But it is for Spencer's concept of a repeating rifle that he is remembered today. The TaurusTX 22 Compact delivers class-leading reliability, capacity, and shootability in a 22 LR platform, and it's cut for a slide-mounted mini red dot. 1 ArcadiGluckman, Identifying Old U.S. Muskets, Rifles & Carbines(New York: Bonanza Books, 1965), 390. DESCRIPTION O98.155 STOCK COMPLETE 730.299 76 Forend screw 780.017 20 Stock 790.144 77 Barrel band 760.030 22 Butt plate 721.076 75 Band spring They then had to cover additional open space before coming to a 5-foot deep ditch and then climb a 15-foot embankment, all the while being fired on by the Confederates. 350 grain bullet at 1,200 fps with 1,119 ft.-lbs. That slide had a concave top that fed the cartridge into the barrel. Implement pouch mounted on face of box has flap with brass button closure, Reproduction. Barrel 20" Round, Blue/Case Hardened, Stock Walnut. But the Army remained unconvinced. Spencer Civil War Repeating CarbineLAYAWAY? A special replacement follower with a recessed center is available, so there is absolutely no chance of accidental discharge of the centerfire round. Bob Meinert, FN Marketing Director, introduces FN's first commercial pistol suppressor, the FN Rush 9Ti. These are very rare to encounter and extremely rare in this condition. Christopher Miner Spencer was one of those 19th century Edisonian inventors who could successfully turn his hand at just about whatever caught his fancy at the time. 1870S. At 5 p.m., the order was given to advance. Camp Guns: Sometimes Perfect, Other Times Not But Often Essential! How to reload 56-50 for the 1865 Spencer Carbine - YouTube This is how I reload 56-50 for my 165 Spencer Carbine This is how I reload 56-50 for my 165 Spencer Carbine. Foremost is the large caliber and case capacity, combined with relatively low pressures. Recoil is very light, and the overall experience is wonderful. In December, the contract was revised to state that the U.S. In no time, orders were forthcoming from commanders wishing to equip their units with it. The Spencer will always deal 87 damage to the body, and will instantly kill upon a headshot dealing 108 damage to the player, irrespective of range. It has very good markings with fine wood no ch, CIVIL WAR Antique SPENCER Repeating Carbine with SPRINGFIELD ALTERATION .50 Repeater with c1871 POST-WAR ALTERATION Here we present an antique Spencer Repeating Rifle Co. Army Model Carbine, mad, SCARCE Antique Belgian FALISSE & TRAPMANN Copy of SPENCER NEW MODEL SRC .52 BRAZILIAN CONTRACT Saddle Ring Carbine Here we present an antique Belgian Falisse & Trapmann Copy of a Spencer, Serial #11041, .50 RF, 20" barrel with an excellent, bright bore. ARTIFACT: NATIONAL FIREARMS MUSEUM | PHOTO: ALLISON AND BRITTANY VENTURELLA, The Spencer carbine manufactured by the Spencer Repeating Rifle Company had a 22-inch barrel, rifled with three grooves.2a The total length of the gun was 39 inches, and the carbine weighed 8 pounds and 4 ounces.3 Then at the end of the Civil War, the Burnside Rifle Company of Providence, Rhode Island made Spencer carbines to help fill the militarys demand. After the war, Spencers continued to be issued to cavalry troopers, eventually being replaced by Springfield Trapdoors. Stabler was paid a royalty of 25 cents for each carbine fabricated with his magazine cut-off device. Facing off in a handgun challenge featuring the smallest professional-grade enclosed red dot sight on the market, Eric and Tom put the Acro P-2 to the distance test by doing a walk-back challenge. The Judge has been promoted! Of course, the Army was slow to acknowledge any gun other than the time-tested single-shot muzzleloader. The Spencer repeating rifle lives on, its popularity spurred considerably by the gun's appearance in Clint Eastwood's film The Unforgiven and its use by Civil War reenactors and Cowboy Action shooters. Joe Kurtenbach, Executive Editor of Gun & Ammo, and John Myles from Smith & Wesson discuss features of the Equalizer 9mm micro-compact pistol and new-for-2023 M&P 5.7. A spring-loaded follower tube was then pressed into the tube and locked in place. Bore is good overall, with foggy appearance and good rifling.