Serial Number #100948 Info Request

[djossi@yahoo.com]

Two Flints,

When you have the time, I would appreciate any information you can give me on serial number 100948. It's a New Model.

Thanks!
Dave J.

PS: I fully understand that whatever information you can provide is not guaranteed to be accurate. It's only as good as the source material.

[Two Flints]

Sorry Dave, but new Model Spencers are not listed in the SRS books that I have.  I can't give you any info on your Spencer, but please post photos of it just the same, especially the receiver areas, top sides and bottom with the action open and closed.

Two Flints

[Blair]

The serial # is, however very interesting.
It helps show there were more than 100,000 manufactured during Spencer's production life. Not including those 1865 Models produced under the Burnside contract.
Pretty remarkable rate of production, by any standards, for an arm this complex!
My best,
Blair

[Snakeeater]

Blair,

Did you notice the serial number for the Japanese Spencer posted here... looks like 105811. That's about the highest serialization I have yet encountered, so even this number may not be the full total. I will have to find the source, but somewhere I had noted the total production was given as 118,731?

[Blair]

Snakeeater,

Yes, I did.
Thank you.
My best,
Blair