71 cm barrel, on breech end octagonal top, dovetailed match front sight, rear sight removed, folding aperture on tang, blued steel action inscribed "Edward Maynard Patentee May 27. 1851. Dec 6. 1859. 1873" and "Manufactured by Mass. Arms Co Chicopee Falls", trigger guard as underlever, walnut buttstock, straight hand, steel buttplate 34,5 cm, without fore-end, year of manufacture about 1875, early American break action rifle for metal centrefire cartridges based on the Civil War carbine, patinated, condition III-IV.

Category: Other Rifles