the Spencer did have an accuracy and distance advantage over the winchester of about 3/1 but the winchester held 15 rounds.
thee Spencer’s also jammed with the copper ammunition.
the biggest factor was Custer, Disobeyed his orders to basically a re con mission, not engage the enemy.
FYI one of grants chief complaints about him was that he had more horsees shot from under him & more men killed than any one else in the civil war.
Custer’s best press agent after his death was his wife, Libby,with out her much less myth and more fact would be availible.
“the biggest factor was Custer, Disobeyed his orders to basically a re con mission, not engage the enemy.”
Do you know Custer’s orders ? Read them. Custer never disobeyed anything and never had the mission to recon anything.
It’s a myth.
LOL! - Such one sidedness!
That very quality was what motivated Sherman to demand the appointment of Custer as his Cavalry chief during his march to the Sea, and we all know how that worked out.
"I know that some consider him to be a damned fool, but it is just that kind of damned fool that I want to lead my Cavalry on this campaign"
Cut it how you like, but Custer was a daring and brave leader of fighting men whose subordinates failed him and 210 other men who all paid for those shortcomings with everything that they had to pay.