Product Details
A .56-50 (RIMFIRE) SPENCER MODEL 1865 REPEATING CARBINE BY THE BURNSIDE RIFLE COMPANY OF THE INDIAN WARS, CIRCA 1865, serial no 14222,
with 20in. barrel rifled with three grooves, block and blade front-sight and ladder rear-sight, the breech stamped 'SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE / PAT'D. MARCH 6, 1860 / MANUF'D AT PROV. R. I. / BY BURNSIDE RIFLE CO. MODEL 1865', (faint), action socket bearing the serial number 14222, 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
Provenance: The Model 1865 Spencer featured a shorter barrel than the Model 1860, a slightly smaller bore size and accepted a modified cartridge, it arrived to late to see service during the Civil War but was widely issued in the West becoming known as the Indian Wars model and a standard arm of the U.S. Cavalry between 1865-1873
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Estimate £600-800
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament