Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rifle with Standard Rod made in 1884 - Serial No 23834* Category_Snider Rifle Accessories with the plating mostly intact

with the plating mostly intact with lovely patination

Cap has been exposed to moth and shows wear mostly across the top but is in overall good condition

Nepal where it has laid for at least the last 150 years (see photos of the piles of bronze cannons we recovered) no markings remain

The liner is correct "high pressure" WWII issue and stamped with a W for the Westinghouse Electric Co Manufactured in Pittsburgh

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rifle with Standard Rod made in 1884 - Serial No 23834* Category_Snider Rifle Accessories with the plating mostly intactOriginal 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 somewhat faint: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could