Civil War Maynard Carbine 

When i was the range officer at a rifle range in the local mountains there was a young Army Lieutenant used to come up there quite often with a variety of antique rifles and he had a Maynard for which he had the cartridge cases injection-molded out of high-density polyethylene. they worked quite well and he said he got about five shots out of each one before they were no longer usable.

I really wish there were repops of these simpler early breach guns. They shouldn’t be terribly expensive to make. Love to see these, new rolling blocks, some others.

I appreciate the Civil War carbine on InRange the same day Forgotten Weapons does the MCX Spear. Perfectly balanced.

My grandma had one in her country kitchen when I was a kid. I never knew what it was until this video, but I can recognize that rifle anywhere. I always thought it was worn out because there was slop in it when the breech was closed. At the time it never occurred to me that it was there because the cartridge was not present.

This is just so much of a step up from a standard musket. I can imagine that almost everyone understood why muskets just vanished from use after self contained cartridges were introduced.

It's easy to see how this cartridge concept quickly evolved into the metallic cartridge with a self-contained primer. And the Maynard would be a perfect testbed for it if the primer nipple arrangement could be swapped with a sprung firing pin.

Reloading the cartridge might be faster than reloading the rifle.

What a neat little carbine. I like seeing these civil war guns I never heard about.

Oh man we really need to have reproductions of these, the simple cartridge reloading is just amazing!

This is now easily one of my favourite old rifles! That reloading of the brass cases absolutely sold me! What a sustainable gun!

It is a real shame this channel is shadow banned. I feel like InRange is a great educational tool. I always enjoy the Vignettes, and other historical knowledge. The practical use of old tech and showing how people of the time overcame that is enlightening.

Poor Maynard got killed with a Samurai sword in the basement of a pawn shop, still better than what happened to Zed

With no hand guards on it even being single shot I bet that barrel got pretty darn warm real quick especially in a combat situation . Love this stuff Karl !!!

This is the kind of stuff that made me start watching InRange

11:00 well I guess I'm definitely one of them. Please do more historical firearms. They're so cool. Also I love seeing the progression of firearms.

Thanks Karl! Love your black powder videos and vignettes!

That was super cool I really appreciate you showing us that beautiful interesting cartridge gun, that looks like it’s one of the first early cartridge guns that actually worked

Well call me an enthusiast, because I eagerly watched this right through 👍😁👍

I do enjoy this content. Also impressed to see Karl do so well on target stages with these 150 plus year old firearms types !!

alright! I've been patiently waiting for this series to begin. the Maynard is one of my favorites of that era. ive handled a couple of them at gun shows but never fired one. great to see it in action. i love the simplicity of the rifle and the ammunition. great design.

Love the single point sling!!

I metal detect along the Butterfield Overland Dispatch in western Kansas and have found several different calibers of Maynard cartridges…. All the cartridges were missing the back flat part though I did find those separately…...your video was very helpful in understanding the Maynard and how it functioned. Thanks

Nice! I really love this series showing civil war breach loading carbines in action. I'm not a shooter myself but I love to toy around with ideas for fantasy settings and seeing these single shot breach loaders from a period before completely self contained cartridges in action is actually super helpful. Your Remote Brutality 2021 video with the Sharps is still my favorite. Not a lot of videos out there with breach loading paper cartridges, much less so with them in action! Everyone always focuses on the more famous muzzle loaders. Love your work. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!

I absolutely love how quick reloading those spent cartridges are!

As a sidenote not only used during the Civil War. in 1881 the remnants of the Peruvian Army along with Navy units and lots of civilian volunteers assembled in makeshift combat units defended the capital city Lima in a last battle in the coastal town of Miraflores to stop the invading Chilean land & naval forces. Battle was eventually lost due to superior tactics and armament of the enemy and the city occupied for some years. In recent archaeological excavations in site of the defensive stronghold called "Batería Vasquez" (Vasquez battery) a complete single cartridge for a Manyard carbine was found. The emplacement was manned by Naval artillerymen using a disembarked Navy cannon and reinforced with civilian volunteers, one of which must have carried the Manyard as his personal weapon since those guns weren't State-issued to regular forces and most civilians carried their privately-owned guns & ammo. The battery saw direct action during the battle so almost for sure the carbine was fired in anger against Chilean troops and the round must have been dropped during the action or the retreat.

