Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard Multi Nation Flags from 16 to 24 December

from 16 to 24 December 1944

63 (History of the I Company Artillery Regt

the cuffs are missing

and the improved Model 1862 used the Spencer

had to take action before the Prussians

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard Multi Nation Flags from 16 to 24 DecemberOriginal 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