Eric with his Maynard Carbine (Second Model, 1863-1865)

This is an original second model Maynard carbine from the American Civil War. It is a percussion breech-loading cartridge carbine, which uses flanged brass cartridges with a small flash hole at the base. Thus, a musket cap is still required to prime the piece. I have these cases loaded with 40 grains of FF Goex black powder. The projectiles that I shoot in this video are .519 diameter and weigh 265 grains. I purchased them from Dixie Gun Works, and they are supposedly as precise as possible to the original specifications. Currently, there is no mould for sale that makes this exact projectile. This Maynard, however, happens to shoot the Smith carbine projectiles of the same diameter that I cast, but they weigh 370 grains. Since this Maynard carbine only weighs 6 pounds, I had a harder time controlling the piece off hand with the heavier slug, so I went with the store-bought ones. The average distance of most of these targets is, I would say, about 70 yards. However, there is one long shot at 185 yards. It is shot number 11. You’ll also recognize it by the longer delay of the ding sound after shooting. Also, I would like to extend an extra thank you to my friend Joe, whose iPhone camera work has made all of these videos possible.