Original U.S. Burnside Rifle Company Model 1865 Spencer Repeating Carbine - Serial Number 5542 Russian Ordnance 31" was offered for sale

31" was offered for sale at the Baltimore Gun Show in the Spring of 1988

FSSC-88-W-800

Germany on the west bank of the Elbe River

The helmet you are looking at now is an Avon and Somerset Constabulary Guardian MK2 Riot Control Helmet

Most of the finish is intact

Original U.S. Burnside Rifle Company Model 1865 Spencer Repeating Carbine - Serial Number 5542 Russian Ordnance 31" was offered for saleOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice condition genuine Burnside Rifle Company Model 1865 Spencer Repeating Carbine. On June 27, 1864, the Burnside Rifle Co. entered into a contract with the Ordnance Dept. to manufacture 30,500 . 52 cal. M1860 Spencer carbines with deliveries completed by Aug. 31, 1865. With the changes directed to be made to the carbines, deliveries did not start until April 15, 1865, and they continued until the end