TITLE: Spencer Model 1865 Carbine with Sling
MAKER: Spencer Repeating Rifle Company
MADE IN: Boston, MA
CALIBER: .52 Caliber
DATE: ca. 1865
DIMENSIONS: Barrel: 20” Length: 37 ½” Height: 5 ¼”
INSCRIPTION: Serial Number 31915 / Action Area (top): SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE / PAT D MARCH 6 1860 MANUF D AT PROV. R.I. / BY BURNSIDE RIFLE CO. / MODEL 1865 –
CREDIT LINE: Guns from the Browning-Cowan Family
OBJECT ID: 986-12-077
This is a military issue carbine. After the Civil War, John Philip Gemmer of the Hawken Rifle Company took surplus Spencer Rifles and fixed them with octagonal barrels to be better suited for hunting.