Rodgers and Spencer
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Rogers & spencer
Hez....yes ..! they are nice as can Be ! The big port for the caps is great and the cylinder can hold 40 grains 3 FFF for a BIG Boom ! Everything about
the R&S is SWEET...I love the grip too !
It just dont git any Better that This !! ! ! Dont hesitate to git yerself one ! and the design of the hammer slot wont let spent caps fall into the action like a Colt...
dont git me wrong...I love Colts too.....
Hez....yes ..! they are nice as can Be ! The big port for the caps is great and the cylinder can hold 40 grains 3 FFF for a BIG Boom ! Everything about
the R&S is SWEET...I love the grip too !
It just dont git any Better that This !! ! ! Dont hesitate to git yerself one ! and the design of the hammer slot wont let spent caps fall into the action like a Colt...
dont git me wrong...I love Colts too.....
That is great news! My son says it is the ugliest gun he has ever seen. I absoloutely love it. Common reports say they were never used in the CW, but I read an article where someone bought an original and discovered a letter inside the frame, under the grip, that was written by a wife to her Lieutenant husband. Letter was dated before the war ended...hmmm maybe we don't know everything! Thanks guys, this one is on the radar now.
Acorn Mush
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Hezekiah, you won't be disappointed if one follows you home and decides to stay with you. 
I somewhat agree with your son regarding the appearance - it does look rather homely compared to an 1860 Colt, but that trigger pull just can't be beat! Mine was as good stock as my ROA's was after it was worked over.
I somewhat agree with your son regarding the appearance - it does look rather homely compared to an 1860 Colt, but that trigger pull just can't be beat! Mine was as good stock as my ROA's was after it was worked over.
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Issued?
I have read a few accounts that attest that some Rogers & Spencer were issued late in the war.......maybe not many, but some.
and others swear that they were never issued? Nontheless the revolver is so
ugly that it is Pretty !!!!.....pretty is as Pretty does ! they are real sweet shooters.... if they werent why does the German company " fienbreau" or something like that make a R&S and charge $1200 for it????? course the german one are supposed to be far Superior.... Mine is a Euroarms and
shoots great !!!
I have read a few accounts that attest that some Rogers & Spencer were issued late in the war.......maybe not many, but some.
and others swear that they were never issued? Nontheless the revolver is so
ugly that it is Pretty !!!!.....pretty is as Pretty does ! they are real sweet shooters.... if they werent why does the German company " fienbreau" or something like that make a R&S and charge $1200 for it????? course the german one are supposed to be far Superior.... Mine is a Euroarms and
shoots great !!!
ThomasT
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I don't know how many of you folks read "The Backwoodsman" magazine but the newest issue (sept/oct) has an article on different ways to load a C&B revolver and a Rogers & Spencer was used in the test.
The author said all 5000 guns were put in storage and bought by Bannermans in 1901 for .25 cents each and sold for $2.85 with plans to use them for a table lamp. Anyway the author spoke highly of the gun.
The author said all 5000 guns were put in storage and bought by Bannermans in 1901 for .25 cents each and sold for $2.85 with plans to use them for a table lamp. Anyway the author spoke highly of the gun.
Hez, here's one for sale from a guy I know on the voy BP Revolver forum.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=190721063
Here's mine, I shoot both cap & ball and 45lc w/ a conversion cylinder, accurate w/ both!! 25g fff w/ 454rb and 7g Unique w/ a 255g rnfp in a shell.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=190721063
Here's mine, I shoot both cap & ball and 45lc w/ a conversion cylinder, accurate w/ both!! 25g fff w/ 454rb and 7g Unique w/ a 255g rnfp in a shell.
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R&S
Mine has no brand name on it what so ever (Aside from Rogers & Spencer.) It does have markings to indicate Italian manufacture. It doesn't seem to like light loads, they pattern like a cylinder bore shotgun. If I dump more powder in it the groups tighten up nicely. The edge of hole in the frame for the trigger drags a bit on the top of my trigger finger.
As for the originals, the government contracted for 5000 which never saw issue. There were a few more sold on the civilian market, a hand full of those might have seen the war.
Mine has no brand name on it what so ever (Aside from Rogers & Spencer.) It does have markings to indicate Italian manufacture. It doesn't seem to like light loads, they pattern like a cylinder bore shotgun. If I dump more powder in it the groups tighten up nicely. The edge of hole in the frame for the trigger drags a bit on the top of my trigger finger.
