SPENCER MODEL 1865 LEVER ACTION CARBINE.

SPENCER MODEL 1865 LEVER ACTION CARBINE. Cal. 56-56. SN 4899. Scarce standard carbine without Stabler cutoff having a 20″ rnd bbl, square base front sight and carbine ladder rear sight. Usual receiver and bbl markings with a small “US” and a “W” on the left side of the bbl over the chamber. It has straight grain walnut wood with small round forearm and single band with sling swivels and straight stock with two sharp cartouches on the left wrist and small inspector initials on the various parts. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains 96-97% strong orig blue with a couple of small nicks and a scratch or two. Receiver, lockplate & hammer, lever, bottom tang and buttplate retain most of their orig factory case colors strong but faded on the receiver, bright and vivid on the lockplate, hammer, lower tang & buttplate. Lever is mostly dark blue case colors. Stock has a hairline on the left side at the buttplate, otherwise the wood is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches from handling & storage. Crisp mechanics, brilliant shiny bore. May have been fired, but if so, very little. 4-54556 JR119 (4,000-6,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2005

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
	613	$10,350.00	SPENCER MODEL 1865 LEVER ACTION CARBINE. Cal. 56-56. SN 4899. Scarce standard carbine without Stabler cutoff having a 20″ rnd bbl, square base front sight and carbine ladder rear sight. Usual receiver and bbl markings with a small “US” and a “W” on the left side of the bbl over the chamber. It has straight grain walnut wood with small round forearm and single band with sling swivels and straight stock with two sharp cartouches on the left wrist and small inspector initials on the various parts. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains 96-97% strong orig blue with a couple of small nicks and a scratch or two. Receiver, lockplate & hammer, lever, bottom tang and buttplate retain most of their orig factory case colors strong but faded on the receiver, bright and vivid on the lockplate, hammer, lower tang & buttplate. Lever is mostly dark blue case colors. Stock has a hairline on the left side at the buttplate, otherwise the wood is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches from handling & storage. Crisp mechanics, brilliant shiny bore. May have been fired, but if so, very little. 4-54556 JR119 (4,000-6,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2005 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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