Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rifle with Standard Rod made in 1886 - Serial No 320458 U.S. Badges Probably German WW1 manufacture

Probably German WW1 manufacture

Army paratrooper and Ranger battalions

he went to the crash site and destroyed security sensitive papers and equipment

the case was set down in the hall

We feel that this most likely started out life as a

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rifle with Standard Rod made in 1886 - Serial No 320458 U.S. Badges Probably German WW1 manufactureOriginal 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 faint: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a