Gun Collectors Dream Auction 63 Day One
Lot 498:
Here is an old Springfield 1870 Trapdoor, I Believe is a Allin conversion. Sporterized and Shortened. The Model 1866 Allin Conversion breech loading rifles were manufactured by Springfield Armory between 1867 and 1869. The Model 1866 rifle was a conversion of the Civil War production Model 1863 and Model 1864 Springfield rifle-muskets. The conversion involved fitting the rifle-musket with the Allin designed trapdoor breechblock, ejector and hammer, boring the .58 caliber barrel to a larger diameter, adding a .50 caliber liner and replacing the rear sight. Springfield Armory altered approximately 25,000 Springfield rifle-muskets to the Model 1866 configuration. The Model 1866 rifle was first used in action at "The Wagon Box Fight" against the Lakota near Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming Territory, in 1869 where the sustained firepower of breech loading rifles enabled a small force of soldiers to defeat a superior number of warriors. The rifle has a National Armory Bright barrel
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