&n, PRE BUY, AVAILABLE AROUND MARCH 10th.LAYAWAY?..m1860 Spencer Civil War Carbine 56 caliber. All Guns and Ammo subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. The new 9mm suppressor can mount easily to any pistol barrel threaded x28 inches and doesn't compromise on sound suppression, gas blowback or recoil. More important, if a soldier opened the lever and manually loaded a cartridge while a charged loading tube was in the stock, the gun jammed as the lever was closed. The 6mm ARC Cartridge: Why the Military Needed It, SIG Sauer P322 Rimfire Pistol: First Look. Subscriber Services. It folded up at the hinge. My gun was easily fitted with its new block following a couple of hours of judicious filing (on the block, not the gun), after which it functioned perfectly. Many officers were also privately purchasing Spencers and then showing them to brother officers - who rushed out and bought the guns themselves. Author: Brian Pearce / Wolfe Publishing Co. You must be a subscriber to see the full article. Catalog - Print: GunBroker is the largest seller of Books Books, Videos & Literature All: 973926394. Head to the range this week with American Rifleman staff as they discuss a trim little repeater from Savage Arms that comes chambered for the .22 WMR cartridge. Conditions were so bad, a private from the Second Ohio Cavalry nearly drowned when his horse fell in a water-filled hole in the middle of the road. Chief Kicking Bird led 100 Kiowa warriors from Fort Sill Reservation on a raid into Texas. He pointedly asked Brigadier General James W. Ripley to reconsider his decision. placed orders for 32,000 Blakeslee cavalry cartridge boxes, which were the invention of Col. Erastus Blakeslee of the First Connecticut Cavalry. After the capture of Selma, Wilsons Cavalry continued on to Macon, Ga., where they were informed that the war was over. Here are the features to watch out for. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Indeed, by now the war had escalated to mounted battles, and although Army and Navy rifles were produced, the carbine was favored. However, those carbines were contracted too late to be used in the Civil War.4 The Burnside Rifle Company created 30,496 Spencers that were purchased by private funds for state troops.5, Naval Commander John A. Dalgren immediately ordered 700 rifles. The results of Spencer's chutzpah paid off handsomely. The spring of 1865 found the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac located around Petersburg, Va., and it reported 5,300 Spencer carbines in field service. Like the original, it is chambered for .56-50 centerfire, which takes it out of the Civil War era and puts it at the forefront of our western expansion. In addition, the Spencer could only be fired with its proprietary .56-56 cartridge, and supplies were often spotty at best. The .56-56 Spencer is a rimfire cartridge. As we know, rimfire ammo for these arms is no longer available, but centerfire conversion blocks are available from Dixie Gun Worksand S&S Firearms. The 500 members of the Fifth New York Cavalry dismounted and formed a loose skirmish line, and there they were attacked by a division of Confederate infantry. Read today's "The Armed Citizen" entry for real stories of law-abiding citizens, past and present, who used their firearms to save lives. Mention longarms of the Civil War and we tend to think of the 1861 Springfield and other single-shot muzzleloaders. Ruger's multi-role small frame autoloading rifle - Sear - combines AR-10 power with AR-15 Portability. We've recently expanded to a second 18,000 sq.ft. The Spencer was also very fast to reload, with a 7-round tubular magazine that fed through the buttstock, troopers could carry pre-loaded magazine tubes and reload almost as quickly as a modern shooter exchanges them on a modern magazine fed rifle or pistol. SN: 83643. The new-for-2023 lineup includes ultralight hunting stocks and a VGA 2-pound adjustable vertical-grip stock. Eric Poole and Tom Beckstrand test the Aimpoint Acro P-2 against one of red dot sights' biggest myths: distance. That means that if you have a loaded magazine in the buttstock and try to fingerload a round in the chamber, the Spencer will jam as you raise the lever. The gun performed flawlessly and Lincoln was sold, though Spencer confessed, "Being in almost daily practice, I naturally beat the president a little. The fall of 1864 and the early months of 1865 saw three major changes to the Spencer carbines being delivered on existing Army contracts, resulting in a nomenclature change to the Model 1865. Working the Spencer repeating rifle was simple and reliable. | Bullet diameter: .512 inch, case length: 1.150 inches and overall . They were commanded by one of the Souths best generals, Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. This gun has a stabler cut off. Both guns weigh a tad over eight pounds, have case-hardened receivers and hammers and sport 20-inch barrels and side-mounted saddle rings. With the changes directed to be made to the carbines, deliveries did not start until April 15, 1865, and they continued until the end of October, with a 30,496 