Original U.S. Spencer Model 1865 Saddle Ring Repeating Carbine with Brass Magazine Tube - Serial 6887 Antique Percussion Firearms and has been re-stitched

and has been re-stitched

indicating Schlueter manufacture and dating from early to mid 1944

There is no slot on the inside

and previously issued commercial records

Original U.S. Spencer Model 1865 Saddle Ring Repeating Carbine with Brass Magazine Tube - Serial 6887 Antique Percussion Firearms and has been re-stitchedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition Spencer Repeating Rifle Company Model 1865 Saddle Ring Carbine. While most M1865 carbines we have seen were made by Burnside Rifle Company, about 40% of the total produced were manufactured by Spencer itself. This is one of the few model 1865s we have had made by Spencer, and it is definitely not an M1860 conversion. The Spencer factory manufactured nearly 23,000 M1865 Spencer carbines,