Another early revolving gun was created by James Puckle, a London lawyer, who patented what he called "The Puckle Gun" on May 15, 1718. It was a design for a manually operated 1.25 in. (32 mm) caliber, flintlock cannon with a revolver cylinder able to fire 6–11 rounds before reloading by swapping out the cylinder, intended for use on ships.Original patent claim reproduced in: Francis Bannerman Sons, Bannerman Military Goods Catalogue #28 (1954) p. 103 It was one of the earliest weapons to be referred to as a machine gun, being called such in 1722, though its operation does not match the modern usage of the term. According to Puckle, it was able to fire round bullets at Christians and square bullets at Turks. However, it was a commercial failure and was not adopted or produced in any meaningful quantity.
another early revolving gun was created by james puckle a london lawyer who patented what he called "the puckle gun" on may 15 1718 it was a design for a manually operated 125 in (32 mm) caliber flintlock cannon with a revolver cylinder able to fire 6–11 rounds before reloading by swapping out the cylinder intended for use on shipsoriginal patent claim reproduced in francis bannerman sons bannerman military goods catalogue #28 (1954) p 103 it was one of the earliest weapons to be referred to as a machine gun being called such in 1722 though its operation does not match the modern usage of the term according to puckle it was able to fire round bullets at christians and square bullets at turks however it was a commercial failure and was not adopted or produced in any meaningful quantity