Antique MASS. ARMS Co Model 1882 MAYNARD Patent .35 CF Hunting/TARGET Rifle 1880s MASSACHUSETTS Manufactured SPORTING Rifle

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Antique MASS. ARMS Co Model 1882 MAYNARD Patent .35 CF Hunting/TARGET Rifle

1880s MASSACHUSETTS Manufactured SPORTING Rifle

Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique Massachusetts Arms Company Maynard Patent Model 1882 Rifle, made circa the 1880s in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. The Maynard M1882 hunting/target rifle was developed by Edward Maynard and produced during its eight-year production run between 1882 and the mid-1890s. It was one of the first rifles to use quickly interchangeable barrels of various calibers. Though many considered this rifle “ugly”, it was quite popular being both accurate and dependable.

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. During the Civil War, the Confederacy 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 predecessor to this rifle, the Model 1873, was the first Maynard with standard chambering for centerfire metallic cartridges. These rifles could easily be converted to rimfire by simply adding the Hadley’s Patent device to the breech.

The over condition is fine. Original finishes and patinas are mostly preserved. Strong action. Shiny bright rifled bore. The stock is very good with light chipping and scratching. Legible markings. Beach front sight, two leaf rear sight, and Vernier tang sight mounted on a spacer.

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Barrel is 28 inches.

Caliber: .35 CF

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1850

#264043
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $1,850.00
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