Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2015 : Sale A1215 Lot 915
SPENCER, USA A .52 (RIMFIRE) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING CARBINE, MODEL 1865, serial no. 21858,

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SPENCER, USA
A .52 (RIMFIRE) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING CARBINE, MODEL '1865', serial no. 21858,
circa 1865, with blued round 20in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight and folding ladder rear-sight, colour-hardened receiver with under-lever opening, the top of receiver stamped 'SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE , PAT'D MARCH 6 1860', MANUF'D AT PROV. R.I. BY BURNSIDE RIFLE CO.' together with the date '1865', 'Stabler' cut-off, colour-hardened back-action sidelock with external hammer, saddle-ring and bar to left hand side, walnut straight-hand butt-stock with magazine tube concealed in the iron heel-plate, walnut splinter fore-end and iron barrel-band with swivel, much original blued finish and colour

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Estimate £1,000-1,500