{"id":6512,"date":"2015-11-30T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/30\/first-pattern-1865-allin-conversion-trapdoor-springfield\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T16:32:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T21:32:35","slug":"first-pattern-1865-allin-conversion-trapdoor-springfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/30\/first-pattern-1865-allin-conversion-trapdoor-springfield\/","title":{"rendered":"First Pattern 1865 Allin Conversion &#8211; Trapdoor Springfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jckv3dfwvSY?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.Patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.Patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hammer price: $3750<\/p>\n<p>As the US Civil War drew to a close, it was quite apparent to everyone that muzzleloading rifles were obsolete, and any military force wishing to remain relevant would need to adopt cartridge-firing weapons. However, the Union arsenals had a million or more muzzleloading rifled muskets still on hand. How to modernize the weaponry without simply throwing away all those existing guns?<\/p>\n<p>The task was put to Springfield Arsenal master armorer Erskine Allin in 1865, and he devised a &#8220;trapdoor&#8221; style of conversion to turn an old Springfield muzzleloader into a breechloader. He had the benefit of having seen the previous year&#8217;s extensive trials of breechloaders, but the final product was his combination of what he judged to be the best elements of the ideas available.<\/p>\n<p>The result has long been known colloquially as the Trapdoor Springfield, and this 1865 model was the very first of them. It was still in .58 caliber, and used a rather complex extractor system. It would soon be revised to make improvements to it, and ultimately a .45-70 model became standard for US infantry and cavalry forces &#8211; and remained their standard until the adoption of the Krag-Jorgensen in the 1890s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.Patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons Hammer price: $3750 As the US Civil War drew to a close, it was quite apparent to everyone that muzzleloading rifles were obsolete, and any military force wishing to remain relevant would need to adopt cartridge-firing weapons. However, the Union arsenals had a million or more muzzleloading rifled muskets still on hand. 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