cheeks, and axle tree will be spending six weeks at the kiln being dried. I delivered the wheel flanges, nave boxes, and bolts to an Amish wheelwright here in Ohio. In four to six weeks I should have a pair of wheels. In the meantime, I'm working on some of the steel parts for the carriage.

Just finished up the first Model 1875 Gatling that we've ever made. It will eventually be mounted on a small field carri...
06/19/2025

Just finished up the first Model 1875 Gatling that we've ever made. It will eventually be mounted on a small field carriage.
I've started on the next five guns. One Model 1874 Camel gun, two Model 1875s and two Model 1877s.

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