Maynard bullet mold

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WoW!
Nice Find! :icon_thumright:
I guess I'd better consider some of those iron signals too, they might be a humdinger of a relic...!
 

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Your bulletmold makes the conical bullet for a civil war era .36 Maynard Carbine. The bullet and its distinctive brass cartridge were patented by Dr. Edward Maynard in US Patent #22,565, on January 11, 1859.
 

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TheCannonballGuy said:
Your bulletmold makes the conical bullet for a civil war era .36 Maynard Carbine. The bullet and its distinctive brass cartridge were patented by Dr. Edward Maynard in US Patent #22,565, on January 11, 1859.
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That's fantastic news--thank you so much!
 

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That bullet mould is for the 1st model maynard rifle/carbine in 36 caliber, the side of the mould should be marked washington under mass arms co. Dr Maynard changed the pointed nose bullets to a flat nose bullet during the 2nd model carbines used in the civil war of which there were 20,000 made. The 1st models were also used during the civil war and most of the 5000 made were sold to the Confederate states of Florida, Georgia and Mississippi just prior to the start of the war.
You have a very rare bullet mould.
 

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That is a great piece of History you have for your collection. Congrat's
 

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Doublebarrel said:
That bullet mould is for the 1st model maynard rifle/carbine in 36 caliber, the side of the mould should be marked washington under mass arms co. Dr Maynard changed the pointed nose bullets to a flat nose bullet during the 2nd model carbines used in the civil war of which there were 20,000 made. The 1st models were also used during the civil war and most of the 5000 made were sold to the Confederate states of Florida, Georgia and Mississippi just prior to the start of the war.
You have a very rare bullet mould.
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Yes, it is marked Washington, but it's underneath the Maynard Arms Co. rather than Mass. Arms Co. which I think you meant. Wow, I had no idea until I posted this mold that it was a first model, and possible Confederate! Relatively few made too! I honestly had no idea until I read what you guys wrote-many thanks to you and all who have responded!
 

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My mistake the Maynard Arms company name was short lived due to half of the owners of the company were from the southern states, Dr Maynard had to some how purchase back the stock from the southern owners to be able to manufacture and sell his 2nd model maynard carbines to the union army that's why it took till 1863 to start producing the 2nd model carbines. It would be hard to say exactly when your mould was made but it would be between 1857 to the start of the war in 1861. There were cased sets made that would have a bullet mould a bullet seater and a powder flask within the case. Hope this helps.
 

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Here is a picture of my Maynard rifle/carbine display at the Denver gunshow in 2000.20210524_040645.jpg
 

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You can tell it's old because Massachusetts today is about as "anti-gun" and "anti-second Amendment" as they come.
Usually coming in around #48, beat only by Hawaii and New York.

And, realizing this is not a political forum, I'll leave it there.
But it is interesting how times change.
 

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The book was put together by the Colorado Gun Collectors Association, they only printed 500 copies
 

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