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	Repeating rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A repeating rifle is a single barreled rifle containing multiple rounds of ammunition.
		The term repeating rifle is most often applied to weapons in which the next cartridge is loaded by a manual action, as opposed to self-loading rifles, in which the force of one shot is used to load the next.
		Repeating rifles were a significant advance over the preceding breech loaded single-shot rifles when used for military combat, as they allowed a much greater rate of fire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Repeating_rifle (541 words)

	History of the Civil War
		The U.S. War Department purchased 4,712 of these rifles during the Civil War but they were soon regulated to the storage shed due to their unfortunate tendency to fire all of its cylinders at one time, often removing the fingers of the firer's forward hand.
		The rifle's discharge rate was so unpredictable that men often lowered the loading lever and held the weapon by it when they pulled the trigger.
		The rifle was chambered for the.44 Henry Flat, a rimfire cartridge which was propelled by 26 to 28 grains of fl powder with a 200 grain bullet.
	www.floridareenactorsonline.com /carbinesetc.htm (3086 words)

	Civil War Guns: Spencer Repeating Carbine
		It is only fair to point out that during the years 1854 to 1860 when he was inventing his repeating rifle another thing was invented--by someone else--that was absolutely critical to his mechanism design, which was the self-contained metallic cartridge for the Henry rifle.
		Spencer claimed his rifle could shoot fifteen times a minute, which was unheard of in that day.
		Spencer was interviewed by President Lincoln, who is reported at some time in 1861 to have fired a Spencer at short range using his own front sight whittled from a piece of wood.
	www.hackman-adams.com /guns/spencermore.htm (2334 words)

	The Spenser Rifle - Technical Assessment
		Almost 100,000 rifles and carbines were delivered on federal contracts before the end of the Civil War, not to mention state purchases.
		In May of 1863, Spencer rifles became the first of the repeaters to be issued.
		Spencers were the standard issue weapon of mounted troops for a decade after 1865, with few exceptions.
	www.awod.com /gallery/probono/cwchas/spencer.html (3368 words)

	Spencer repeating rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Spencer repeating rifle was adopted by the United States Army and used during the American Civil War.
		As the war progressed, Spencers were carried by a number of cavalry and mounted infantry regiments and provided the Union army with additional firepower versus their Confederate counterparts.
		Despite the fact that the Spencer company went out of business in 1869, ammunition was sold in the United States up to about the 1920s, and many rifles were converted to centerfire, which could fire cartridges made from the centerfire.50-70 brass.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spencer_repeating_rifle (636 words)

	Spencer
		The Spencer was easy to manufacture (given the requisite industrial infrastructure), had relatively few parts, many of which were in common with the Sharps rifles, and was cheaper than other repeaters on the market such as the Henry.
		The carbine was a shorter version of the Spencer 7-shot repeating rifle and was introduced primarily for cavalry use in 1864.
		One of the first technicians involved with the development of repeating rifles was Walter Hunt who received his patent in 1849 for a repeater with a tube magazine under the barrel.
	www.aotc.net /Spencer.htm (5771 words)

	Return to Finding Aids listing
		The Spencer Repeating Rifle Company was incorporated in 1862 in order to produce the firearm for the Union Army’s use during the Civil War.
		Spencer conceived the first automatic screw machine in 1873, and subsequently founded the Hartford Machine Screw Company in Hartford, CT. In 1883 the Spencer Arms Company was incorporated to produce slide-action repeating shotguns.
		Spencer can be credited with innovative developments in the design and manufacture of silk-spooling machines, turret lathes, drop forgings, automatic screw machines, repeating rifles and shotguns.
	windsorhistoricalsociety.org /fa_spencer.html (914 words)

	Percival Hopkins Spencer
		Three brothers in the Spencer family arrived in 1639 with grants from the King and settled the Connecticut cities of Hartford and East Haddam.
		Christopher Minor Spencer, Spence's dad was a successful inventor and is credited with invention of the automatic screw machine and the repeating rifle.
		The Spencer Repeating Rifle is credited as having shortened the Civil War and for deciding the battle of Gettysburg.
	www.earlyaviators.com /espencer.htm (2742 words)

