mptrimshop
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A fella that I work with has asked me if I know anything about a Pre civil war spencer .22 . He claims he can not find it in any gun book he has ever looked in.....
Spencer .22
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The Spencers were rimfires, though, and the only really common rimfire left today is the .22 LR, so maybe he's just confusing "rimfire" with ".22"; some pictures would help clear this up.
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There were numerous inexpensive to cheap revolvers soon AFTER the Civil War as the S&W/Rollin White patents expired (or were ignored) and I would not be surprised if somebody seized on the famous brand name of Spencer. Better than "Tramp's Terror" anyhow. Not on the list I have, though.
mptrimshop
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Im sorry i forgot to mention it was a rifle.... he said the only markings it has is that it says spencer and pantent pending on the barrle.... it is at his dads house so im trying to get him to get a few pics thus weekend
rcmodel
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The J. Stevens Arms Co. of Chicopee Falls, Mass, introduced their Model No. 16 "Crackshot" rifle in 1900.
This was also sold with trade names such as: The Keystone, The .22 Marvel, or The .22 Spencer through various hardware & catalog stores.
That is probably what it is.
Also:
Spencer Gun Company: Trade name used by the H. & 0. Folsom Arms Company on shotguns.
rc
This was also sold with trade names such as: The Keystone, The .22 Marvel, or The .22 Spencer through various hardware & catalog stores.
That is probably what it is.
Also:
Spencer Gun Company: Trade name used by the H. & 0. Folsom Arms Company on shotguns.
rc
mptrimshop
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Rc ur the man.... im going to get a few pic in the nextfew days here.....are they worth anything... are they rare...dosnt sound like that is the case
rcmodel
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In exceptional condition, it would be worth about the same as a Crack-Shot I would think.
Unfortunately, very few old Crack-Shots are in as good a condition as this one.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=268852701
rc
Unfortunately, very few old Crack-Shots are in as good a condition as this one.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=268852701
rc
Yes in dee-ee, but none of the above are Pre- Civil War manufactured, and that was part of the description
Pre Civil war, .22 Spencer, Sorry, no such animal. A picture is worth a thousand maybes. could bes. what ifs, and so on.
Pre Civil war, .22 Spencer, Sorry, no such animal. A picture is worth a thousand maybes. could bes. what ifs, and so on.
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mptrimshop
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Well upon speaking with the man he claims that is not the gun he has.... He is going to get me a few pics this weekend
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Some of the pics are. Blurry... I will see if he can take better ones
rcmodel
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See post #6.
It isn't exactly a Crack-Shot under-lever operating system, but:
That is a Stevens made Side-Lever Crack-Shot receiver if I ever saw one.
http://www.wisnersinc.com/rifles/stevens/sl.html
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It isn't exactly a Crack-Shot under-lever operating system, but:
That is a Stevens made Side-Lever Crack-Shot receiver if I ever saw one.
http://www.wisnersinc.com/rifles/stevens/sl.html
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mptrimshop
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Do you guys think the barrel got changed ?
rcmodel
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No, I think it is exactly what I said it was in post #6 & #14.
A re-branded Stevens Crack-shot variation sold through a hardware or catalog company in the early 1900's..
There were no Spencer .22 RF rifles, thus no Spencer .22 RF barrels it could have been re-barreled with.
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A re-branded Stevens Crack-shot variation sold through a hardware or catalog company in the early 1900's..
There were no Spencer .22 RF rifles, thus no Spencer .22 RF barrels it could have been re-barreled with.
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