Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rifle with Standard Rod made in 1884 - Serial No 23834* Category_Snider Rifle Accessories Besides his son Robert

Besides his son Robert

and we could see the sea below us

with the plating mostly intact with lovely patination

This wonderful example clearly having been kept either as a reference sample or on display may very well have never been fired

On 10 August

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rifle with Standard Rod made in 1884 - Serial No 23834* Category_Snider Rifle Accessories Besides his son RobertOriginal 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 which is somewhat faint: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could