| |
|
|
|
SPENCER CARTRIDGES - INDIVIDUAL CARTRIDGES AND
PACKETS FOR THE
CIVIL WAR AND INDIAN WAR SPENCER RIFLES AND CARBINES -
.56/56; .56/52; .56/50; AND .56/46:
Original, individual cartridges and full packets for the Spencer Rifles
and Carbines. As they are available for us to
offer, the different calibers and loadings used in the
Model 1860 and Model 1865 Spencers, and the later
Spencer Sporting Rifles are listed below with
accompanying photographs.
These are excellent examples with full form bullets and
clean cartridge cases. If you do not find what
you are looking for, keep checking back as new inventory
is regularly added to the listings.
NOTE: The
single cartridges are listed first with the packets
listed below. Please scroll down to see all the
listings.
|
|
.56/56
SPENCER CIVIL WAR CARTRIDGE:
An excellent specimen of the first rimfire cartridge
produced for the Model 1860 56/56 Spencer Carbines and
Rifles, which were issued during the Civil War. Once a
fairly common cartridge, these are becoming increasingly
difficult to find on the loose. (0116) $48
 |
|
.56/.50 SPENCER CIVIL WAR/INDIAN WAR CARTRIDGES:
An excellent specimen of the popular 56/50 Spencer
Carbine and Rifle Cartridge, which saw service from the
end of the Civil War through the early years of the
Indian Wars. Have several different headstamps as
listed, please specify.
No headstamp
Excellent Rounds. $25
"JG" and "JG" for J.
Goldmark Excellent Rounds $30
"SAW" for Sage Ammunition Works Excellent
Rounds $35 "U" for Union
Metallic Cartridge Company
SOLD "CDL" for C. D.
Leet SOLD
"US" for US Cartridge Company
SOLD
|
|
56-.52 SPENCER CARTRIDGE – SCARCE CARTRIDGE SIZE
AND MAKERS: Far scarcer than the 56-.56 or
56-.50 Spencer cartridges, the history of the 56-.52 is
somewhat obscure. Christopher Spencer, inventor of the
famous rifle and carbine, lobbied the 1863 Ordnance
Board convened at Springfield Armory, to advocate in
favor of .52 caliber as the standard for army carbines.
It is also believed Spencer felt the 56-.50 cartridge
had too severe a crimp, believing the 56-.52 cartridge
was a better design. It is known that Crittenden and
Tibbals Manufacturing Company, one of the Civil War
manufacturers of Spencer ammunition, manufactured a
56-.52 cartridge prior to going out of business in 1865,
suggesting the cartridge was in production at least by
the end of the war. Identified by the exposed
lubricating grooves and a slight bottleneck in the
cartridge case, these 56-.52 cartridges were apparently
not produced in great numbers and are not commonly found
today.
No
headstamp $30
"U" for Union Metallic Cartridge Company
$30
"H" - stamped for Winchester Firearms Company - scarce
loading
SOLD
"H" - early raised H headstamp for Winchester
Firearms Company - rare loading
SOLD
 
|
|
SPENCER BLANK CARTRIDGE:
A Spencer Blank Cartridge in excellent condition.
Blank ammunition was a regular issue item to the Cavalry
troops, used to accustom the horses to gun fire, and to
the infantry for ceremonies. Fairly scarce on the
loose.(1016) $30
 |
|
1870 FRANKFORD ARSENAL SPENCER CARBINE 10 ROUND BLANK AMMUNITION PACKET:
An unopened Frankford Arsenal packet of 10 blank rounds
of Spencer Carbine ammunition, dated 1870, in mint, like
new condition. Blank ammunition was a regular issue
item to the Cavalry troops, used to accustom the horses
to gun fire. Issued during the early Indian war period,
these are excellent, solid packets, with excellent
labels and the strings still intact. $95
|
|
POST -CW
UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY .56-50 SPENCER FORAGER
CARTRIDGES PACKET – SCARCE LOADING POPULAR ON THE
FRONTIER:
This is a scarce, early
production Union Metallic Cartridge Company packet of
.56-50 Spencer Forager Cartridges.
Well known to have been used by settlers, frontiersmen
and soldiers to augment their diet with small game, the
forager cartridges, rather than being loaded with a lead
bullet, were loaded with hollow wooden sabot filled with
small bird shot. Very effective on game birds and small
animals at close range, these cartridges were widely
used on the frontier and could be found in the pockets
and saddle bags of the people who settled the west.
The Spencer arms
continued to be popular with soldiers, frontiersmen and
pioneers after the Civil War, and as the Spencers were
carried west with the line of expansion all of the major
ammunition manufacturers responded to the market. In
addition to the more common standard lead bullet
cartridges, these forager rounds were certainly sold on
the Western Frontier.
This box was
carefully opened, preserving the full side wrapper. The
top label is intact and fully legible. The packet is
very solid with all the edges and corners intact, and
the packet still retains the UMC guarantee label on the
bottom panel.
This packet
contains twelve of the original UMC cartridges, all
apparently original to this packet and all with the
proper headstamp which matches the headstamp shown on
the base of the cartridge pictured in the label
graphics. All of the cartridges are complete with the
wooden sabot which contained the shot pellets. Some of
the wood sabots have the age checks typical of these
forager rounds, due to effects of drying over the years,
but all are full form with no loss of wood. The
cartridge cases are all full form and unfired.
The individual
forager cartridges are fairly scarce today due to their
continued use in surplus firearms and the relatively
fragile nature of the thin wood sabot. Finding an
intact packet, even with some of the cartridges
expended, is anything but common. This packet would
display well with an early frontier-used Spencer Carbine
or Rifle. (1105) $325
|
|
POST -CW
UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY .56-50 SPENCER FORAGER
CARTRIDGE - HEADSTAMPED "H" FOR WINCHESTER:
As described above, this is a single Spencer .56-50
Forager Cartridge, loaded with bird shot, manufactured
by Winchester as indicated by the "H" headstamp.
(0616) $35
|
|
CIVIL WAR
.56/56
SPENCER "INFANTRY AND NAVY" RIFLE CARTRIDGE:
An excellent specimen of the first rimfire cartridge
produced for the Model 1860 56/56 Spencer Infantry and
Navy Rifles which were issued during the Civil War. As
seen in the photograph below, this special cartridge has
a longer and heavier bullet. These were also
issued for the Model 1862 Joslyn Carbines. Never a
common cartridge, these longer Spencer cartridges are
fairly scarce and are often difficult to recognize
without a standard .56-56 Carbine Cartridge with which
to compare the two.
SOLD
|
|
56-.50 SPENCER 7 ROUND AMMUNITION PACKET:
This packet of seven rounds of 56-.50 Spencer Carbine
ammunition will make a nice addition to your display or
collection and is correct for the late Civil War and
early Indian War Spencer Carbines and Rifles. Complete
with the seven cartridges, the paper board packet is in
overall excellent condition with one end panel open,
allowing you to view the cartridges. These cartridges
have no headstamps, which in the opinion of some
indicates these Spencer cartridges were manufactured at
the Frankford Arsenal.
SOLD
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
