Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rifle with Early Cleaning Rod Made in 1887 - Serial 376963 Manufacture Type_Original Items The grenade mounted a charge

The grenade mounted a charge head within a sheet-steel cylinder atop a long hollow-wooden handle

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Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rifle with Early Cleaning Rod Made in 1887 - Serial 376963 Manufacture Type_Original Items The grenade mounted a chargeOriginal Item: Only One available. This is a very nice honest used example of the classic Springfield trapdoor rifle, 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 breech block is marked: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was designed, which could double as a cleaning rod, a development that met with very limited success. However, it was