Does anyone know what this is? Found at Boer war site.

   I'm still hunting around brother.....now do you know if old gatling guns had a "headspace and timing guage" of any sort?  we have one for our modern day .50 cals that basicly times the gun mechanically so that the round feeds and seats correctly and doesn't explode or cause the gun to fire slower than needed.  I have mine that I saved over from when I was in Afghanistan so I could take a picture of it if you want and post that to give you an idea of what I'm talking about.  I reasearched the Boer war and saw a couple of gatling gun pictures, so maybe it's soemthing along those lines?  any way, just a thought.  take care

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     I haven't been home in a couple of days, but when I do, I'll take a picture of that head space and timing gauge.  I really am curious as to if gatling guns used the same principle.  take care

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