Welcome to at present’s Photograph of the Day! Right here now we have one more American Civil Warfare-era revolver. This one is the Rogers & Spencer 44 caliber military revolver. The Rogers and Spencer even have a cool-ish success story. The corporate had been licensing and manufacturing firearms for the Union military through the Civil Warfare. In 1864 they determined they wished to throw their hat into the gun-making sport and got here out with the 44-caliber revolver you see at present. With a number of months price of persuasion, they secured a contract for 5000 complete weapons over the course of ten months or so. In contrast to many firms that promised to ship a certain quantity of weapons on a particular schedule after which failed to take action, Rogers & Spencer knocked it out of the park and really delivered! The “type of success” half pertains to the truth that the conflict ended and all of those moderately well-made revolvers sat in storage till 1902 after they have been auctioned off as surplus.
“Authorities contract Rogers & Spencer Military revolver from the 5000 pistols manufactured by the Willowvale, New York, agency between 1863-1865. The Rogers & Spencer revolver was a sophisticated design that was delivered too late for service within the Civil Warfare. The .44 caliber, strong body, single motion pistol includes a hinged loading lever meeting. The revolver has a six-shot, non-fluted cylinder and matching quantity two-piece walnut grips. The revolver has a excessive polish blue end with casehardened hammer, set off and loading lever. The highest strap is marked: “ROGERS & SPENCER/UTICA N-Y” on both facet of the sighting groove. The matching serial quantity is situated on the left facet of the body, the cylinder, the butt of the body. Alternative loading lever marked “5006” The script ordnance last inspection stamp, “RPB” in a rectangle, is stamped on the decrease portion of the left grip. A few of the revolver elements are stamped with small block “B” sub-inspector’s initials.”
Lot 205: Civil Warfare Rogers & Spencer Single Motion Military Mannequin Revolver. (n.d.). Rock Island Public sale Firm. {photograph}. Retrieved October 30, 2022, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/element/82/205/civil-war-rogers-spencer-single-action-army-model-revolver.
