Spencer Rifles?

[kodiak1]

I read the article by Mike V. in Rifle magazine about calvary carbines.
The Spencer Rifles part caught my eye on the repro's shooting centerfire not rimfire cartridges. If I read it right there a smiths that will rebuild the original block or a replacement block for the original rifles to shoot centerfire.

My question is has anyone of you casting,reloading shooting gun nuts heard of anyone that does this?

Thanks Ken. :Fire:

[Firebird]

I don't know, but you might want the check out this Spencer forum (http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?board=35.0) I'm sure that someone there knows and there are probably old postings on who does a good/bad job.

[Bent Ramrod]

An outfit called S&S Firearms used to make a centerfire drop-in breechblock for the Spencer. A friend of mine bought one and it did indeed drop in; he could then cut off .50-70 shells and make centerfire Spencer cartridges and fire them in his Civil War era original carbine.

Don't know if they still make the breechblock now that replicas are available; you'd have to check. Some of S&S's catalog offerings are very interesting.

[EDK]

There was an outfit named Romano that made either breech blocks or complete guns.

TAYLORS imported them in 44 Russian, 45 Schofield and 56/50 for COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING. I don't know if they are still available. Price was pretty high...around $1000+ retail I think. Someone on a black powder forum discussed them and some of the reloading quirks...possibbly SASSnet or SHILOH...using cut down 50/70

TEN-X (?) was producing ammo at one time, in both black and smokeless.

:Fire::cbpour::redneck:

[kodiak1]

Do you fella's know what city and state they are in?
This is what I am looking to find out and check into.

Thanks Ken.

[klw]

I've owned and shot three.

One was an original carbine in 56-56. Got a rimfire to centerfire conversion kit from S&S. Had to have Romano Rifle fit it to the gun. Worked just fine. Kind of sorry I sold it.

And I had a Romano Rifle in 56-50. Work of art. The price has almost doubled since I bought mine. Worked perfectly. Only gun I ever sold because it was just so pretty that I was going to get sick if I scratched it up.

Had an Italian replica carbine in 44 Russian. Absolute piece of cr@p! Returned it to Taylor's numerous times. The last time I got it back it was absolutely inoperative. Some clain that the 44 Russian version was the only one that didn't work. Not sure about that. If you want one, however, I'd buy this replica in 56-50 and then send it to Romano Rifle for an accuracy job. That should cost you about $250.

Also don't buy from Taylor's. They are very difficult people to deal with.

[Wayne Smith]

Taylor's is in Winchester, VA. I've never been there.

[hiram]

http://www.ssfirearms.com/

[wills]

http://www.buffaloarms.com/prodimg/SBB.jpg

http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,3024.html

[Frank46]

S&S is located in glendale, new york.

[Baron von Trollwhack]

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[Baron von Trollwhack]

www.romanorifle.com. I see and admire his work frequently. Outstanding! BvT

[kodiak1]

wills that is a bingo and a lot cheaper than I was getting the impression of the S & S conversion.

Would these blocks work for all the calibers in Spencer's?
Sorry if that sounds dumb but am not 100% up to speed on the Spencers.

Thanks a ton for all the great input and advice just have to find a rifle now.

Ken.