Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 238078 Antique Winchesters and it is marked:-

and it is marked:-

Cont DLA-100-87-C-4119

Serial number 313213B denotes year of manufacture as 1889

The trigger and trigger guard were moved forward on the receiver

Cassettari ASN 36019466 was a member of 38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) Tank Destroyer Battalion who landed on Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion on D-Day +6 (June 12th

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 238078 Antique Winchesters and it is marked:-Original 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