Collection Highlights
Central Park Competition Entry No. 29
Date:
March, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.233
Medium:
Ink and Wash
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Model 1866 U.S. Breech-Loading Rifle, Allin Conversion
Object Number:
1922.135
Date:
1866
Medium:
Wood, steel, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 57 in. ( 144.8 cm )
Marks:
stamped: forward of hammer on lockplate: "U.S./SPRINGFIELD" (eagle to left); tail: "1865"
stamped: barrel bands: "U"
stamped: breechblock: "1866" (eagle head under mark)
stamped: buttplate tang: "US"
Description:
Wood, iron, and steel rifle; iron furniture; stamped marks forward of hammer and at tail of lockplate, breechblock, barrel bands, and tang of buttplate.
Gallery Label:
Designed in 1865 by Springfield armorer E.S. Allin, trapdoor model rifles and carbines replaced the muzzle-loading firearms that had been used during the Civil War, and became the standard weapons used by U.S. forces during the western Indian wars.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacCauley
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
