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Spencer carbine
Description
A lever-action repeater with a tubular magazine in the butt. It was the first repeater adopted in large numbers by the Union army.
Historical use
- American Civil War
- Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
Technical data
- Year
- 1860
- Service
- 1860–1869
- Country
- United States
- Maker
- Spencer Repeating Rifle Company
- Designer
- Christopher Spencer
- Type
- Carbine
- Mechanism
- Lever action
- Calibre
- .56-56 Spencer
- Weight
- 3.8 kg
- Length
- 990 mm
- Capacity
- 7 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 200,000
Source: Wikidata Q2095719
