Agar-Union Machine Gun

CODE – 04-132-861

NAME – Agar-Union Machine Gun

COMMON NAMES – Agar Coffee Mill Gun

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1861

CALIBER – 24.4x73mm [14.58 mm – (.58 caliber)]

OVERALL LENGTH – 109.2 cm (43 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 94.6 cm (37.24 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 3-Groove, Right hand twist, 1 turn in 182.9 cm (1 turn in 72 inches)

LOAD – Flat-nosed lead ball

BULLET DIAMETER – 14.58 mm (0.574 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 32.08 g (495 gr)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 277 m/s (910 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 1234 j (910 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 35.38 kg (78 lb)

WEIGHT (MOUNTED & LOADED) – 107.88 kg (237 lb 13 oz)

TYPE OF MOUNT – Two-wheeled light carriage

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 68 kg (149 lb 15 oz)

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – V-notch with slider adjustable for range

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 732 m (800 yards)

OPERATION – Manual

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 20 rpm sustained, 100 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 120 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 20 Round box feeding into integral hopper

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.14 kg (5 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 4.50 kg (9 lb 15 oz) Box with loaded chargers, 4.36 kg (9 lb 10 oz) 20 loaded chargers

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Ten boxes with chargers (200 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 45 kg (99 lb 3 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Privately made

STATUS – Antique

SERVICE – Union army, limited use of captured specimens by Confederate Army

      Reports list as many as 62 guns were ordered by the Union Army with at least 14 having been delivered