Taylors Spencer
My Spencer Infantry Rifle in 56/50 finally arrived earlier in the week. A buddy and I took the plunge in early June with him ordering a 56/50 Carbine while I went for the Infantry rifle. Of course his...
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I always thought the Spencer was an interesting rifle design. I have only ever seen them, never picked one up yet.These have a magazine in the buttstock right? How many rounds does it hold?-Ryan
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Ryan,you're correct, the magazine is in the buttstock. The originals and reproductions in 56-50 hold seven around. I believe the 44-40 and 45 colt ones form Taylors can hold 8 or 9.Stephen
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.........Late entry here . I understand that quite a few of the frontier cavalry troopers were not pleased to have to give up their Spencer repeaters for the single shot (albeit more powerfull)...
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The Sioux at Little Bighorn were armed with surplus Spencers. That's probably all that needs to be said about the relative value of Trapdoors in a rifle caliber vs. Spencers in a pistol caliber. Get...
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Holes are holes they all leak. The fact that they were outnumbered 15 to 1 might have made a little difference as well. Bob
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SOME Sioux at LBH MAY have had Spencers. More appear to have had Henry and 1866 Winchester repeaters, plus some Trapdoors captured at the Rosebud fight.We were soldiers, once. and young
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oooh oohh i know some interesting history here p.s. ihave an orig spence rifle i brought back to life as well as carbine in the battle of beecher island 50 scouts mind you N(not cavlery) held of over...
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Re the little big horn. I remember reading that the Indians had come upon a crude way to reload some of the old lever gun rimfire cartridges. And that such cartridge cases were found after the fire 20...
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And,it would seem, from the reports of the army ordnance board itself, that the severe extraction difficulties with the Trapdoors was more related to the army's copper cased ammunition than the rifle...
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The troops at LBH weren't the experienced civil-war seasoned veterans of lore, but a mixed bag with forensics showing many under-aged kids in ill health. The battlefield reflects a number of elongated...
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I was at the battle field a number of years ago and the dead were strung out over about 2 miles, according to the crosses. There was sort of a last stand that consisted of Custer and a small number of...
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Actually, Custer had divided his forces into three "battalions". One with seven companies (IIRC) with him. Another with I don't recall how many companies with Major Marcus Reno, and a third force...
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The Indians did the same thing to Custer as he tried to do to them. One group got ahead of him while another force came straight out of the camp for him. I got Reno and Benteen mixed up. Reno was the...
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Some of us Virginians like to say Custer had it coming for what he did to Scottsville. LBH wasn't the first time he got himself into a pickle... Rosser nearly handed him his head at Trevillian's...
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"The only "survivor" being the horse Comanche, wounded and therefore not taken as booty, belonging to one of the captains with Custer. Can't recall his name."Captain Myles Keogh, in command of I...
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Right - don't know why Keogh's name wouldn't pop up. Comanche was for several years after a fixture at any parade involving the 7th Cav - never ridden, but saddled and bridled.We were soldiers, once....
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Keogh was a photographer and there is a excellent book with pictures of the times (its in my collection)
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