MALCOLM SCOPED Antique MASS. ARMS Co. MAYNARD .35 Caliber Rifle c1860s mfr. Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts

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MALCOLM SCOPED Antique MASS. ARMS Co. MAYNARD .35 Caliber Rifle c1860s mfr.

Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts

Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique Massachusetts Arms Company Maynard Patent Rifle with a Malcolm Scope, made circa the 1860s in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. The Maynard family of rifles and carbines was developed by Edward Maynard and produced circa 1862 through the mid-1890s. It was one of the first rifles to use quickly interchangeable barrels of various calibers. Though there were repeaters such as the Spencers and Henrys about, the Maynard was quite popular being both an accurate and dependable single shot.
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, continuing to be made for many years thence. It continued to be produced for hunting and target shooting until the mid-1890s.

The scope was made by William Malcolm of Syracuse, New York, whose scopes were used during the Civil War by Sharpshooters and snipers during the conflict. 30-3/8” long. 5/8” diameter.

The over condition is fine. Original blue and case-colored finishes. Fine stock, shows only light handling wear and remains solid. The markings are crisp. The scope is good with a cloudy sight picture and crisp reticle. Strong action. Mirror-bright bore with sharp rifling. A rarity dating back to about the time of the American Civil War and a handsome rig!

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

Barrel is 26 inches.

Caliber: .35 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$5000

#259330
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $5,000.00
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