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Winning Bid US $331 First bid $300 Quantity 1 # of bids 2 Time left Auction has ended   Started 2023-10-31 00:00:00 Ended 2024-12-06 22:31:55

RARE Spencer (F. Bannerman), Model 1896 Pump Shotgun, CAL: 12 GA, MFG: 1896-99, SN: 15695, Pump Action Shotgun, 30'' Damascus barrel. The Spencer-Roper Pump Action Shotgun was the first commercially successful pump shotgun, while not the first design to use a slide action, it was the first to be mass produced & successfully sold. Co-designed by Christopher Spencer, perhaps best known for his repeating rifle, & Sylvester Roper. The pump action was not Ropers first shotgun design, in 1866, he patented a revolving shotgun & in 1889 he developed another pump action design. In April 1882, Spencer & Roper were granted a patent on their design & subsequently established the Spencer Arms Company in Amherst, Massachusetts. They introduced the Spencer Model 1882, based on their pump action designs. Chambered in 10 & 12 ga, with the latter being the most popular, the 1882 has a tubular magazine below the barrel which holds five black powder shells. The Spencer-Roper has a complex action, by cycling the pump the guns pivoted breech block drops below the receiver allowing the next shell to enter the action while almost simultaneously the spent shell is ejected out the top of the gun. What appears to be another trigger facing backwards inside the trigger guard is actually the hammer spur. Ergonomically the early shotguns had very small pump handles & deeply swept stocks this changed in this later model 1896, with larger pump handles being introduced. By 1885, Spencer was in serious debt & sold the patent rights to Francis Bannerman. Bannerman starting putting his name on the side & called them the model 1896, which he produced in variations until 1907. This being one of one of those shotguns. The original round pistol grip wood stock on this example is good, despite a couple of large cracks at the wrist which have been stabilized with metal pins & it appears there was a wire wrap on it at one time. Despite the cracks & amateur repair, the stock remains fairly solid. The corn cob style wood forend is also good & solid, despite a glue repaired crack that runs the full length of the bottom. The metal has fully worn gun metal gray on barrel & mag tube, with some the wire twist pattern of the damascus barrel remaining. The case-hardened receiver has worn & faded mostly gray, but with faint remains of case colors. Bore is very good. Barrel holds a single front bead. Stock carries the original metal buttplate. Missing screw on lower tang. While this Spencer shotgun is largely forgotten by even the most advanced collectors, it remains an important historical footnote as the first commercially successful pump-action shotgun. Still very collectible when found in any condition. FFL or C/R Req. - Value: 600 to 1200

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RARE Spencer (F. Bannerman), Model 1896 Pump Shotgun, CAL: 12 GA... Item # 4310 This auction is over. No new bids can be placed. Price: US $331

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