NEED YOUR HELP on a Spencer 22 Rolling Block Rifle

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I would like to say hello to everyone and thank Two Flints for telling me about this place. 

I am selling the above mentioned rifle on Gunbroker but know very little about it. If any of you can follow this link and let me know what you think, I would be grateful.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?item=40354281

Thanks
Scott

[Forty Rod]

That's a sweet looking little shooter.  I wish I could help you out, but I have no info at all on it.

Action looks like an experimental Whitney rolling block I saw many years ago...modification of a Remington design, pre-Hepburn.

[Two Flints]

Spencer .22 Rolling Block Rifle

The J. Stevens Arms Co. of Chicopee Falls, Mass, introduced their Model No. 16 "Crackshot" rifle in 1900. This was also sold with markings as The Keystone, The .22 Marvel or The .22 Spencer. Sears Roebuck sold the Keystone (and perhaps other models) in the 1900 catalog for $3.00. These models were all discontinued in 1913 when Stevens introduced improved versions. All were intended for sale to parents or youngsters and fall into the category called "Boys' rifles" by collectors. Jim Perkins out of print book "American Boys Rifles" is the best reference on this topic.

"The .22 Spencer" has nothing to do with the Civil War, or Christopher M. Spencer who invented the 7 shot lever action repeater used by cavalry troops in the Civil War. Except for the name, The .22 Spencer is identical to the Keystone, the .22 Marvel, and the Stevens Model 16 Crackshot. All were made by Stevens between 1900 and 1913. (Remember, the Civil War ended in 1865.) The Crackshot name was used on those sold under the Stevens brand name, while the Spencer, Keystons and Marvel were 'house brand" names sold by other retailers, such as Sears Roebuck who sold the Keystone.

Two Flints