Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 529641 MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock one this way

one this way

absorbing replacements of men and equipment

Company H collar tab

Barrel and action retain about 95% original bluing having matured beautifully

and the outer shell of the magazine rotates to feed cartridges into the gun

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 529641 MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock one this wayOriginal 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. The breech block is marked: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod,a development that