Maynard No. 1 Gallery Rifle
Massachusetts Arms Company · Rifle · Out Of Production · 1882
Also known as: Maynard Model 1882 No. 1, Maynard Number One Gallery Rifle
Overview
The Maynard No. 1 Gallery Rifle is a single-shot, break-action rifle built on Dr. Edward Maynard's tip-up barrel breechloading design and manufactured by the Massachusetts Arms Company of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. It is the entry-level grade of the Maynard Model 1882 rifle line, a plain .22 rimfire arm fitted with a 20-inch or 24-inch barrel and intended for shooting-gallery target practice and small game. Like the rest of the Maynard series it uses a hinged breech with a tip-up barrel that pivots open for loading, and its barrel can be interchanged on the same receiver and buttstock.
Specifications
| Barrel Length | 508 mm (20.00") |
| Action Type | Break Action |
| Firing Mechanism | Hammer Fired |
| Trigger Type | Single Stage |
| Magazine Capacity | 1 rounds |
| Magazine Type | Internal |
| Muzzle Velocity | 330 m/s (1083 fps) |
| Muzzle Energy | 141 J (104 ft·lbf) |
| Effective Range | 50 m (55 yd) |
| Barrel Rifling | Right Hand |
| Frame Material | Steel |
| Barrel Material | Steel |
| Stock Material | Wood |
| Finish | Blued |
Calibers
- .22 Long Rifle · primary — also known as .22 LR, 22 LR, 5.6x15mmR, .22 rimfire
Features
- Firing modes: Manual
- Feed systems: Single Shot
- Safety mechanisms: Half Cock Notch
- Features: Tip Up Barrel, Hinged Breech, Interchangeable Barrels, Single Shot, Iron Sights
Service history
Operators
- Civilian target shooters and small-game hunters · adopted 1882
Production
Production years: 1882-1890
Produced by the Massachusetts Arms Company as the No. 1 grade of the Maynard Model 1882 rifle line; exact production figures are not recorded
Origin
Country of origin: United States
Designer: Edward Maynard
Discontinued: 1890
Notes
The No. 1 and No. 2 were the plain .22 rimfire gallery-and-small-game grades of the Maynard Model 1882 rifle line, offered with 20-inch or 24-inch barrels. Weight and overall length varied with barrel length and are not precisely recorded for this grade. The .22 caliber block here represents the .22 rimfire family; period gallery rifles were chambered for the common .22 rimfire cartridges of the day.
Background
Dr. Edward Maynard was a prominent Washington dentist turned prolific firearms inventor; his tip-up breechloaders let a single receiver and buttstock accept interchangeable barrels, so a shooter could swap a plain .22 gallery tube for a big-game barrel on the very same 'gun.'