Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Dated 1891 Hotchkiss .303 Technical Sergent Neal E

Technical Sergent Neal E

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Blade length 36in

Our example here is dated 1872

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Dated 1891 Hotchkiss .303 Technical Sergent Neal EOriginal 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. In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod,a development that met with very limited success. It was