Need a Spencer Lock!

[dbar1918]

Folks, I just obtained an original Spencer Carbine Model 1860 with no pstwar alterations.  It is missing the complete lock and a few minor screws.  While a bit rough, I desire to restore it.  It needs a complete lock.  I would prefer an original but will settle for a replica until I can find one complete or put one together.

Dave
david.stieghan@att.net

[Ibgreen]

Am I wrong in thinking that Sharps and Spencer locks were interchangeable?

[major]

I think that the only thing on the Sharps and Spencer locks that is interchangeable is the main spring.

[Herbert]

S&S or Dixie have original and re-production parts for 1860-65 and NM Spencers,The lock of the Armi Sports Spencer will fit with no or very little fitting but will need the original screws to atache as the threads are diffrent on the AS Spencers,re-production stocks are available from a few diffrent supliers and original wood work shows up evry now and then on EBAY or here.Sharps locks will not fit but the main spring will as mentioned

[Arizona Trooper]

Lodgewood Mfg. will have a complete original lock, or can make you one up out of parts. www.lodgewood.com

All of the internal lock parts will interchange between Sharps and Spencer except the sear. A Spencer sear will work in a Sharps, but a Sharps sear needs to have the leg ground a little to clear the magazine tube. The lock plates are completely different.

[Snakeeater]

Be careful when you do find a lock that its not for the Peabody, which is very similar. I picked one up from S&S last year by mistake, and the good folks at S&S were good enough to refund my money on the lock, which they had not realised was wrongly labeled as a Spencer lock. It wasn't until I was disassembling and cleaning the lock that I noticed the bridle was different (almost "backwards") from the Spencer bridle, then I realised it was for a Peabody which also has a flat lockplate and almost the same style hammer. The photo below illustrates my point.