![]() ![]() Rifle retains both iron swivels, one at the toe and other at the middle barrel band. Rifle receiver frame exhibits a top plate with clear, original makers address of “SPENCER REPEATING / RIFLE / PAT’D MA/ MANUF’D AT PROV. Retains its original blade type front sight. Barrel is mated to a black walnut two-piece stock with the barrel muzzle fitted for the angular type bayonet. Rifle measures 47” overall with a 30” round barrel that features three-groove rifling. 50 caliber rifle weighs ten pounds and used the civilian-named 56-50 Spencer rimfire cartridge or the Springfield Armory’s. This Spencer rifle specimen carries a low serial number #2975 and is fitted with Edward Stabler’s cut-off system that enabled the soldier to use the firearm as a single-shot loader. ![]() Produced in 1865 and in 1866 totaled some 10,000 repeating firearms at a cost of $40.00 each. Although there is no record of Federal Ordnance Department purchase contracts for the M1865 Army and Navy rifles, the Spencer Company of Boston, Massachusetts produced these arms mainly for export to foreign countries and for the US civilian market. Here is a Civil War Model 1865 Spencer Repeating rifle in very good original condition. ![]()
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