Type of Finish: The barrel is blued and the rest of the finish is case colored. The stocks rate in about Fair to Good overall condition. A brown patina has spread on the plate, with some areas of pitting this said, there are a few spots of still bright case coloring, please see our pictures. The LOP measures 13” from the front of the trigger to the back of the buttplate. The butt has cracks near the toe, the toe also shows rounding before the plate. The stocks appear in better condition than the metal and may be a replacement set but we wouldn’t be surprised either way. The butt has nice fit to the receiver and plate, a few scattered chip losses at the edges and scrapes on the flanks are found. The butt stock has a strait wrist and left side mounted saddle ring bar. The forend’s surfaces have scrapes and gouges but no major damages. The forend is secured with a barrel band, the screw spins freely in the hole, it looks like the bottom of the screw’s threading is worn away and will not go into the receptacle, a re-threading job may fix this. Stock Configuration & Condition: The stocks are a two piece smooth walnut set. The ladder is marked from “2” at the bottom of the ladder for use with the lower “U” notch, “3” to “8” for use with a slider, and marked “9” next to the notch on the top edge.
When the ladder is raised, there is a “U” notch at the bottom of the ladder, a “V” notch at the top of the slider and another in the top edge of the ladder. There is a shallow “U” notch in the bottom of the sight for use when the ladder is folded down. The rear sight is a folding ladder sight. Sights / Optics: There is a short blade fixed to a rectangular base on the barrel. The left of the receiver is marked “J”, the left of the wrist’s saddle ring bar is marked “M”.īarrel Length: The round barrel is 20” in length.
The right of the barrel is marked “LP MM”. The right of the block, lever boss and lever are marked “A/A / H / M”. The top rear of the receiver is marked “15264” and the top of the barrel at the receiver is marked “M. Markings: The top of the receiver at the chamber is marked “SPENCER REPEATING / RIFLE CO. 50 Caliber Springfield Carbine CartridgeĪction Type: Lever Operated Rotating Breechblock Repeating Rifle With Tubular Magazine Loaded Through The Buttstock Martial Serial Numbers, has rifle serial number 15129, which is only 135 off from this serial number, having been shipped to the 6th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry in 1865.Ĭaliber. Year of Manufacture: According to the Springfield Research Institute’s 2nd Volume of U.S. Arrow_back Returns To All Sold Items arrow_back Return To Sold Pre-1900 U.S.
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