Product Details
SPENCER
A .50 (RIMFIRE) UNDER-LEVER REPEATING MILITARY CARBINE, MODEL 'M1865' serial no, 3777
circa 1865, with 20in sighted round barrel with elevating, folding 'ladder' rear-sight, stamped near 'M1865', top of breech-block inscribed 'SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE CO. BOSTON MASS PAT/D MARCH 6 1860' (feint), no cut-off, saddle ring to l/h side, walnut stock and forend, steel butt-plate with aperture for magazine (present), steel sling swivel and barrel band (metal-work stained and patinated, wood-work with bruises)
Estimate £2,000-2,200
THE ABOVE LOT IS PURCHASED AS AN EXEMPT ITEM UNDER SECTION 58 (2) OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. TO BE HELD AS A CURIOSITY OR ORNAMENT.