With all the talk (and video) of Spencer carbines...

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:36 pm

I see they are offered by Taylors and Armi-Sport.

Is the Taylors just a better finished version of the AS?

Thanks!:D

Wayne Miller · Post by **Wayne Miller** » Sat May 24, 2008 9:46 pm

awp101 wrote:I see they are offered by Taylors and Armi-Sport.

Is the Taylors just a better finished version of the AS?

Thanks!:D

Nope. They are all from Armi Sport. For whatever it is worth, the last few I have seen for sale have had nicer case colors than mine. Regardless who sells it, you still have two issues that will need to be dealt with: sights and trigger. To put it bluntly, both suck. The sights used to be curable by replacing the rear with one from Smith Enterprises. They are currently concentrating on military contracts and have dropped the sight that worked with the Armi Spencer. Another option, and the one I took, is to replace the factory rear with a Shiloh Sharps rear sight. That gives a decent sight picture, but involves drilling and tapping a hole in a relatively thin-walled barrel. Caution is in order. As for the trigger, it can be dealt with with patience, a smidge of skill, and some luck. Take a look here: http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index. ... ,35.0.html

They are lots of fun, and MAY be the ultimate plinker for a rifle...it doesn't beat you up too bad, but it has enough horse power to let you know that you are pulling the trigger on something.

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Sat May 24, 2008 10:11 pm

Thanks!:D

Now I have to decide on .56-50 since that was the issued caliber or .44-40 since I have a .44-40 revolver and need a rifle to match.

Hmmm...

Rexster · Post by **Rexster** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:59 pm

I have examined a couple of really nice Chiappa Spencers at a local dealer, in .45 Colt, IIRC. I have not researched exactly who makes them, so I don't know if they are from the same source as the other repros. I am trying to really slow down my firearms acquisitions lately, as I am trying to concentrate on other priorities, and in any case, the safe really has no more room for long guns, but a Spencer is on my short list, once things stabilize.

sureshot · Post by **sureshot** » Sun May 25, 2008 2:35 pm

Armi Sport is a division of Armi Chiappa.

http://www.armisport.com/eng/azienda01.htm

Steve

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Sun May 25, 2008 9:00 pm

Can a Spencer be single loaded from the breech or must it be loaded via the loading tube?

I ask because some of the rifle stages at the local CAS meet are 9-10 rds...

sureshot · Post by **sureshot** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:53 pm

The Spencer can be single loaded either with the magazine tube empty or loaded. If there are rounds in the magazine, however, you have to be careful to lower the lever just enough to put a round in the chamber and no further. If the lever is lowered too far the breachblock will pick up a cartridge from the magazine and the gun will jam.
Some of the original Spencers had a device called a Stabler Cutoff that could be engaged to stop the breachblock from going far enough to pick up a round from the magazine, or it could be disengaged so that the gun functioned as a repeater.
Steve

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:34 pm

Thanks!

With all the talk (and video) of Spencer carbines...

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