Original U.S. Burnside Model 1865 Spencer Repeating .50cal Converted Rifle for Frontier Use - Serial 14852 Fusee Spring & Cover as well as highly visible

as well as highly visible grain along the temper line and blade surface

The eagle is very crisp

Year of Manufacture: 1852 - converted c

Scabbards were available

three armed barges (artillery lighters) carrying 8

Original U.S. Burnside Model 1865 Spencer Repeating .50cal Converted Rifle for Frontier Use - Serial 14852 Fusee Spring & Cover as well as highly visibleOriginal Item: Only One Available. This fine rifle started out in 1865 as a Burnside Rifle Company made Model 1865 Spencer Saddle Ring Carbine in . 52 caliber. On June 27, 1864, the Burnside Rifle Co. entered into a contract with the Ordnance Dept. to manufacture 30,500 . 52 cal. M1860 Spencer carbines with deliveries completed by Aug. 31, 1865. With the changes directed to be made to the carbines, deliveries did not start until April 15, 1865, and