RARE SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1866 1ST ALLIN CONVERSION TRAPDOOR RIFLE.

RARE SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1866 1ST ALLIN CONVERSION TRAPDOOR RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 58 RF. Only 5,000 of these rifles were ever made and are rarely ever encountered with fine condition. They were created by Springfield Master Armorer Erskine S. Allin, who devised the plan to mill away a section of the breech end of surplus rifled muskets from the Civil War and adding a screwed-on hinged breech block base with a spring loaded rack & pinion extractor system which proved to be fairly fragile and unreliable. Usually the very thin wood covering the extractor system is chipped & splintered away. This one is intact. This rifle has its orig 40″ bbl which is 37″ to the face of breech block. It has a square base front sight/bayonet lug with its orig 2-position flip musket rear sight, usual markings on lockplate with the date “1862”. Mounted in an orig 1-pc walnut stock with three bands and tulip head ramrod with a clear “ESA” cartouche on left side flat. PROVENANCE: R.Sadler Collection. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl & bands were cleaned a long time ago and now retain a light patina with fine pitting and a few nicks. Lockplate & hammer retain most of their arsenal restored case colors. Stock has a hairline in front of lockplate and a wood fill repair on the left side flat, otherwise wood is sound and retains a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore with moderate to heavy pitting. 4-31964 JR160 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	1612	$1,840.00	RARE SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1866 1ST ALLIN CONVERSION TRAPDOOR RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 58 RF. Only 5,000 of these rifles were ever made and are rarely ever encountered with fine condition. They were created by Springfield Master Armorer Erskine S. Allin, who devised the plan to mill away a section of the breech end of surplus rifled muskets from the Civil War and adding a screwed-on hinged breech block base with a spring loaded rack & pinion extractor system which proved to be fairly fragile and unreliable. Usually the very thin wood covering the extractor system is chipped & splintered away. This one is intact. This rifle has its orig 40″ bbl which is 37″ to the face of breech block. It has a square base front sight/bayonet lug with its orig 2-position flip musket rear sight, usual markings on lockplate with the date “1862”. Mounted in an orig 1-pc walnut stock with three bands and tulip head ramrod with a clear “ESA” cartouche on left side flat. PROVENANCE: R.Sadler Collection. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl & bands were cleaned a long time ago and now retain a light patina with fine pitting and a few nicks. Lockplate & hammer retain most of their arsenal restored case colors. Stock has a hairline in front of lockplate and a wood fill repair on the left side flat, otherwise wood is sound and retains a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore with moderate to heavy pitting. 4-31964 JR160 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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