GETTYSBURG SERIAL NUMBER RANGE SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE

GETTYSBURG SERIAL NUMBER RANGE SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE. SN 1327. 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”. 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. In Marcot’s book, “Spencer Repeating Firearms”, he details the fact that Custer’s troops had 479 Spencer rifles that they successfully used to stop Jeb Stuart’s attempt to flank and attack the rear. It was also from this battle that an unidentified Confederate soldier has been often quoted as saying “That Spencer rifle. Load it in the morning and shoot all day.” Gettysburg is acknowledged as being the turning point of the Civil War, of which the Spencer rifle played an important part. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains an even, dark brown patina with very fine surface oxidation, normal nicks, dings and dents. Receiver is a blue brown patina with some fine surface oxidation. Lock plate has similar finish. Stock is sound with grain crack through top of wrist, some minor gapping around bottom of lock plate, numerous nicks, dings and small dents, some minor shrinkage around buttplate and retains a dark oil finish. Forend is sound with some chipping along edges of both sides, numerous nicks, dings and dents, hairline grain crack at receiver on right side and retains a dark, oil finish. Mechanics are good, bore has strong, discernable rifling with scattered, shallow pitting. 4-42020 BDT278 (8,000-12,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2430	$0.00	GETTYSBURG SERIAL NUMBER RANGE SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE. SN 1327. 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”. 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. In Marcot’s book, “Spencer Repeating Firearms”, he details the fact that Custer’s troops had 479 Spencer rifles that they successfully used to stop Jeb Stuart’s attempt to flank and attack the rear. It was also from this battle that an unidentified Confederate soldier has been often quoted as saying “That Spencer rifle. Load it in the morning and shoot all day.” Gettysburg is acknowledged as being the turning point of the Civil War, of which the Spencer rifle played an important part. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains an even, dark brown patina with very fine surface oxidation, normal nicks, dings and dents. Receiver is a blue brown patina with some fine surface oxidation. Lock plate has similar finish. Stock is sound with grain crack through top of wrist, some minor gapping around bottom of lock plate, numerous nicks, dings and small dents, some minor shrinkage around buttplate and retains a dark oil finish. Forend is sound with some chipping along edges of both sides, numerous nicks, dings and dents, hairline grain crack at receiver on right side and retains a dark, oil finish. Mechanics are good, bore has strong, discernable rifling with scattered, shallow pitting. 4-42020 BDT278 (8,000-12,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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