Spencer - not the typical saddle ring???????

[freek]

Spencer Carbine with a different kind of saddle ring . . . any thoughts on this?



 
                               (Photos Posted by Two Flints)

[freek]

thanks all. ck out picks on other post whats up with the ring bar.

[Two Flints]

Freek,

Could just be someone's modification from what the original ring was like, maybe they just needed a bigger loop for their style of sling.

Interesting photo, thanks for posting.

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Thanks,

Two Flints

[freek]

look at the shape of the lever. with closed. its far away from the receiver??

[freek]

OK.  If you look at the pic the action is closed.  However, the back of the cocking lever is at least 1/2 in away from the trigger plate.  The lever does not seem to be bent.  Has anyone seen something like this? 

[Blair]

The odd sling bar shape is not all that unusual for some carbines of European influence. I would believe it was something done after market perhaps by the French.
The leaver hanging some what loose may also be a modification/alteration to the coil spring between the upper and lower breach blocks. (just a guess on my part). Replacement springs should be available from S&S Firearms or Lodgewood, along with the proper sling bar replacement.
My best,
Blair

[freek]

ser # 9207  m1865 any info on year.  thanks..

[Two Flints]

Freek,

Model 1865 Spencers were manufactured too late to be used in the Civil War . . . no information available in print on their history . . . probably became a civilian purchase . . . maybe travelled out West with their owners . . . many were sold overseas.

Two Flints

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

I have no suggestions to make on the shape of the saddle ring.

The loop material, judging by those ring shape marks at the rear, could very well be made from a wire nail?