44-40 SPencer Carbine Range Report!!!!!

[Tuolumne Lawman]

Oh my Gosh!!!!!!!!!

Well, the Sierra monsoons and wind let up for a day, so I was able to adjorn to the range below my house on the ranch.  Shot two ghuns:  Spencer 44-40 Carbine and Taurus Thnderbolt (Lightning) pump .45 Colt.

The thunderbolt will be the hottest thing in CAS.  Fed flawlessly, slick, smooth, and fast, and only around $400 retail!  It can make a mediocre rifle shot VERY fast!!!!  It is a beautiful piece, especially since it is 1/3 of an AWA or Uberti Lightning!!!!! But that's a different story.

Now for the Spencer.  I really have a quandry, now.  Do I keep my 44=40 Henry, or Sell it and keep the 44-40 Spencer!!!   The 44-40 Spencer is superbly accurate, giving me several cloverleaf patterns at about 25 yards (all I could squeeze out oif the swamp that my range is).  It is dead on. 

Free standing, I bounced 25 consecutive pop cans without a single miss at 25-30 yards!  The only glitch is that on the last few rounds, you had to cycle the action smartly to seat the bullet against the cartridge stop/guide so the cartrisge is not overlength.   The first four rounds, the spring tension of the magazine tube does it for you, slightly overcoming the spring tension of the stop/guide. I remidied this by adjusting the spring tension on the cartridge stop/guide.  It works slick now.

I really do have a quandry, though.  The cost will be about $1,000 if I keep it.  I would have to saell my Henry to do it, but I do love the Henry too!

My Infantry rifle in 56-50 is supposed to be here next week.  That I know I am keeping<g>

Ah, what's a boy to do!!!!!!!!

[Old Top]

Tuolumne,

Here is the answer I came up with, sell me the Spenser  , I will keep it in the state of confusion that we both live in and you will have visitation rights  .

Old Top

[geo]

$1k is a very good price for a spenser repro. see the prices now for originals. geo.

[Dakota Widowmaker]

A 44-40 Henry and a 56-50 Spencer are both in my permanent collection...

the Henry is my "fast" rifle. The Spencer is my friggin cool carbine.

I can hunt with either one, but, I would rather take my Henry as it has a longer sight radius and handles smokeless as well as BP rounds equally well. The spencer prefers the holy black. (and subs)

Lots of folks on this board would make a fine new owner for a 44-40 Spencer.

[Snapshot]

My Infantry rifle in 56-50 is supposed to be here next week.  That I know I am keeping<g>

One of my best friends here in Norway has the 45 carabine Spencer, it is awsome to.  I would do a lot to get my hands on a 56 - 50 Rifle.!
Probably just have to buy it.!<G>

Tuolumne, I am looking for your test report on the 56 - 50...! 

Ewen if I have taken medals in the brightest valour with it, I have just desided to sell my 40 - 65 Pedersolli Sharps....<Snip>
That will cower the most of the cost for a new 56 - 50 Spencer Rifle.

I am going to make the cartridge box my self....... Any one that have drawings of the original cartridge box.?

[The Yankee Bandit]

TL,

What types of ammo did you use for your shooting?  Factory or handloads, etc?

[Tuolumne Lawman]

Howdy Bandit.

All I had was Black Hills and Ultramax factory.  Haven't had time to load any 44-40 BP!

Even with a fairly heavy trigger (very smooth though) I got several 3 shot cloverleafs at 25 yards.  DEAD on the money.  I think I offered you first dibbs on the 44-40 Spencer.  Maybe it was Major?