Recent Find Spencer Carbine serial # help.

[ncreptile]

I apologize in advance for a question y'all are no doubt tired of being asked here. (The SRS book is too expensive a purchase for me to buy for one use.)

Spencer Carbine
Serial # 54,041

When would this have been produced?
Is it listed in the SRS book? (I know that's a needle in a haystack)
I cannot find any mil inspector proofs.. Assuming this was military, would it have likely seen any use being such a late production?

Amateur guess here would be December 1864/January 1865 production.

THANK YOU!

 

[UCVRelics]

If you could post some photos of your Spencer to include the makers marks on the top of the receiver and the serial # we can take a look and see what we can find out about your Spencer. Looking forward to seeing it.

 

[ncreptile]

Hello,
Our internet got fried by lightning yesterday so I'm not able to upload bigger files.(working on 2mbps hotspot at the moment).

 

[UCVRelics]

Nice looking Spencer. It is not listed in the SRS and below is all the 54's listed. It is indeed a late war issue.

5371260C 64 CO A 3RD KY VOL CAV
5401760C 06 65 CO I 3RD MICH VOL CAV
5415160C 64 CO A 3RD KY VOL CAV
5425760C 64 CO A 3RD KY VOL CAV
5435460C 64 CO A 3RD KY VOL CAV
5436260C 64 CO A 3RD KY VOL CAV
5442260C 64 CO A 3RD KY VOL CAV
5456460C 64 CO A 3RD KY VOL CAV
5458960C 64 CO A 3RD KY VOL CAV
5502260C 65 CO D 6TH ILL VOL CAV

 

[ncreptile]

The closest serial number is to the Michigan volunteer cavalry, less than 15 serial numbers away. This rifle came out of an older Michigan collection.

Will never know for certain and it's just my day dreaming but I imagine this one would have went to the same unit given where it came from.

Thank you again sir, you're a wealth of information.

 

[UCVRelics]

You can't read anything into the SRS as if it ain't listed, it ain't listed.