Allin Conversion

[tkendrick]

I was in a local gun shop yesterday and noticed what appeared at first glance to be an 1863 Springfield reproduction. I say that because all I could see was the belly of the gun and it appeared to be almost brand new.

To make a long story short, it turned out to be a 1866 Allin conversion, 50/70 and it is in pristine, and I mean pristine, condition. The shop owner and I are trying to convince ourselfs that it has been refinished, but the fact is neither of believe it has been.

The bore is shiny like a new penny, the would still has 99% of the original finish and the only mars on the metal are a few very small pits near the muzzle. When you pick it up it has that greasy feel that you get when first strip the cosmoline of a DCM M1.

Needless to say, I really want this gun. So does any one have any idea what something like this is worth?

 

[NCsmitty]

Here's one recently on GUNBROKER.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=136177918


NCsmitty

 

[Jim K]

Oddly enough, quite a few of those 50-70's turn up in very nice condition. Apparently issue was limited and a lot of them were just stored and then sold as surplus. It is rare to find one in good shape, though, as the changes made by the dealers (cutting down the barrel and stock or reaming them for shotguns) were exceeded only by the way they were treated by their owners who considered them "old army junk" and beat the heck out of them. You may be lucky enough to have found one that was treated well.

Jim