Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 527879 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets and have loved them ever

and have loved them ever since

while a Corps or Regiment Hat badge is placed to its front and the General Service Badge (The Rising Sun) worn on the left brim which is folded up and clipped into place

It is marked 8321 on the upper flat of the right side leg

Leather body secured by brass headed nails to base cap which has a large wood threaded stopper that provided loading access

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 527879 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets and have loved them everOriginal Item: Only One available. The U. S. breech loading Springfield "trapdoor" rifle was introduced in 1873 in . 45 70 caliber. Basically it was the rifle the U. S. Army used to open the West and Springfield trapdoor carbines were used by Custer's Cavalry at the massacre at The Little Big Horn. The breech block is marked: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod,a development that