SPENCER ARMY MODEL 3 BAND RIFLE.

SPENCER ARMY MODEL 3 BAND RIFLE. SN 9409. Cal. 52. 30″ rnd bbl, square front base with pinned, modified nickel blade, and 800yd ladder rear sight with retaining screw. Standard receiver marked on top flat Spencer Repeating/Rifle Company Boston Mass./Pat’d March 6, 1860. Mounted with straight grain walnut; inlet base and swivel; steel buttplate with removable feed tube; cartouche on left side wrist HHH and DAP; 24-1/2″ forend retained by nose cap and 3 bbl band, center band mounted with swing swivel. Serial Number of this gun falls in the Army model Civil War production made 1863-1864. Six grooved rifling, front sight doubles as lug for socket bayonet, 11,470 delivered, serial number range from approx 700-11,000 as taken from Flayderman’s Guide. PROVENANCE: Charles Radcliffe Collection. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl retains thinning orig blue with wear in area of front sight. Bottom of bbl near muzzle has patch of shallow surface rust. Normal expected nicks and dings. Receiver and lockplate are a silver hardening with flaked areas blending with brown patina. Stock is sound with nicks, scratches and shallow dents. Open grain oil finish blending with hand worn patina. Cartouches are sharp and clear. Forend is sound with normal nicks, dings and small gouges with open grain oil finish blended with hand worn patina. Mechanics are crisp with shiny six grooved bbl. 4-39629 BDT170 (2,000-3,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2441	$5,175.00	SPENCER ARMY MODEL 3 BAND RIFLE. SN 9409. Cal. 52. 30″ rnd bbl, square front base with pinned, modified nickel blade, and 800yd ladder rear sight with retaining screw. Standard receiver marked on top flat Spencer Repeating/Rifle Company Boston Mass./Pat’d March 6, 1860. Mounted with straight grain walnut; inlet base and swivel; steel buttplate with removable feed tube; cartouche on left side wrist HHH and DAP; 24-1/2″ forend retained by nose cap and 3 bbl band, center band mounted with swing swivel. Serial Number of this gun falls in the Army model Civil War production made 1863-1864. Six grooved rifling, front sight doubles as lug for socket bayonet, 11,470 delivered, serial number range from approx 700-11,000 as taken from Flayderman’s Guide. PROVENANCE: Charles Radcliffe Collection. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl retains thinning orig blue with wear in area of front sight. Bottom of bbl near muzzle has patch of shallow surface rust. Normal expected nicks and dings. Receiver and lockplate are a silver hardening with flaked areas blending with brown patina. Stock is sound with nicks, scratches and shallow dents. Open grain oil finish blending with hand worn patina. Cartouches are sharp and clear. Forend is sound with normal nicks, dings and small gouges with open grain oil finish blended with hand worn patina. Mechanics are crisp with shiny six grooved bbl. 4-39629 BDT170 (2,000-3,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 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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