Italian Spencers

[Kenneth L. Walters]

How reliable are these in either 56-50 or 45 Colt?
Also is the rifle made in 45 Colt?

[R. McAuley 3014V]

Cannot say for the .45 Colt, but the .56-50 Spencer rifle will shoot one ragged hole at 50 yards.

[bobanderson]

Cannot say for the .45 Colt, but the .56-50 Spencer rifle will shoot one ragged hole at 50 yards.

I horse traded last year for a ten year old 56-50 Armi Sport that had never been fired. While I was looking into the quality of the gun, I saw posts online about trigger problems. That appears to be for newer guns than mine. My trigger is crisp and about 5 lbs. It was misfiring due to light firing pin strikes, but that was easily corrected by soldering a steel shim on the back of the block that holds the firing pin. The gun shoots VERY well with a standard Smith/Maynard bullet and about 30 grains of Goex 3f.

Scratch off another bucket list item.

[Gary Vikar]

It shoots great like said about one ragged one at fifty yards. It is a well built carbine.