Product Details
A .56-50 (RIMFIRE) SPENCER MODEL 1865 REPEATING CARBINE OF THE INDIAN WARS BY THE BURNSIDE RIFLE CO , serial no. 20.127,
circa 1865 with 20in. barrel rifled with three grooves, block and blade front-sight and replacement fixed vee rear-sight, the corroded and pitted breech stamped 'SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE / PAT'D. MARCH 6, 1860 / MANUF'D AT PROV. R. I. / BY BURNSIDE RIFLE CO. MODEL 1865', (very faint and indistinct) the action socket bearing the serial number 20,127 (faint and indistinct) plain unmarked back-action lock with side hammer, two piece iron mounted walnut stock, the butt housing the seven round tubular magazine, , half length fore-end with a single spring retained barrel band, worn and pitted overall, the magazine jammed in butt.
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Estimate £400-600
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament