The first 500 were delivered about Janufollowed by another 500 in mid to late January 1863. Joseph T Copeland privately purchased 1200 Spencer rifles. While organizing the 5th Michigan Cavalry, Lt. Only two units of the Army of the Potomac were armed with Spencer Repeating Rifles at Gettysburg. This number tracks the rifle to the 5th Michigan Cavalry as follows:
The most important piece of information on this rifle is the serial number 1646. Shoulder stock is equally as nice with only a old, shallow 1 ½” long gouge on the left cheek of the stock. Wood has original finish with beautiful patina and depth of color. No trace of government cartouche visible. There is a hairline crack that runs on the underside from the receiver out to the to the screw on the bottom (~1 ½” long). The fore stock is in very good condition. Butt plate, tube magazine, sling swivels, nose cap, barrel bands, and band springs all here and show similar wear with uniform pewter-gray color.īarrel is mated to a black walnut two-piece stock. Mechanically good with one very minor exception: the spring for the cartridge guide (the piece that sits atop the breech block and guides the spent case out of the receiver and then guides the new cartridge into the chamber) is loose or broken so there is no tension on the guide. Early serial number “1646” is visible at rear of receiver. On the top of the receiver is the three-line maker’s stamping “SPENCER REPEATING - / RIFLE CO.
All gun metal exhibits light use and wear and scattered light pitting. Features rear flip-up sight and front blade site emanating from a socket bayonet lug.
Rifle measures 47” overall with a 30” round barrel that features six-groove rifling. 52 caliber rimfire longarm that used the “No. This specimen, serial #1646, was one of the approximately 11,000 produced between 18. Initial army contracts with the Spencer Company of Boston, Massachusetts called for 10,000 repeating firearms at a cost of $40.00 each. This famous longarm is a Civil War Model 1860 Spencer Repeating rifle in very good original condition.
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