	Christopher Spencer
		Spencer was anxious to arm the Union with this rifle.
		Spencer was chambered for the No. 56 Spencer rimfire cartridge, also called the.56-56 Spencer.
		Spencer’s diligent efforts during the war soon proved to be his undoing.
	www.leverguns.com /articles/blancard/spencer.htm (4102 words)

	slweapon
		The model 1861 and 1863 Springfield rifle musket was the primary weapon for the infantry.
		The predominant rifled guns were the 3 inch ordance rifle and the Parrot.
		The Spencer rifle and carbine rifle (its cartridges fed through a tube in the butt) were first used by the Federal cavalry and were the first example of repeating weapons used in warfare.
	library.thinkquest.org /6074/pages/slweapon.html (954 words)

	Spencer's Repeaters in the Civil War
		Spencer crossed his fingers and took the order.12 This order was later transferred to the Ordinance Department and Wilder got his guns through the regular issue.
		Spencer was able to explain the problems and their solutions satisfactorily.
		Spencer had originally built rifles because the Army refused to raise state cavalry regiments early in the war.
	www.rarewinchesters.com /articles/art_spencercivilwar.shtml (6768 words)

	Spencer
		History: The Spencer Carbine was issued to Union Troops in late 1863 as a cavalry firearm.
		Since 1867, when the Spencer Repeating Firearms Co. was sold to the Winchester Repeating Firearms Co., some 50 other manufactures from around the world have unsuccessfully attempted to reproduce this firearm.
		History: The Spencer Rifle was first issued in late 1862, which was first carried by the Union Cavalry before the 1860 Spencer Carbine was issued.
	www.romanorifle.com /html/spencer.html (456 words)

	Spencer Repeating Rifle
		It was found that a Spencer rifle with serial number 3980 was issued to Company K, 9th Michigan Cavalry.
		It appears from the serial number ranges of the Spencers issued to the 9th Michigan Cavalry that this rifle was very likely to have been utilized by a trooper in the 9th Michigan Cavalry.
		This rifle is caliber.52 rimfire utilizing the Spencer No. 56 straight copper case which measured.56 at the top and bottom of the casing, hence the oft times used designation of 56/56 cal. when referring to the Spencer cartridge.
	armscollectors.com /mgs/spencer_repeating_rifle.htm (1061 words)

	Spencer Repeaters in The Civil War (Part 1)
		The Spencer repeater was one of the two most advanced firearms to see service in the War for Southern Independence, the other being the Henry.
		This was obtained not so much because of the obvious superiority of the Spencer system, but rather the fact that one of the directors of the new company, Charles Cheney, was the Boston neighbor and friend of Gideon Wells, the Secretary of the Navy 1.
		Spencer crossed his fingers and took the ord er.12 This order was later transferred to the Ordinance Department and Wilder got his guns through the regular issue.
	www.civilwarguns.com /spencer1.html (2235 words)

	Samuel Clemens Certificate Programs
		Christopher Spencer, a native of Manchester, Connecticut, and a friend of Samuel Clemens, was the role model for THE BOSS.
		In 1862, Spencer was the first person in Connecticut to ever drive a steam-powered automobile in Manchester, CT. He made the boiler tubes out of rejected Spencer rifle barrels.
		Spencer even invented household gadgets to help the family cook and toys for to entertain his children, including his 40-foot, steam-propelled yacht, the "Luzette," designed and built by himself, for traveling upon the Connecticut River and the Long Island Sound.
	www.qsl.net /samuel_clemens/KAC.html (532 words)

	Cornell Military Publications- Spencer Firearms- Rifles 1866
		The Confederates could not use captured Spencers after the supply of captured cartridge ammunition was used up, as it could not be loaded and fired with separate powder, percussion cap, and bullet.
		The standard Spencer cartridge is called the 56-56 being named for having the same size at the front end and back end of the copper cartridge case.
		The Spencer Repeating Rifle Company failed financially in the general economic malaise after the Civil War and with a glut of surplus firearms on the market.
	cornellpubs.com /Templates/Spencer-1866.htm (736 words)

