possible SA 1884 purchase , need advice - Page 2

Jim Watson · November 7, 2016, 10:10 AM

Although the Allin conversion was designed to produce breechloaders from Civil War muzzleloaders, there were not a whale of a lot of them actually done, not relative to the hundreds of thousands of rifle muskets the Army must have been dreaming of getting some use out of.

Flayderman shows 5000 First Allin .58 rimfires and 25000 Second Allin 50-70s.
And 424 1867 Cadets.

From 1868 on, they used new barrels and receivers, Wartime locks seem to have run out by 1869 or 1870.

November 7, 2016, 10:10 AM	#26
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,541	Although the Allin conversion was designed to produce breechloaders from Civil War muzzleloaders, there were not a whale of a lot of them actually done, not relative to the hundreds of thousands of rifle muskets the Army must have been dreaming of getting some use out of. Flayderman shows 5000 First Allin .58 rimfires and 25000 Second Allin 50-70s. And 424 1867 Cadets. From 1868 on, they used new barrels and receivers, Wartime locks seem to have run out by 1869 or 1870.