The American Civil War created numerous such weapons, starting from so-called “volley” guns that sprayed a number of rifle bullets all at once just like a shotgun, to multishot, semi-automatic weapons much like the Agar machine gun, which was nicknamed the “coffee grinder” with the way it fed its ammunition. https://machguns.com/product/lot-1460-military-armament-corporation-m10a1-smg-silencer-class-iii-nfa/