FRONTIER Antique SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE Co M1865 .50 Repeating SR CARBINE 1 of 24,000 Post-Civil War Carbines Produced

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FRONTIER Antique SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE Co M1865 .50 Repeating SR CARBINE

1 of 24,000 Post-Civil War Carbines Produced

Here we present an antique Spencer Repeating Rifle Co. Model 1865 Repeating Carbine, made circa 1865-66 in Boston, Massachusetts, just after the Civil War. The Model 1865 carbines were lever-operated, breech-loading rifles that were marvels of the time and had a lasting impact on how war was to be fought in the future. Though their service life in the U.S. military was relatively short, the Spencer story includes Christopher Spencer, the inventor of the rifle, demonstrating and shooting with President Abraham Lincoln, who gave his full endorsement of the piece.

Supposedly, during the battle at Gettysburg, a captured Rebel that day said one could “load in the morning and fire all day!” This was due to the Spencer’s most endearing quality: a 7-round magazine tube in the butt of the gun. This gave the shooter phenomenal firepower in a day when most soldiers were muzzle-loading single shots or even singly loading their breech-loading carbines. Approximately 34,500 Model 1865 Spencer carbines were produced by the Burnside Rifle Co., along with another 24,000 made by Spencer Co. These were used well beyond the Civil War into the Indian Wars of the Western Frontier.

The overall condition is good. Some original blue finish on the barrel with some case colors remaining on the breech block, hidden by the receiver. The action is excellent. The bore is bright with strong rifling. The Stabler cut off is absent. There is a hole on the underside of the stock to the right of the trigger and another hole on the top of the comb. The stock shows much use and remains solid. The sling swivel is absent from the bottom side of the butt stock. Two faint cartouches can be observed behind the sling ring bar.

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Barrel is 20 inches.

Caliber: .50 Spencer

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$3250
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