Paying Extra To Spray And Pray

By James Rummel

(WARNING : I am not a lawyer. I have no idea if any of the devices or products discussed below are legal where you live. To find out, hire a real lawyer and ask.)

I think it was in the early 1980’s when I first heard of a conversion kit available for the Ruger 10/22, a semi-auto rifle chambered for the .22 Long Rifle cartridge.

All one had to do was take the stocks off of two of the rifles, attach the after market parts, and the result was an engine of destruction that was a sight to behold!

The kit turned your two rifles into a hand cranked Gatling gun. Still legal in most places in the United States since the guns were nothing more than semi-auto, while turning the crank caused the triggers to be repeatedly massaged.

What did I think? Considering the underpowered round used, I figured the .22 Gatling was just the thing if I ever had to defend a static position against hordes of rampaging squirrels.

(Not me, obviously. I mean, a comb over? Get real!)

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