Quoted: So what is this gun exactly? Is it just a semiauto that is "electrically operated" (-as opposed to gas-operation like a normal semiauto rifle would be doing)?....
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Oh, are these the folks who were spinning the barrels electrically, but using a crank to fire the gun? I'd been hearing rumors about that for several years. Nice idea, glad they got the BATF to admit it was ok.
From what I gathered by the rumors, they used the motor to do the heavy work of turning the barrels, but used the hand-powered crank to feed ammunition into the firing mechanism. So it's still technically a manual operation to fire each round, but most of the effort is offloaded to the electric motor.
But I haven't seen the article, much less the actual gun. I'd be interested in any details that MJRowley (or anyone else) knows.