Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1873 updated to 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 125461 British Military Hats on the parkerized steel throat

on the parkerized steel throat

This is a great chance to pick up a nice Civil War Rifled Musket Carbine

which is little more than a turned wooden handle with a weighted metal top

• Hand wound power

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1873 updated to 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 125461 British Military Hats on the parkerized steel throatOriginal 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. This example has the breech block marking: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod, a