Guns International #: 103355084
Seller's Inventory #: 259001

Category - Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor - Military Rifles - Antique

Category
Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor
Military Rifles - Antique

1879 Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD M1873 TRAPDOOR .45-70 GOVT Rifle INDIAN WARS SIOUX WARS ERA 1879 mfg. U.S. Military Rifle

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1879 Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD M1873 TRAPDOOR .45-70 GOVT Rifle INDIAN WARS

SIOUX WARS ERA 1879 mfg. U.S. Military Rifle

Here we present an antique U.S. Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor Rifle, made by the Springfield Armory circa April of 1879 and subsequently arsenal refurbished with a Model 1884 marked breech block. There is a faint 1888 dated cartouche on the left stock flat. After the Civil War, the War Department wanted a breech-loading rifle. To be specific, it wanted a breech-loading rifle that would chamber a self-primed, metallic cartridge. Amazingly, despite the adoption of the ill-fated Model 1882 Chaffee-Reese Bolt Action Magazine Rifle, new models of trapdoor rifles continued to be produced and used all the way through the mid-1890s, until finally, the Krag-Jorgensen was adopted.

This rifle would have been manufactured about three years after the battle at Little Big Horn. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. It took place on June 25–26, 1876, along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory. The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.

The overall condition is good. The action fully functions. The bore has darkened and maintains serviceable rifling. Solid stock overall, containing an average amount of handling wear, scuffs, and dings. A faint cartouche is present on the left stock flat. Markings are discernable. The top of the barrel is drilled and tapped.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 32-5/8 inches.

Caliber: .45-70 GOVT

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1500

#259001
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $1,500.00
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