Access door for feeder/delinker of a gatling gun

In combination with the feeder/delinker of a Gatling machine gun, the feeder/linker including

• a housing,
• an interior, and
• a cartridge positioned in the interior,
• the improvements comprising an access system comprising a unitary door (10) pivotally mounted in said housing and including
• (a) a slot (23);
• and
• (b) a plunger (11) pivotally mounted in said door and including a deployable portion and a cartridge-contact bottom surface (20), said plunger movable between at least two operative positions,
• (i) a first stowed operative position with said plunger (11) retracted and housed in said slot (23) of said door (10), and
• (ii) a second deployed operative position with said deployable portion of said plunger (11) extending outwardly from said slot (23) and said door (10),
• said door (10) movable between at least three operative positions,
• (i) a first completely open operative position with said plunger in said second deployed operative position and said cartridge-contact bottom surface (20) spaced apart from the cartridge,
• (ii) a second partially open operative position with said plunger in said second deployed operative position and said cartridge-contact bottom surface (20) contacting the cartridge, and
• (iii) a third closed operative position with said plunger in said first stowed operative position.