I wonder if manufacturing a cartridge, loading it and firing is as fast or faster overall than a muzzle loader.

At last! The first civil war carbine episode! Great episode. Looking forward to more.

The Maynard is classified as an interim brass cartridge firearm of its time. It spanned the gap between muzzle loading, percussion rifles and true, unitary brass cartridge rifles. The Maynard, .50 caliber brass cartridge still required a percussion cap to ignite the cartridge powder. This was an excellent depiction of an attempt at fast firing the Maynard carbine, as would have a been done by a Union trooper or his Confederate counterpart. The demonstration showed several shortcomings although these were not technical flaws. Because the Maynard did not have an automatic ejector as in the later Allin Trapdoor, the firer had to manually pluck the cartridge out of the barrel. An automatic brass ejector would have saved precious time. The barrel tipped downwards for reloading. This was not a problem for a standing or kneeling trooper but it presented a problem for a prone shooter, one that did not happen for a bolt action rifle decades later. Even for a kneeling trooper, he had give enough space to lower the barrel which meant using time to pull the carbine away from any front rest. The demonstration shows this. Finally, the design meant having to press a percussion cap onto the firing nipple. This took precious seconds. So while it appears the Maynard could fire probably eight shots per minute compared to three shots for a standard muzzle-loading, percussion cap rifle musket, the reloading sequence seems to take a long time. A minor issue is the lack of a wood forearm grip for the left hand. The firer had to grip bare metal with his left hand. Repeated firing meant the barrel quickly became hot. In all likelihood, the firer placed his left hand under his right hand which gripped the stock. Or else the firer rested the barrel on some support like a stone wall, log, earthen bank, wood fence, et al. In any event, the troopers of both sides apparently liked their Maynard carbines. The .50 caliber bullet size was a good choice. Only the Sharps and Spencer carbines were much better.

Thanks, love to see someone shooting history.

I love that Karl will use this on the clock.

Love the black powder stuff it’s my favorite content on the channel

Awesome content. The best infotainment gun channel on RU-vid!

That shows itself as a quite elegant breech-loader for the cartridge tech available. Sensible. Thanks for the vid. edited for spelling.

I appreciate the "a rock or something" Easter egg.

Thanks! Can hardly wait for your review of the Burnside carbine.

What a marvellous little boomstick. Wonderful in its simplicity and efficiency. Thank you, Karl.

What a cool bench mark on the transition to a completely contained cartridge.

Always instructive, always interesting. Thank you and wishing you all the best. Thanks for what you do.

This was a really neat video. Thanks for sharing it!!!

Awesome video!!! I have a few books (coffee table variety) that show some of these Civil War carbines but there’s no comparison to seeing them in action. That’s really cool how you can reload your spent casings!! Thanks, Karl… can’t wait for the next one!!! (and the LeMat)

Great video, Karl. I enjoy your Civil War/period content.

Love watching you use the older stuff!

This gun is so cool and the reloading is adorable!! I want one so badly now.

Such a cool gun, very cool looking, looks fun to have.

oh wow, the 50 caliber sure has grown with time

Thanks for making this pal!

Love it! Looking forward to future episodes.

Thank you. I really enjoy this type of content. Keep it up.

Very interesting. Did not know about this Civil War rifle, but it is simple and elegant.

I love watching you shoot this type of firearm and find it very interesting. Many thanks.

I'm definitely an enthusiastic and a fan I'm glad you make content like this

I love these guns made for easier shooting out of the saddle. Like the martini henry one Ian out of forgotten weapons has. Imagine trying to do that while on a horse that is jumping about lol. Those guys were very skilled. Cheers Karl.

Thank you for this wonderful video. I appreciate this topic that I personally didn’t know much on

How cool, I'm really looking forward to this. I love these types of firearms and the history behind them. Thanks

I have this model Maynard carbine which belonged to my Maternal Grandmother's brother. Sadly, the stock was damaged and the barrel is badly rusted from coastal saltwater air. Fantastic to see it in action! Thank you.

Great video. I am a collector of Civil War Cavalry arms and a Maynard Carbine is part of my current collection. Great gun. Thanks again for the video.

This is great. I was unfamiliar with the Maynard until now, and I am fascinated!

this is one ive been waiting for! thanks karl!

