Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle made in 1884 with Bayonet in N.J. Scabbard - Serial No 242628 MG 34 Reciever Assembly usually of beech or walnut

usually of beech or walnut

This musket is by and large the same as the existing the East India Company Musket Model F Pattern BUT it was made at ENFIELD for the Crown and is so marked

with just a bit of wiggle

which could be rotated to engage the inside surface of the bore behind the chamber

it is absolutely necessary that a foxhole be dug

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle made in 1884 with Bayonet in N.J. Scabbard - Serial No 242628 MG 34 Reciever Assembly usually of beech or walnutOriginal Item: Only One available. This is a very nice example of the classic Springfield trapdoor rifle, the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The breech block is marked: U. S. MODEL 1873 Offered in excellent condition is this trapdoor rifle in . 45 70 government caliber, Serial # 242628 with a faint SWP 1883 cartouche, overall good metal finish with all