SPRINGFIELD MODELS
Models of ALLIN CONVERSATIONS , MODEL 1866 RIFLES , MODEL 1868 RIFLES ( 50 CF )
MODEL 1869 CADET RIFLES , 1870 SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR'S.
YEAR
MODEL
RIFLES
CARBINE
NUMBER
MANUFACTURED
1866
ALLIN ALTERATIONS RIFLE MUSKETS
MODEL 1865 --1866
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5005
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SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1866 RIFLE MUSKETS IN 50 CF
YEAR
MODEL
CADET
RIFLES
CARBINES
NUMBER
MANUFACTURED
1867
MODEL 1866
320
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49257
1868
MODEL 1866
104
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1746
1869
MODEL 1866
--
--
1296
1871
MODEL 1866
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1

SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1868 in 50 CF.
YEAR
MODEL
SPORTING RIFLES
CARBINES
NUMBER MANUFACTURED
1869
MODEL 1868
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3
15482
1870
MODEL 1868
--
1
34651
1871
MODEL 1868
4
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SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1869 CADET RIFLES in 50 CF
These are 2 banded rifles .
YEAR
MODEL
SPORTING RIFLES
CARBINES
NUMBER
MANUFACTURED
1869
MODEL 1869 CADET RIFLES
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2
1870
MODEL 1869 CADET RIFLES
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310
1871
MODEL 1869 CADET RIFLES
1
--
3091
1872
MODEL 1869 CADET RIFLES
3
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1873
MODEL 1869 CADET RIFLES
2
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1876
MODEL 1869 CADET RIFLES
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20
MODEL 1870 TRAPDOOR RIFLES IN 50 CF.
YEAR
MODEL
TRIAL RIFLES
SPORTING RIFLES
CARBINES
NUMBER
MANUFACTURED
1870
MODEL 1870
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--
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550
1871
MODEL 1870
341 for test trials
19 unknowns
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361
2372
1872
MODEL 1870
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1
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8110
1873
MODEL 1870
100 with Metcalf,s cartridge holding device
1
1
501
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Rifles with Allin alterations have no serial numbers.
These models can be easily recognized as the early model's as trap door is screwed to the top of the barrel and Lock plate will have 1863, 1864 or 1865 dates.
For more information on this subject we recommend the following book:
TRAPDOOR SPRINGFIELD by M.D. "bud" WAITE and B.D. Ernst
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