Maynard Second Model Carbine "Model 1863"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1863
name: label: patentee
content: Maynard, Edward
label: licensee
content: Maynard, E.
label: maker
content: Massachusetts Arms Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Maynard carbine, designed by Army dentist and inventor Dr. Edward Maynard, is a .50-caliber percussion breechloader. The First Model was fitted with the Maynard tape primer mechanism. This Second Model Maynard has no patchbox or tape primer mechanism.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Military Service Institute
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.32688
label: catalog number
content: 32688
label: accession number
content: 69413
label: serial number
content: 11199
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carbine
label: Object Name
content: carbine, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .50 In; Rifled; 02; 03
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, carbine: 36 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 92.71 cm x 4.445 cm