The Spencer Carbine
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Spencer Carbine
The Spencer Carbine was one of the most popular
firearms of the Civil War though it was not issued
until the latter part of 1863. Its distinguishing
feature is that it had a magazine that could hold
seven metallic rimfire cartridges, which were fed
to the breech by a compressed spring in the
magazine.
The magazine was loaded through the butt of the
rifle. When the trigger guard was lowered,
the breech block dropped down,
and the spent cartridge case was ejected.
As the trigger guard returned to its
normal position, the breech block moved up and in
the process, caught a new cartridge and inserted
it in the breech. To expedite the loading process, t
he Blakeslee quick-loading cartridge box was designed, which held several loaded magazines that could be
quickly inserted in the butt. In all, more than
95,000 Spencer carbines were purchased during the
war by the federal government.
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Not exactly sure why they chose to put that name on a Winchester 1860 Henry rifle in Fallout 3, or why a rifle made in the 1860s would be chambered in .44 Magnum.
Totally agreed!!