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Pathfinder45 · May 16, 2013, 03:42 PM

I don't know how much the Spencer was used in the Civil War but it saw notable action in the late 1860's on the frontier. This fellow carried one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Nose It was used extensively in this desperate battle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beecher_Island There were some spent Spencer cartridge cases recovered from the site of the Little Bighorn battlefield.

May 16, 2013, 03:42 PM	#8
Pathfinder45 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2008 Posts: 3,224	Spencer in action. I don't know how much the Spencer was used in the Civil War but it saw notable action in the late 1860's on the frontier. This fellow carried one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Nose It was used extensively in this desperate battle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beecher_Island There were some spent Spencer cartridge cases recovered from the site of the Little Bighorn battlefield.