Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1868 Display Rifle - Dated 1869 Headgear The hilt washers are also

The hilt washers are also in near excellent condition as well

and those that with-stood the terrific blasts are pock-marked from the impact of shell fragments

England where they had presumably lain undisturbed since WW2

Missouri and Nebraska)

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1868 Display Rifle - Dated 1869 Headgear The hilt washers are alsoOriginal Item: Only One Available. Recently acquired from a small museum this antique gun has been demilitarized so it cannot fire again. A hole was made in the breech and the front of the chamber has been welded shut. None of this work was done by IMA. However this is an excellent pristine example of a very rare hard to find trapdoor Springfield rifle. It bears serial number 15730 with multiple clear U. S. government inspection cartouches on the