This is an exclusive Maynard rifle worthy of your viewing.  I greatly appreciate the pistol grip attachment to the lever and will fashion one to replicate what I assume to be a factory original shown.

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C.M.M.

I have an Arthur Hubalek custom Martini in 22L.R. with a similar lever treatment; it's a neat way to get a pistol grip without a lot of metal bending.

Very interesting rifle.  Not sure I've seen a Creedmoor model before.  The thumbrest certainly is unique.  I guess it's there to keep the sight from biting the shooter's hand (or for a more secure/comfortable grip?) Looking closely, I was trying to figure out if it was oriented for a right or left handed shooter?  I also wondered if the large diameter barrel necessitated changing the dimensions of the trough in the frame?

John in PA, the barrel is 1 1/16" diameter at the breech and does not require any modification of the frame. The octagon barrels are only octagon on the top 5 flats, the bottom is round and is the 1 1/16" diameter. The octagon part is the maximum size to get the corners sharp. Those Creedmoor barrels only had about 1/32" taper to them and were 32" long. The max weight for a Creedmoor gun was 10 lbs and the Maynards met the weight. Records indicate that only one was ever used at Creedmoor and that was in the "walkover" match several years after the famous match in which we beat the Irish team.

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Evening Tony:

I try, within reason, to make those small Pennsylvania gun shows that the various gun and fishing clubs put on, as you once did.  I've concluded that it's really a waste on one's time to look for exclusive firearms at such shows.  I would rather send those club's my $7.00 to $10.00 door admission fees in the mail, and save my gas for other trips.

Even though you did not shoot this Creedmoor rifle, I know it brought you much enjoyment and pleasure while it belonged to you.

C.M.M.
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The Maynard long range is certainly an exotic firearms collectible.  I wouldn't shoot it either. Why suffer. 

            Joe. 

 

   I have been waiting to for someone to comment of the rear, tang mounted, sight, but apparently it has been over-looked except for those of us who have more than a passing interest in Maynard firearms, which many people have for years considered to be oddities.

  The Maynard catalogs referred to the Long Range Creedmoor Rifle as a No. 14, either Model 1873 or Model 1882 and being chambered in .44 caliber.  The unique rear sight is elevated with a rack and pinion mechanical arrangement, rather than the more common screw thread found elsewhere.  I am not certain that the sight described and shown was actually made by Massachusetts Arms Co. since it may well have been sub-contracted out to a third party manufactured.  What is for certain is the fact that Doctor Maynard initiated the rack and pinion elevation for his arms. 

C.M.M.

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Good Evening Harry:

Sorry to have put you to the task of digging into your files on my behalf for wanting me to have the most up to-date and accurate information possible when it comes to the topic of very fine Maynand rifle and shot arms.

As you, and most other alert people know, the rack and pinion mechanism predates the birth of Christ and was used during the time of the Roman empire in all manner of wars and civilizations.  The catapults for throwing boulders were based in part on the mechanical advantages to be realized from the rack and pinion mechanism.

Respectfully, if you will simply re-read my above quotation it will become evident to you that I am pointing out to the reader that Doctor Maynard made a conscious decision to use the rack and pinion to raise and lower his sight aperture to the exclusion of other possibilities available for doing so, i.e., the threaded rod being just one of those options. 

I believe that it is self evident from my statement that I was never under the impression that Doctor Maynard invented the rack and pinion mechanism, nor that he was the first and or only person to apply that particular mechanism for use with firearms sights.

He was a bright inventor and had more than able  patent counsel on retainer at the time.  I have no doubts that if he had been counseled to make patent application for the sight, he would have done so without hesitation.

C.M.M..