A quick and informative video on one of the most advanced carbine rifles of the American civil war. more info on how you make the brass cartridge cases and the bullet specs would have or be great for a future video.

I have a Maynard made in January of 1865. Shoots like a dream. Cases available from Lodgewood mfg, full or reduced capacity. I shoot with the N-SSA.

I've never been much of a single shot guy until recently. I've just had that itch for something simpler that a bolt action. Thank you for helping scratch that itch.

Great video. I learned something new today. Thank you.

Im impressed with your accuracy, movement shoot, hit, walk. Load, shoot, hit. I could see a role for a assistant offering the cap to speed up the reload

Very very cool man, keep this coming!

The Maynard carbine looks quite light and maneuverable. Very cool review!

I find the comparative slowness of the bullet speed, that delay in firing in the slo-mo, the whole "reload while moving" thing really interesting. It feels more refined in a certain way.

Wow! Thank you so much for the content!

Another excellent and enjoyable experience.

Nice Gun never seen one fired before. Interesting video. Nice and easy to reload those cartridges. Enjoy the history.

A good watch as always Karl!

Just love these videos great job.

Another magnificent black powder vid, thanks Karl 🤠

Thanks for another great video. I love the carbines.

That's a very interesting piece of history. Thanks.

Seems like a very neat little carbine.

I very much enjoy this kind of content.

thanks , i enjoyed that video , never having seen one before, i think your reloading times were pretty good!

This was an amazing video. Super fun to watch, and not because you struggle bussed with the VTAC and spinner. :D

I saw a repro of this at one of my local gun shops. Nice piece.

Great video as allways

A very interesting video on a neat rifle. Thank you!

wow that is just amazing, thanks for sharing the information

Great video about a lovely little gun, exactly why I support this channel.

As a civil war re-enactor, I would have loved to use a Maynard over the other dirty ass carbines I used “in battle”, we used sharps carbines with paper cartridges, smith carbines with rubber or brass cartridges similar to the Maynard, Short musketoons, and occasionally a henry repeater to show off for the crowd. My group re-enacted a cavalry company, but since we were usually limited to about a football field of space, it was sometimes difficult to actually ride horses. When not able to ride, we did movement similar to what you did here, but kneeling to fire a volley or a file fire. Fast, serpentine weaving in and out of columns of infantry who stand in ranks and fire at each other. It was simulated horseback.

Very cool weapon. Nice shooting Karl.

Thank you for your content.

This was what I was looking for!

Wonderful little gun

Fantastic content and great gun

I love Civil War breechloaders, every time i see a video of one its an instant click

Omg that’s brilliant! I’ve never seen a cartridge like that before. It’s just so clever and works with the level of the tech of the time.

Yes, it's been a long time waiting, but most definitely worth it! Love getting to learn about these historic guns in a hands on environment. It sort of reminds me of my first gun- a single shot 20 gauge that was simple and light, but a lot of fun. I can imagine this being a very popular rifle on the frontier, with less supply demands than a normal cartridge gun but with many of the benefits. With a little practice (and self contained, primed cartridges), this Maynard would've easily been the best single shot out there back in the day. I wonder if the design could've been effectively scaled up to .45-70 and the action modified to just use normal cartridges.

What a great video, I love single shot guns (rifle, carbine, or pistol). Thankyou for what you do. Looking forward to the upcoming videos.

9 seconds between shots.... Very nice... 6 shots per minute.... Really good for the time

Thank you for the video

See these alot during carbine marches at the NSSA. Those and Smith carbines are great shooters!

Love this, aways wondered hoe the repeating carbines of the era would do and this is telling

I have passed on a few of these at auctions and gun shows due to noone knowing about the ammo... now I am definitely going to grab one next time I see it.

Well now I have something else to collect, thanks Karl.

This kind of 'throw things against the wall to see what sticks' is fascinating to me. There were no 'best practices' established at the time, and designers were trying all kinds of crazy things because they just didn't know what would work best. The creativity on display fascinates me. Keep it up, Karl, this is great stuff. And the objections to things that we today take for granted, they fascinate me as well. The pushback against having the primer integrated with the powder charge, for instance, for fear of accidental detonations. Seems like a silly objection today, but that's because we're accustomed to it and cartridges are by and large designed to avoid it as much as possible. At the time, I can see it being a legitimate concern.