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Currently US $237 First bid $200 Quantity 1 # of bids 2 Time left 14d 16h 27m 50s+ Started 2024-11-06 00:00:00 Ends 2024-12-05 17:00:00

RARE Spencer Repeating Shotgun (F. Bannerman Manufacturer), Model 1896 Pump Shotgun, CAL: 12 GA, MFG: 1896-98, SN: 16197, Pump Action Shotgun, 32'' 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 very good & solid. The corn cob style wood forend is also very good & solid. There are very few scratches & contusions to the wood. The metal has fully worn gun metal gray on barrel & mag tube, with the wire twist pattern of the damascus barrel remaining. The case-hardened receiver has worn & faded mostly gray, but with thin remains of brown patina. Bore is very good. Barrel holds a single front bead. Stock carries the original metal buttplate. 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. Antique, No FFL Req. - Value: 400 to 800

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RARE Spencer Repeating Shotgun (F. Bannerman Manufacturer), Mode... Item # 4244 Current bid: US $237   Bid increment: US $12 Your minimum bid or spread bid: (Minimum bid: $249) (Do not include a dollar sign in your bid amount)   Your bid is a contract - Place a bid only if you're serious about buying the item. If you are the winning bidder, you will enter into a legally binding contract to purchase the item from the seller.

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