Can I have a list of original maynard cartridges? Hank45

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  Hi Hank --  I will compile a list for you broken down into the 1873 version and the 1882 version of the breech piece, excluding the prior percussion cap version, which I, and most folks still consider a "cartridge".

In order to be the most help to you, please tell me what information it is you are most in need of and what is the project.

C.M.M.
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  Hank --
            The expert found in Mr. John D. Bly, a/k/a "DeadEyeBly" would be my recommended source for the situation you are wishing to correct.

My humble suggestion would be to consider the 25-20 Single Shot, not to be confused with the 25-20 Repeater cartridge.

I shoot the 25-20 S.S. in a J. Stevens Model 44 rifle and it is an ideal cartridge for target shooting out to 200 yards.

That's not to say that the Maynard .22 Cal central fire would be inappropriate, since I don't know that it would be.  I simply have no experience with a .22 Cal central fire, whereas John Bly most likely does have such experience.

C.M.M.

There was a .22 Maynard centerfire cartridge that used 8 to 10 grains of black powder and a 45 grain .228 diameter bullet. The have been several modern iterations of it, the last I'm aware of is the .22 Cooper Centerfire Magnum or .22CCM. It used .224 bullets and was loaded to modern high pressures. It never caught on and died a quick death.

I've completed one barrel in .22 Maynard centerfire and I have one for myself that I have never had time to complete. I have a reamer and some brass cartridges for a .22 Varner that is close enough to be called the Maynard cartridge.

The barrel could be lined. I don't know if any .224 liners with a 14" twist are available. I'm sure your gun could be put back in working order. A standard .22 Long Rifle liner may work with the Lyman 225438 bullet with the gas check portion bored out.

Stevens also offered the 22 Extra Long Centerfire in their Model 10 through 14 Tip-ups, and in the Ideal 44 action rifles.

Fiocchi supposedly supplied the 22CCM brass to Cooper, and which (except for the headstamp) is amazingly comparable to the Fiocchi Velo-dog brass.

  to Deadeye bly, how do you know if the barrel is offset and what is the largest blackpowder caliber used by Maynard?  Hank45   

Hank45 wrote on Jun 14^th, 2013 at 10:33am:


The Maynard Improved Hunter's Rifle #11 was offered in .55-100 for grooved bullets - also for the .50-70 as well as .50-50 and .50-100 in both 1873 and 1882 cartridges. I have examined several '82 #11s with heavy full-round .50-70 Govt. barrels SN-matched to the action -  all very plain working rifles, certainly not stocked for or meant for target use.

There are many #2 and #3 .64 cal. Maynard shotguns still around in both 1873 and 1882 configuration. I've never seen them listed in references, but I have run across a few loose 16ga. Maynard barrels (with an extractor) for either '73 or '82 actions. I had one in 16ga. with no SN on it at all....perhaps ordered and fitted later - or made up at the factory and never sold??   

The Maynard Improved Hunter's Rifle #11 was offered in .55-100 for grooved bullets - also for the .50-70 as well as .50-50 and .50-100 in both 1873 and 1882 cartridges. I have examined several '82 #11s with heavy full-round .50-70 Govt. barrels SN-matched to the action -  all very plain working rifles, certainly not stocked for or meant for target use.

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What would you surmise these 'working rifles" were used for? I would think that, at least, the '73's could have gotten in on the tail end of the Buffalo trade and with the 
big .50 and .55 calibre cartgs. could have held their own with the best. If that were true, it would add another colorful chapter to an already sweet history.

Will