50 caliber bores, and blade, notch, and folding ladder sights. The conversions consisted of replacing the short carbine barrels with 32 1/2 inch round barrels numbered to the guns with three groove rifling. 1,108 Spencers were chosen by the Springfield Armory for alteration to infantry rifles in 1871. As the War Department tried to standardize the Army's weaponry, it made sense that the Spencers, especially those manufactured too late to see combat, were considered for conversion alongside the massive stockpiles of Model 18 rifle-muskets.

In the immediate post-war years, Spencers remained widely used by the cavalry while many infantrymen were stuck with obsolete muzzle loaders. The significant advantages of the Spencer and its popularity among troops and officers undoubtedly led to many being retained. Naturally, the more troublesome arms were sold as surplus. The government also had large stockpiles of various arms which required numerous types of ammunition. Army was drastically reduced from well over a million men down to just 11,000-27,500 depending on the year. Spencer repeating rifles and carbines were by many accounts the best firearms of the Civil War and were highly regarded by the troops that received them. Burnside/Springfield Spencer Model 1865/1871 Conversion Repeating Infantry Rifle A number of different reticles coding discs are available and fit snugly into the round opening of the magnifier.Make: Other - Manufacturer Barrel Length: 32 1/2 inch round Model: Springfield Armory Post War Alteration Caliber: 50 RF Stock Material: Solid Wood Condition: Other Serial #: 18646 Low Estimate: 5,500 High Estimate: 7,000 Fine U.S.

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Spencer fingerprint magnifier