Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2013 : Sale A121213 Lot 534
MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., USA A .50 CAL PERCUSSION CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL MAYNARDS PATENT 2ND MODEL, serial no. 7861...

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MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., USA
A .50 CAL PERCUSSION CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL 'MAYNARD'S PATENT 2ND MODEL', serial no. 7861,
circa 1862, with break-open two-stage 20in. barrel (bored smooth), applied blade fore-sight, folding leaf rear-sight (damaged) with two additional leaves, off-set central hammer boxlock action, iron frame marked 'EDWARD MAYNARD PATENTEE, MAY 27 1851, DEC 6 1859', bar for saddle-ring (ring missing), walnut butt-stock, iron heel-plate and iron under-lever forming the trigger-guard, the whole refinished with mild pitting throughout

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Estimate £300-500