The Spencer repeating rifle was a manually operated lever-action repeating rifle fed from a tube magazine with cartridges. It was adopted by the Union Army especially by the cavalry during the American Civil War but did not replace the standard issue muzzle-loading rifled muskets in use at the time. The Spencer carbine was a shorter and lighter version.
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length (km)
1.1938
origin
United States
type
Lever-action
used in war
American Civil War, American Indian Wars, Boshin War, Paraguayan War, Franco-Prussian War
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