*** Photos Added *** Spencer in the Irish " Wild West"

[Mountain Man]

 Many moons ago I used to read about all the characters that "Won the West" and indeed the East too. Along with the human element, I read with fascination about the tools that helped to shape this new world, quickly becoming familiar with the names of the famous gunmakers.

Little did I realize that one day I'd be in a position where I could aquire such antiquities. I never imagined that one day a Spencer carbine would reside in my bolthole alongside my library of American history.

It would appear to have spent some time below the Mason Dixon line, it's condition suggesting some hard use!

If only it could talk!







                         (Photos Added by Two Flints)

[Trailrider]

I may have missed it, but what indications are there that this carbine "spent time below the Mason-Dixon Line"?  From the serial number this definitely appears to be a M1860 Spencer Carbine, cal. .56-56.  The condition, indeed, indicates hard use...just what I like in antique arms. The mint ones never went anyplace!  Nice find!

[Mountain Man]

Well Sir,
   With all due respect, I only suggested as much due to information that I received re the serial number which indicated which unit it was issued to, which subsequently spent a period of time in the deep south. Incidentally, I purchased said piece
in the Old Dominion!
  If you can shed any further light on its provenance, I'd be delighted...