Chestnut Forge
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Is this worth the money? http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=393274603#PIC
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That's for the buyer to say.
The BBGV doesn't list it under rifles made by the Springfield Armory.
Here's one that sold for $1500. (google can be YOUR friend
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https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=3161&aid=50537&lid=13197184
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That's for the buyer to say.
The BBGV doesn't list it under rifles made by the Springfield Armory.
Here's one that sold for $1500. (google can be YOUR friend
)https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=3161&aid=50537&lid=13197184
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Chestnut Forge
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Thanks
I thought it was a bit over-priced. It just caught my eye.
I thought it was a bit over-priced. It just caught my eye.
The Ward-Burton was made by Springfield Armory, which is why SA inspector Erskine S. Allin and sub-inspector John W. Keene have their initials on it. IIRC, it was an SA development and Burton was an SA employee. It was in .50-70 caliber and was tested by a Board in 1872 along with dozens of other rifles. It was considered good enough that 1000 rifles and 300 (?) carbines were were made for field trials. Unfortunately, it proved fragile in troop use, and ultimately the Allin trapdoor design was adopted as the Model 1873.
Jim
Jim