Guns International #: 103342399
Seller's Inventory #: 259267

Category - Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor - Springfield Rifles - Antique

Category
Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor
Springfield Rifles - Antique

c1885 Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD M1884 TRAPDOOR .45-70 GOVT Rifle INDIAN WARS Single Shot U.S. MILITARY Rifle WESTWARD EXPANSION

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c1885 Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD M1884 TRAPDOOR .45-70 GOVT Rifle INDIAN WARS

Single Shot U.S. MILITARY Rifle WESTWARD EXPANSION

Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique U.S. Springfield Model 1884 Trapdoor Rifle, manufactured circa July of 1885 by the Springfield Armory. This rifle was manufactured nearing the end of the Indian Wars and five years before the Wounded Knee massacre. 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.

As white settlers moved into the Great Plains region, they battled the Plains Indian tribes in a series of conflicts known as the Sioux Wars, which lasted from 1854 to 1890. In 1875, the discovery of gold in the Black Hills region of South Dakota brought prospective miners into the area and onto the hunting grounds of the Sioux Indians. The U.S. Army responded to the pleas of the white settlers and miners for protection against the Sioux, and the Great Sioux War of 1876-77 erupted. It was the last major conflict between the U.S. Army and the Sioux tribe. The U.S. continued to see unrest and conflict with the displaced Native Americans during this time, all the way through to the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29th, 1890. Trapdoors continued to see use all the way through the Spanish American War.

The overall condition is good. Patina throughout. The action is excellent. The bore is dim, showing much use, with serviceable rifling. The stock shows honest use and remains solid. There is a clear “SWP” cartouche on the left stock flat for Master Armorer Samuel W. Porter and is dated 1885. The hammer cap screw and one of the screws from the rear sight are absent.

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

#259267
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $1,500.00
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