Guns International #: 101574958
Seller's Inventory #: 201627

Category - Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor - Springfield Armory Rifles

Category
Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor
Springfield Armory Rifles

.50-70 GOVT Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD Model 1866 ALLIN TRAPDOOR Conversion INDIAN WARS, Post-Civil War Infantry Rifle

Description:
.50-70 GOVT Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD Model 1866 ALLIN TRAPDOOR Conversion

INDIAN WARS, Post-Civil War Infantry Rifle

Here is an antique Springfield Model 1866 Allin Trapdoor Rifle, the rifle being manufactured circa 1863 and then converted shortly after that. After the American Civil War, the United States military was slow to adopt new technological advances in firearms and opted to retrofit their enormous surplus inventory of Model 1861 type muskets to fire cartridges. Many different types of conversions were conceived and implemented. This one is named for its inventor, Erskine S. Allin, Master Armorer for Springfield Armory.
These conversions were the main infantry weapon of the West and played a large role in the Indian Wars of the late 19th century. 25,000 Model 1863s received the Allin Conversion, enabling them to be loaded via the breach through a “trapdoor” mechanism.

The overall condition is very good. Nice case colors on the lock. Very nice, bright bore with strong rifling. The action is excellent. The stock is smooth and solid. The cleaning rod is a replacement. A fantastic, large-bore, single shot born during the Civil War and used for years after in its updated configuration!

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 36-5/8 inches.

Caliber: .50-70 GOVT

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1945

#201627
 

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Antique: Yes