Answer to the poll is none as the model 1860 with that low of a serial number is a rifle and not a carbine. The serial number range for the Spencer model 1860 carbines is 11,001 to 62,000. Jeremiah Johnson Trading is one of the most experienced dealers of fine antique arms, with over 30 years of collecting. We also specialize in a vast array of. Markings that are located on top of the frame are SPENCER REPEATING/ RIFLE. 1863 and 1865 with serial numbers. SPENCER MODEL M1860 REPEATING CARBINE. Gettysburg serial number range spencer repeating rifle. Spencer repeating/rifle co. Boston mass./pat’d march 6 1860. Julia, auctioneers.

Spencer repeating carbines were made by Spencer in Boston and some was sub-contracted to Burnside Company in Providence, Rhode Island. One way to tell who manufactured it is the rifling, Spencer used 6 grooves and Burnside used 3 ring. They produced around 144,000 rifles and carbines for the United States government. Civil War Spencer’s shot a 56-56 cartridge. They are a seven shot repeating rifle that loaded from a magazine tube located in the stock. The action was similar to a lever action as the trigger guard operated the mechanism by raising and lowering it. Both rifles and carbines had iron mountings with a casehardened receiver, blued barrel and walnut stock.

Markings that are located on top of the frame are SPENCER REPEATING/ RIFLE CO. / PAT’D MARCH 6,1860. Standard finish is a casehardened receiver, buttplate and barrel bands with a blued barrel. Stocks were made from walnut. Carbines have a sling ring bar with a ring on the left side and a rear sling swivel. 50,000 of these were made between 1863 and 1865 with serial numbers from 11,000 to 61,000. Offered is serial number 41756, which fits the civil war period range and was manufactured by Spencer.

Most of the metal has a dusky gunmetal gray peppery patina except for the barrel, which is a light plum color. Stock shows normal wear. Bore is bright and the rifling is very strong. Stampings are crisp and the action is tight. Nice example of an early repeating weapon used in the Civil War. DISCLAIMER: All firearms are sold as collector's items only - we do not accept responsibility as to the shooting safety or reliability of any antique firearm.

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GETTYSBURG SERIAL NUMBER RANGE SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE. Cal..52, 30″ rnd bbl, square base front sight with slightly modified German silver blade doubling as socket bayonet lug, flip-up ladder rear sight with tension spring and retaining screw. Standard receiver top flat is marked “SPENCER REPEATING/RIFLE CO. BOSTON MASS./PAT’D MARCH 6 1860”.

Driver Convertitore Usb Seriale Rs232 Adapter. Serial number is found behind breechblock. Mounted with straight grain walnut, uncheckered straight grip, steel carbine buttplate with removable loading tube, base with sling swivel 4″ from toe, 24-1/2″ forend retained by 3 bands, middle with sling swivel and nose cap. As taken from “Flayderman’s Guide”, the 1860 Army model which Custer’s 5th Michigan Cavalry was armed at Gettysburg. The presumed serial number range is 1000 to 1550.