A Martially Marked Rogers and Spencer

A .44 Rogers & Spencer Army Model Six-Shot Percussion Revolver, No. 3185, Circa 1865.
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A .44 Rogers & Spencer Army Model Six-Shot Percussion Revolver, No. 3185, Circa 1865. With octagonal sighted barrel, serial numbered cylinder and frame, the latter with grooved top-strap stamped Rogers & Spencer Utica N.Y. hinged case-hardened rammer, flared rounded grips with inspectors mark and military issue cartouche.


Rogers & Spencer Army Model Revolver. Made in 1865. Total quantity estimated to be 5,800 based on serial numbers reported, of which 800 would have been civilian usage. That figure has been questioned. 

U.S. Ordnance contract for 5,000Nov. 1865. No records indicate issuance of the gun. In 1901, military goods dealers Francis Bannerman, N.Y. acquired almost the entire lot of them at Government sale, offering them to collectors through their catalogues over the next few years. 


N. Flayderman (2007) Flaydermans Guide To Antique American Firearms And Their Values, Gun Digest Books, Iowa.  


Dimensions:

Bore: .44 Calibre

Barrel Length: 7.5 Inches (19.05 cm)

Overall Length: 13 Inches (33.02 cm)

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