Rogers & Spencer Revolver.

[Black Beard]

I've got one. It is worth checking the loading plunger lever as they break if the screw that releases it for disassembly is not in the right position when you load it.

[helidave1]

I have a 1982 one that still shoots very well. The ram pin is a week point though, as pointed out they can fail and are almost impossible to get replaced - I actually prefer it to the ROA I used to own.

[Racing]

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I work loads on old original guns, so the R&S´s sure come in the door too. A tad over 5000 are said to have been made, and many of them in fair to really nice condition to this day as they were never issued during the conflict.
To late for the party.

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*rant on* As stated, i work on old guns. Get paid to that is, and i for the life of me can not understand why it is so hard to some to take to heart that no matter you use the piece or just collect them.. DO THE MAINTENANCE!
WHY is this so hard to take to heart? Nothing R&S specific, but i´ve had rifle barrels out of stocks.. guns looking a million bux on the outside, left to rust til hell freezes over beneath the stock line.
It´s not like it´s especially hard... *rant off*

Btw. The R&S are often haussed as far as their ergonomics. Might be, i say in that a case try an old Freeman Army out. Freeman was made at Hoards armory, that in essence made their living off of making muskets for the war effort, and that endeavor about made Hoards go belly up. So. They put the machines and what not up for sale, which came to be the foundation for the Rogers&Spencer revolvers.
Freeman revolvers though were way more than that, rather "modern" in their approach. Like shrouded nipples .. tapered barrel and what not, and the lock for the cylinder in turn...
Scarce though. Only about 2000 were ever made, and that during 1863/64 according to legend. A so called secondary martial arm.