Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Brass Hook Scabbard Barrels Marine Corps Pacific Theater field

Marine Corps Pacific Theater field gear set

It is a 1943 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Firestone Liner which was painted in Navy grey

The gun was described as a 5-inch (127 mm) gun but with a 4-inch bore in the 1902 handbook

This is easily cleaned using soap or penetrating oil

The air echelon relocates to England via the northern ferry route between 23-Sep-42 and 11-Oct-42 assembling at Kimbolton and then the entire Group moves to Bassingbourn on 14-Oct-42 where they will conduct operations until 23-Jun-45

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Brass Hook Scabbard Barrels Marine Corps Pacific Theater fieldOriginal Item: Only One Available. The model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield was the first standard issue breech loading rifle adopted by the United States Army. The gun, in both full length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against the American Indians. It was the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The model 1873 was the fifth