![]() Sling loops were located under the shoulder stock and at the second barrel band for use of an optional shoulder strap. The trigger unit sat under the grip handle with the lever doubling as the trigger guard. A flip-up type sighting device was ahead of the receiver with a simpler sighting device just aft of the muzzle. ![]() The hammer was external and offset to the right side of the body as in preceding flintlock and percussion-based designs. Design work on the rifle began in the late 1850s, development culminating in 1859.ĭesign of the Spencer Rifle included a wooden shoulder stock with integral straight grip, metal receiver, wooden forend and long-running section of exposed barrel with three barrel bands joining it to the forend. The Spencer Rifle proved one of the earlier successful forms of a repeating rifle anywhere in the world, solidifying Christopher Spencer's piece in the annals of firearms history. ![]() ![]() The rifle was used extensively throughout the American Civil War (1861-1865), primarily on the side of the Union though occasionally fielded by the Confederates when captured and its distinct ammunition supply allowed. Christopher Spencer (1833-1922) proved an inventor at heart and one of his most storied creations became the repeat-fire, lever-action "Spencer Rifle" which aptly carried his surname (Spencer had spent some time under the employ of Samuel Colt). ![]()
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