M1865 Spencer carbines being delivered. Part Number: L46. Spencer Civil War Repeating Carbine..LAYAWAY? The Burnside Rifle Company created 30,496 Spencers that were purchased by private funds for state troops. All Guns and Ammo subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. Barrel lacks the 1865 markings and is not numbered. The Spencer is a lever-action repeating rifle designed by Christopher Spencer in 1860. The .56-50-cal. The archives remain silent on the fate of his horse. Although produced too late to see action against Johnny Reb, the Model 1865 was issued to numerous frontier Army posts and due to its firepower was highly regarded among good men and bad throughout the West. The enemy opened fire with artillery and musket fire, but the cavalrymen marched steadily forward in a single line firing their Spencers as rapidly as possible. Load on Sunday and shoot all week! | While the Colt Model 601 was the first AR-15 to be mass-produced, there were several design variations that came before during the platform's development. To load a Spencer, you must first open the trapdoor in the butt plate and remove the cartridge follower. SPENCER-BURNSIDE 1865 INDIAN WARS ERA CARBINE, NEW MODEL 1865 SPENCER SRC MADE BY BURNSIDE, FINE SPENCER 1860 CARBINE IN CALIBER 50 RF, "Spencer Saddle Ring Carbine Converted to Shotgun (AL8016), Model 1865 SPENCER CARBINE .50 Cal. Seventh Cavalry entered the Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876. PLATE SAN FRANCISCO CAL. Frontier Modified 1860 Spencer Military Rifle. It has a 20 inch barrel. About 1920, ammunition was phased out, and it remains obsolete today. Barrel has most of the original blue. Interestingly, .56-50 ammunition continued to be made into the 1920s- evidence of the proclivity of the Model 1865. In studying the design of the rifle, it is not especially strong, and handloaders should approach it with caution. Toward the end of the war, the Ordnance Department changed its official cartridge from .56-56 to .56-50, as many muskets were being converted to .50-caliber rimfire. Though ballistics were similar, the Spencer had one great advantage - it could be loaded and fired in a fraction of the time that was necessary for either of the other two guns. and was adjustable. Joe Kurtenbach and Caleb Giddings also look at the first-ever optics-ready carry revolvers with the new Taurus 605 and 856 T.O.R.O. The Spencer rifle, however, could hold seven rounds, allowing one to shoot seven times before having to reload. Joe Kurtenbach, Executive Editor of Gun & Ammo, and John Myles from Smith & Wesson discuss features of the Equalizer 9mm micro-compact pistol and new-for-2023 M&P 5.7. The "U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903," better-known as the M1903 Springfield, has become one of the most popular U.S. military small arms to collect. The Spencer cartridges were made in three sizes: .50, .52, and .56 caliber. This Burnside Model Spencer Repeating Rifle (carbine) is a right hand lever activated action 10 round tube magazine rifle in .54 Cal. The SCAR 15P is chambered for 5.56 NATO and, with its 7.5-inch barrel, is the most compact SCAR to date. Chris Johnson, FN Senior Product Manager, walks us through two new FN striker-fired pistols at SHOT Show 2023: the FN 510 Tactical, chambered in 10mm Auto, and the FN 545 Tactical, chambered in .45 ACP. In 1865, these rifles were being issued to Union troops. In Wilsons 1865 raid through the Deep South, his men were mainly armed with Spencers and equipped with Blakeslee cartridge boxes. Made circa 1860s. One dropped a number of cartridges, nose-first, into the magazine. So it is strongly suggested to use loads exactly as shown in the accompanying table. Spencer Model 1865 Saddle Ring Carbine by Burnside Rifle Co. SERIAL NUMBER 11116 BARREL MANUFACTURED 1865.. Has the stabler cutoff for Indian Wat usage. Post war factory alteration of the Army modelS# 95918. The Judge has been promoted! Some 3,000 Model 1867 and 2,500 New Models (1868) were also produced, featuring a Spencer patented cutoff on top of the receiver. Then a spring pushed the breech slide up, locking the breech and sealing off the barrel. Offerings include a 350-grain cast bullet at 1,279 fps (actual) and a black-powder load with the same bullet driven 986 fps (from a 20-inch barrel). Co.) and of the ammunition producer. Sgt. Another wartime contract of May 24, 1864, stated that the Army would take the entire production fabricated by the Spencer factory through Sept. 1, 1865. This is a post-Civil War carbine, built with the Stabler cut-off, and retains a stunning amount of the original, bright color ca, "Serial No. Facing off