Original U.S. Civil War Maynard Second Model Rim Fire Conversion Cavalry Carbine in .50 Caliber Magazines A seldom seen London Colt

A seldom seen London Colt Navy

It is offered in good condition complete with brass fuse cap and cast lettering on the side that reads (hardly legible) Trench Howitzer

The Engineer Corps was founded on 11 June 1775 as the "Royal Corps of Engineers" ("Corpo Reale degli Ingegneri") of the army of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia

just as we found them in Nepal after more than a century of neglect

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Original U.S. Civil War Maynard Second Model Rim Fire Conversion Cavalry Carbine in .50 Caliber Magazines A seldom seen London ColtOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Maynard Carbine was one of a multitude of weapons produced during the U. S. Civil War to meet the demand for usable firearms. As originally designed, the carbine used a metallic cartridge without any integral primer cap. Instead, there was a small hole in the center of the base, which would be ignited by a standard percussion cap fitted to a nipple, or by a tape primer system ignited by a firing pin. The