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Springfield Trapdoor Rifle Model 1888 Rid Bayonet
Guns International #: 100579788 Seller's Inventory #: 28919
Category: Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor - Military Rifles - Antique
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1243
Total Number of Listings: 20537
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
FREE SHIPPING FOR ORDERS OVER $500! We also have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
Serial #515140, .45-70, 32 1/2” barrel with a fine, bright bore that has a small amount of freckling within the grooves. This ramrod bayonet-equipped rifle has retained traces of the original blue finish with the balance having a shiny, smooth plum-brown underlying metal. The 1884 dated breech block has matching dark freckling with original color case-hardening still visible along the underside. The walnut stock has been refinished to excellent condition with a few scattered handling marks in the period added, ruddy-tinted military oil finish, and a still clear and legible “SWP/1891” cartouche on the left side of the wrist. At some point in the rifle's career, decorative wooden laurel branch inlays were added to both sides of the stock (as well as a pair of triangles behind the barrel band on both sides). The work is quite well done and is a very nice example of folk art marquetry. Additionally, there are some crude initials on the left side of the butt: “MM/AG”. The stock compartment is empty and the buttplate has a mottled plum-brown patina with a few very minor pinprick pits here and there. This is a very nice Trapdoor that has some truly handsome folk art embellishments. Antique
SOLD
Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: Spfld
Model: Trapdoor
Serial Number: 515140
Caliber Info: .45-70
Gauge Info: .45-70