TO JOIN OUR SPENCER SHOOTING SOCIETY - PLEASE REGISTER HERE !!!!

[Sgt. Norm]

Hello friends

Sgt. Norm
1st Front Infantry Regiment
Siam (Thailand)

An owner of a Spencer Carbine who come from the other side
of the world. I am a collector and assist a number of military museums
here in my country.

Would love to become a registered member of your esteemed society
because I just deeply in love with this Carbine. It was in our army around
1870.

I hope to shoot it soon.

[rbertalotto]

I'm in!

RoyB
"Rancho Roy"
SASS #93544
From the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts

Looking to get my "first" Spencer!

[Ibgreen]

I'm in

Ibgreen
Raleigh North Carolina

1868NM spencer rifle
1861 bridesburg
Colt 3rd model dragoon (repo)
p1853 enfield rifled musket (repo)

[ekj]

I just inheirted a nice Spencer carbine and know little about it.  It's s/n is 106xx, patent date 1860, there is a cartouche on the left wrist that has what appears to be the initials "DAP".  No caliber markings. 

For 150 years old it's in very good condition although the wood has developed some cracks, the metal finish is worn away but not rusted, the bore rifling is still there but is rough.  The magazine spring is very rusted and looks to be on its last legs.  Would a spring from Chiappa work?

If safe and feasible I'd like to shoot it a time or two.

How do the conversions to shoot modern pistol ammo work?  Is there a barrel liner?

Any and all info you could provide me would be most helpful and appreciated.

Thank you

[WCR]

I own a Spencer rifle that was one of the 700 modified by the Springfield Armory for the ordnance trials of 1871.
I am in the process of converting the .56-50 rimfire to shoot centerfire black powder ammuntion.
I also own a Sharps rifle with similar Springfield Armory changes (and a Remington, and Ward-Burton), all in all, the Secretary of the Army tested and reviewed over 40 rifles and carbines in the 1870's, with 5 rifles making the final cut, but all lost out to the Springfield Trapdoor.
Happy to find this site, and continue learning about these 140 year old rifles that still shoot great today!

WCR

[Beaumont]

Hello to you all

I would like to add my name to thr Spencer Shooting Society. Just bought a orginal spencer carbine, don't no of I will shoot with it.

Regards from the netherlands

[Cheaty]

Count me in Thanks!
Cheaty

[Mannheim Bob]

Mannheim Bob Reporting for Duty.

Original Spencer 1860 Rifle, 4-digit serial number (6xxx) Stabler cut off and rebarrelled with a 3-groove .50 barrel.  Saw service in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 as well.

Mannheim Bob
Wiesbaden, Germany

[the kernel]

Thanks two flints for the invitation. I'm new to this so please bare with me. I posted a new topic earlier and think I should have come here first. Would love to "jine up". Just purchased an original Model 1860 Spencer Carbine about a month ago, fully operational and man would I love to be able to shoot it! This Spencer was an early Model having Ser# 1758 and made w/o the saddle ring. If anyone could help me out with Id'ing this Spencer I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks
Gary

[powder pounder]

Hello all !!

I'd like to join up..  Info sent...

Proud new owner of an orignal 1860 Spencer rifle

[tn_shooter]

would like to join SSS - thanks

[Wil O.]

Let me be the latest....

Wil O. wants to be added to the muster roll.
Enlisted in the Iowa Volunteers, issued a Lorenz,
carried the dern thing down south aways,
and hated it every moment.
Would've loved to had the Spencer instead.
Luckily, did not see enough action involving shooting,
mostly occupying and marching.
Only good thing about my Lorenz, the length with the
bayonet on the end kept me further away from the foul smelling rebs.

(hope the remark about the rebs is OK. My great, great, great grandaddy
actually wrote those words in a letter to home)

[Corporal William Kuhlig]

I want to Join SSS. I have a M1865 Spencer Carbine with Stabler cutoff. Added a center fire block and new magazine follower so I can fire it. I also own a Taylor Spencer Carbine 44 Russian. Previous owner of a 1860 Spencer Rifle and 1860 Carbine. Love the weapon and it's history.

[paledun]

A beautiful morning in eastern Idaho.  Paledun reporting.  The Taylor Spencer is on the way.  The brass is on the way.  The mold is on the way.  Dreaming about smoke and quite a few questions on my mind. 

[duke canon]

duke canon from brisbane, australia reporting. picked up my armi sports spencer in 45schofield which i'm taking cowboy shooting this weekend.

[G.W. Strong]

Hopalong Strong here. I have an original m1860 carbine on its way to me. It is a beater but I like a challenge. It is missing the rear site, the barrel band, the saddle bar and at least one screw. Beyond that it looks ok.

I would love to join the society and look forward to learning.

[daleraby]

Hello,

May I be allowed to join your society?  I handled an original Spencer carbine once that was in the shop and being shipped to California.  Since then I have decided that I need a Spncer to go with my Cimmarron Mason/Richards conversion.  Thought I might lurk here a while before I spend my hard-earned coin, and hopefully learn something useful.

[womensoldier]

Pvt Kris reporting from the 28th VA reactoring group.

[Bodie Main]

My name is Bodie Main and I would like to join SSS.

[Eggman]

Great  to join a group with superlative firearms preferences.
Eggman of the N-SSA.