Maynard carbine

The Maynard carbine was an American breech-loading cavalry carbine designed in 1851 by the dentist Edward Maynard and built by the Massachusetts Arms Company, with initial 1858-59 production largely bought by Southern states that would form the Confederacy and a later 1863 model mass-produced chiefly for Union cavalry during the American Civil War. Chambered in .50, .52 or .35 caliber and loaded through a breech-loading lever action, it measured 40 inches overall with a 21.5 inch barrel, fired about 12 rounds per minute to a maximum range of 600 yards, and more than 21,000 were built between 1860 and 1869, with limited numbers also reaching Argentina. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/