	History of the Repeating Rifle
		The Spencer Rifle was first introduced in late 1862, which was first carried by the Union Calvary before the 1860 Spencer Carbine was issued.
		The Mauser Rifle of the late 19th and early 20th centuries is the most famous of the bolt action types.
		Benjamin Tyler Henry the repeating rifle is the most used and most sought after gun in the world.
	www.leverguns.com /articles/history.htm (962 words)

	Percival H. Spencer
		Percival Hopkins Spencer was the third child of then 63 year old inventor genius Christopher Miner Spencer.
		Christopher Miner Spencer (1833 - 1922) invented one of the earliest successful repeating rifles in 1860, the automatic screw machine (that produced screws in one operation) in 1873 and the repeating shotgun in 1886.
		He had a shooting match with President Lincoln when he demonstrated the rifle to the President because Secretary of War, Stanton, refused to talk to a "crackpot inventor".
	www.seabee.info /spencer.htm (3954 words)

	Spencer's Repeaters
		These units had been rearmed in May with Spencer's repeaters but were not posted to front line service until the end of June.
		The higher values of the long guns are probably due to the fact that their bores, while very good, aren't perfect.
		One particular M-1865 rifle shot a 2 1/4 " group the first time it was fired this century, and using the magazine, which tends to dent the bullet noses.
	www.n-ssa.org /SKIRMISHLINE/1996/sep-oct2.html (3523 words)

	Tullahoma
		Wilder contracted with Christian Spencer for the delivery of 1400 rifles and made an arrangement with his bank so that the members of his brigade would pay the purchase price ($35 dollars per rifle, a princely sum in those days) in installments out of their monthly pay.
		In addition, the caliber of the Colt revolving rifle was large, the powder charge likewise, and the escaping flash could severly burn the arm which was beside it.
		Rice repeated his order for me to fall back, and I told him I would take the responsibility of remaining where I was, and that if General Reynolds were on the ground he would not give such an order.
	www.aotc.net /Tullahoma.htm (4947 words)

	Sutler of Civil War Books -Fall Creek Suttlery
		Interactive CD outlines the complete volume one of Hardees Tactics with School of the Soldier (including the manual of arms for the musket, as opposed to the rifle), and School of the Company.
		Rules for the Management and Cleaning of the Rifle Musket, Model 1863 for the use of Soldiers with Descriptive Plates, This is the "Owners Manual" for the Springfield Rifle Muskets.
		Manual for Henrys Patent Repeating Rifle, 50 pages with instructions, breakdown and a parts price list for this famed rifle including reports from customers and the Chief of the Ordnance Department.................................................................
	www.fcsutler.com /fcbooks01.asp (3421 words)

	Bob's Personal Page
		What makes this item stand out when compared to others available is the VERY nice flip up front and rear sites.
		I would judge the condition of the sites to be markedly better than that of the rifle itself.
		I do not know why this rifle would require one, but the groove on the underside of the barrel looks to have housed some type of rod.
	sn65.com /BobsPersonalPages.htm (657 words)

	UPDATED LIST (12/02) Interesting Spencer Reading
		(1) "Spencer Repeating Firearms," by Roy M. Marcot (considered to be the Spencer bible)
		His son was using it, got pitched of the horse, and blew up a magazine full and the stock.
		There is some indication that Lincol witnessed the incident which involvwed an early rifle.
	www.cascity.com /forumhall/index.php?topic=2626.0 (1157 words)

	Repeater Rifle Civil War Learning Activity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Can you imagine having a large army coming at you and you have one shot with your rifle.
		the repeating rifle was invented and mass produced.
		This activity will introduce the man who invented the repeating rifle and how it happened.
	www.alincolnlearning.us /repeateractivity.html (115 words)

	Spencer Repeater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		the Spencer Repeater was one of the most popular and widely used rifles in the War Between the States.
		After the war, the Spencer moved westward to the frontier and was the primary U.S. Cavalry rifle used during the Indian Wars.
		The use of any graphic on the site is strictly prohibited.
	www.cimarron-firearms.com /Spencer.htm (98 words)

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