Sealed Bid Auction - January 2020 : Sale S0120 Lot 2182
A .56-50 (SPENCER RIMFIRE) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING CAVALRY CARBINE, MODEL SPENCER, serial no. 31610

Product Details

A .56-50 (SPENCER RIMFIRE) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING CAVALRY CARBINE, MODEL 'SPENCER', serial no. 31610 circa 1863-65, with round 20in. barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight blade and rear-sight, plain receiver with under-lever opening, the top of receiver stamped 'SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE CO. BOSTON, MASS, PAT'D MARCH 6 1860' over 'MANUF*D AT PROV. R.I. BY BURNSIDE RIFLE CO', plain back-action sidelock with external hammer, walnut straight-hand butt-stock with magazine tube concealed in the iron heel-plate, side mounted iron saddle bar and ring, walnut splinter fore-end, traces of finish

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Estimate £600-800

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament