Guns International #: 103112366
Seller's Inventory #: 250331

Category - Maynard Rifles - Antique Rifles - Cartridge

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Maynard Rifles
Antique Rifles - Cartridge

Antique MASSACHUSETTS ARMS Co. Single Shot MAYNARD M1873 CENTERFIRE Rifle Hooded Post Front Sight and LADDER TANG PEEP SIGHT

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Antique MASSACHUSETTS ARMS Co. Single Shot MAYNARD M1873 CENTERFIRE Rifle 

Hooded Post Front Sight and LADDER TANG PEEP SIGHT

Here we present an antique Massachusetts Arms Company Single Shot Maynard Patent Model 1873 Centerfire Rifle, made by the Massachusetts Arms Co. of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts with a production run between 1873 and 1882. The Maynard rifle was developed by Edward Maynard. Maynard, a New Jersey dentist, lent his talents to developing a new primer system for guns which allowed for faster reloading of flintlock muskets. The system was intended to make up for the poor results for this style of muskets. The Maynard Carbine would go on to be a primary weapon during the American Civil War

Maynard received his first patent in 1845 with the priming system which cycled a small mercury fulminate charge to a percussion cap. This invention turned out to be successful, and the United States Federal Government offered a dollar per weapon to produce them using his method. By 1855 all 1855 model .58 caliber military rifles and carbines were using Maynard's method. In 1851 Maynard patented a breech-loading rifle. The Confederacy during the Civil War took to this method particularly because it did not require the major manufacturing equipment used for most gun production. Maynard founded the Maynard Arms Company in 1857, contracting the Massachusetts Arms Company to manufacture the Maynard Carbines. The Maynard was one of the few patent breech-loaders to survive the Civil War. It continued to be produced for hunting and target shooting until the mid-1890s.

The overall condition is good. Strong action. The original plum patina is smooth. Semi-barrel. The stock is solid with an average amount of wear.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 26 inches.

Caliber: .35 Centerfire

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1800

#250331
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $1,800.00
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