This is an example of a Model 1865 Spencer Carbine with the Stabler cut-off. The top of the receiver is marked "SPENCER REPEATING-/RIFLE CO. BOSTON MASS/PAT'D MARCH 6 1860". "M.1865" is marked on the top of the barrel at the breech and a "W" Ordnance sub-inspection mark is stamped on the left barrel flat. There are additional single letter sub-inspection marks on the hammer, frame, block, and lever. The receiver is equipped with the cavalry sling bar and ring on the left side and has the characteristic Model 1865 sling swivel on the buttstock. The folding leaf sight is graduated to 900 yards and has a center sighting notch with a fixed blade front sight. The carbine has a blue barrel with casehardened remaining parts and is mounted with an oil-finished walnut forearm and straight grip stock with a illegible boxed script cartouche stamped behind the sling bar. The Model 1865 Spencer Carbine was issued in limited numbers in the final months of the Civil War and was the primary carbine used to regular U.S. Cavalry regiments (including the 7th Cavalry) in the west prior to the Model 1873 Carbine. Includes the seven round magazine tube that feeds in through the buttstock.

Very good plus. The rifle retains some traces of the original blue and case color finishes with a mottled gray patina with some oxidation on the frame and barrel band and a smooth brown patina on the remaining parts and various minor dings, marks, and scratches. The interior of the receiver has bright oxidation. The reoiled stock and forearm are very good with minor dings and scratches. The action is fine.