in a handgun challenge featuring the smallest professional-grade enclosed red dot sight on the market, Eric and Tom put the Acro P-2 to the distance test by doing a walk-back challenge. RARE SPENCER .50 CAL. Give a Gift During his lifetime, Spencer was responsible for a plethora of patents, including such diverse contrivances as a textile spool labeling machine, an automatic lathe turret and an early pump shotgun. The tubular magazine, located in the buttstock, held seven rimfire cartridges. A blade front sight and folding adjustabl Click for more info "Spencer Sporting rifle with good bore, 26" barrel and pewter forend cap. The carbine version was used because it was shorter, lighter, and easier to reload quickly. Do Pistols Benefit From Popular Aftermarket Modifications? Although the article did not say so much about where to get ammo for them. A good, balanced choice for hunting and medium-range combat . 18649, chambered in 56-50, 20"" round barrel with 6 groove bore. 22" barrel length. But the merciless Spencer seven-shooter would not cease.". The war in Virginia was over a week later on April 9, 1865, with Lees surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House. To fire the Spencer, the lever was opened, which dropped the carrier to pick up a cartridge from the tubed plunger. Thus a broken Spencer remained broken. As of this writing, there is only one company, TEN-X Ammunition (5650 Arrow Highway, Montclair CA 91763, www.tenxammo.com) producing factory fodder. .56-50 Spencer reloading data with 45 loads. Subscriber Services. And for the first time since the early 20th century, ammunition is again available, loaded by Ten-X (www.tenxammo.com). Several years ago, Taylors & Company, Inc. announced a reproduction of the Spencer carbine, but chambered in a modern version of the .56-50 with centerfire ignition. The company paid Spencer Repeating Rifle Co. a royalty of 50 cents for each carbine delivered to the Ordnance Dept., and $1 was paid for the 4,000 Spencer carbines sold to military individuals and civilians. Taurus Marketing Manager Caleb Giddings highlights the features of the new Taurus Raging Hunter 460 Magnum, a purpose-built revolver with a 10.5-inch barrel and an effective recoil-taming brake, with Guns & Ammo Executive Editor Joe Kurtenbach. One final improvement was the March 1865 incorporation of the Stabler cut-off attachment, which was invented by Edward Stabler of Sandy Springs, Md. SPRINGFIELD ARMORY CONVERSION OF A MODEL 1865 SPENCER CAVALRY CARBINE TO MODEL 1871, Infantry Rifle. The Second Kansas Cavalry, station in Fort Smith during the Civil War, were issued the Spencer in 1865 to replace their Sharps rifles. FINE SPENCER 1860 CARBINE IN CALIBER 50 RF GI#: 102191653 20 inch round barrel with 3-groove rifled bore chambered in 50 RF caliber. Remember, at this time the principal U.S. infantry arm was a then state-of-the-art .58-caliber Springfield muzzleloading Minie rifle-musket, with many regulars and state troops armed with more archaic firearms. However, many Yankees did not want to wait for this decided advantage in firepower, and it is estimated that an astounding 105,804 Spencer rifles were privately purchased by troops before the government guns were delivered. One dropped a number of cartridges, nose-first, into the magazine. 6Flayderman, Flaydermans Guide 5th ed., 155. But the Army remained unconvinced. The carbine balances well, with most of the weight to the rear, which makes it feel slightly barrel-light, but this also made it a pleasure to shoot offhand. The case was a rimfire, loaded with a 350-grain bullet and driven with 45 grains of black powder. That battle and the next days action at Five Forks-plus the breakthrough around Petersburg-forced Lee to evacuate Petersburg and Richmond. Testimonial upon testimonial arrived at the Spencer works, which by 1863 had relocated to the Chickering Piano-Forte Building in Boston, MA. to manufacture 30,500 .52-cal. The new .56-50 ammunition could chamber in the older M1860 carbines, but the earlier .56-56 would not chamber in the new carbines. When the Spencers did get to the front lines, they saw plenty of action in the Battle of Antietam at Gettysburg under Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer and with the 7th Connecticut Cavalry at the Battle of Olustee. The SCAR 15P is chambered for 5.56 NATO and, with its 7.5-inch barrel, is the most compact SCAR to date. To make things more confusing, the soft-lead bullet was actually .52 caliber but sported a Minie-ball-type cavity in its base that enabled it to expand and fill the six-groove rifling when the gun was fired. Handloading the .56-50 Spencer Centerfire.