As for the originals, the government contracted for 5000 which never saw issue. There were a few more sold on the civilian market, a hand full of those might have seen the war.
bonza
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I've had a couple of the Euroarms repro R&S revolvers. The first one I bought (1980s) had an out of round nipple hole in one of the chambers.....but I got along with it ok as I only loaded five at a time anyway. The second one I bought about ten years ago, both shot very well, but I have relatively small hands & the R&S grip is just a bit too big for me to shoot my best with them, so I went to a '58 Remington in .36 caliber for target work.
madcratebuilder
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I have a 1979 vintage R&S by Armi San Paolo.
I shoot it as well as my ROA's, it's very consistent, never any fliers. I find the hammer spur to higher than my liking.
From my notes:
"Manufactured in Albany, NY towards the end of the Civil war. This was reportedly a highly accurate handgun. It saw service as late as the Spanish-American war"
I shoot it as well as my ROA's, it's very consistent, never any fliers. I find the hammer spur to higher than my liking.
From my notes:
"Manufactured in Albany, NY towards the end of the Civil war. This was reportedly a highly accurate handgun. It saw service as late as the Spanish-American war"
What is the real difference between the two offered by Dixie? Looks like finish, where the cheaper one (350 bucks) has a stainless look to the cylinder? I know the gorgeous one on GB will go to someone else...always loose those bidding wars!
arcticap
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BlackNet posted photos of his beautiful R&S London model from Dixie.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=6302262&postcount=27
On page 1 of the same thread, there's detailed photos of his blue R&S kit gun.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=493228
I thought that the London finish was rust resistant by virtue of it possibly being nickeled somehow.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=6302262&postcount=27
On page 1 of the same thread, there's detailed photos of his blue R&S kit gun.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=493228
I thought that the London finish was rust resistant by virtue of it possibly being nickeled somehow.
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arcticap
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Translated from the Italian Euroarms catalog by freetranslation.com about the R&S London model:
http://www.euroarms.net/Avancarica/catalogo/CATALOGO 2008-A ENGL.pdf
In post #25, BlackNet stated:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=493228
http://www.euroarms.net/Avancarica/catalogo/CATALOGO 2008-A ENGL.pdf
In post #25, BlackNet stated:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=493228
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Thanks Arcticap
Hey Arcticap thanks for posting that link to the one with the London gray finish. Went to check it out on Dixie and lo and behold it is on sale at $100 off. Just $350. That was a no brainer. A flash of the magic plastic and it's on it's way.
Hey Arcticap thanks for posting that link to the one with the London gray finish. Went to check it out on Dixie and lo and behold it is on sale at $100 off. Just $350. That was a no brainer. A flash of the magic plastic and it's on it's way.
Benmathes
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Rogers and Spencer
Hey Hez- I've got a bunch of R&S- including 2 originals I still shoot, several Euroarms and one German version that is spectacular- it places ball on ball at 25 yds!
My favorite in original design
My Rugers are better "modern black powder" guns- but the R&S is king!
Ben
Hey Hez- I've got a bunch of R&S- including 2 originals I still shoot, several Euroarms and one German version that is spectacular- it places ball on ball at 25 yds!
My favorite in original design
My Rugers are better "modern black powder" guns- but the R&S is king!
Ben
Benmathes, Like you, I'm a R&S junkie, I only have a Euroarms and an original civilian. The sole inspector stamp is the cartouche on the left grip on the original. Both are shooters and I have a 45lc conversion for the Euroarms also. Could you post pic's of your's? I've never even seen a Hedge in a pic.
BHP FAN
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unspellable got it right:
''As for the originals, the government contracted for 5000 which never saw issue. There were a few more sold on the civilian market, a hand full of those might have seen the war...''
some few did make it to the battlefields as private purchase by Union officers, though the contract was filled too late for the Government to issue any before the war's end at Appomattox.that's why they're NSSA approved.
''As for the originals, the government contracted for 5000 which never saw issue. There were a few more sold on the civilian market, a hand full of those might have seen the war...''
some few did make it to the battlefields as private purchase by Union officers, though the contract was filled too late for the Government to issue any before the war's end at Appomattox.that's why they're NSSA approved.
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