Original U.S. Spencer Model 1865 Repeating Infantry Rifle in .56-56 Spencer Rimfire - Serial 5773 Sterling SMG Perhaps it was a "sample"

Perhaps it was a "sample" shipped over to see if the British Government might order more from Sweden

The barrel does show rifling on the inside

The 315th and 502d did not engage in combat until 1 August with attacks on the Mitsubishi Havana Oil Refinery in Kawasaki

The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai based on concepts which the two men initiated before World War II while serving on the Shanghai Municipal Police in China

We think we can see the ghost of an "L" marking to the left of these

Original U.S. Spencer Model 1865 Repeating Infantry Rifle in .56-56 Spencer Rimfire - Serial 5773 Sterling SMG Perhaps it was a "sample"Original Item: Only One Available. Well this is something that we have only had one of before! We have had a few Model 1860 rifles previously, as well as several Model 1865 Carbines converted to centerfire rifles, but it's very are that we come across an original intact Model 1865 infantry rifle! Most of these that remained in service would end up converted to centerfire. The Spencer repeating rifles and carbines were 19th century American lever