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B. Lahey · January 4, 2012, 04:26 PM

Looks like a Maynard cartridge to me as well:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:...dCartridge.jpg

I jawjacked with a fellow shooting one of those at the range a while back. The casings he was using were new-production and made out of plastic. The clay pigeons he had set up at 50yards were getting broken with fair regularity, and he was mostly shooting offhand. Neat little carbines, although he was having ignition problems after an hour or so of shooting.

January 4, 2012, 04:26 PM	#3
B. Lahey Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,857	Looks like a Maynard cartridge to me as well: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:...dCartridge.jpg I jawjacked with a fellow shooting one of those at the range a while back. The casings he was using were new-production and made out of plastic. The clay pigeons he had set up at 50yards were getting broken with fair regularity, and he was mostly shooting offhand. Neat little carbines, although he was having ignition problems after an hour or so of shooting. __________________ "A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into; the other functions and faculties may be more godlike, but in point of time they come afterwards." -George Orwell