Guns International #: 103286117
Seller's Inventory #: 256070

Category - Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor - Springfield Rifles - Antique

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Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor
Springfield Rifles - Antique

INDIAN WARS Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD M1888 TRAPDOOR Rifle w/RAMROD BAYONET “SWP/1892” Samuel W. Porter Inspected Trapdoor

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INDIAN WARS Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD M1888 TRAPDOOR Rifle w/RAMROD BAYONET

“SWP/1892” Samuel W. Porter Inspected Trapdoor

Here we present an antique U.S. Springfield Model 1888 Trapdoor Rifle in .45-70 GOVT, made circa October of 1892 in Springfield, Massachusetts. These were the last of the trapdoor rifles that were in use since the end of the American Civil War. It also marked the end of the black powder-era, single shot, big-bore, hammer-fired rifles in U.S. service. The U.S. government would adopt the Krag-Jorgensen in 30-40 Krag, a smokeless, small-bore, bolt action repeater. However, when the U.S. went to war with Spain in the Spanish-American War in Cuba, many, if not a majority, of the state militia troops were still using the latest models of trapdoor rifle.

As mentioned, this military rifle was manufactured circa October of 1892, just under two years after the famed Wounded Knee Massacre. The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota Indians by soldiers of the United States Army. It occurred on December 29, 1890. By the time the massacre was over, more than 250 men, women and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded (4 men and 47 women and children, some of whom died later); some estimates placed the number of dead as high as 300. Twenty-five soldiers also died and thirty-nine were wounded (six of the wounded later died). Twenty soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor. In 2001, the National Congress of American Indians passed two resolutions condemning the military awards and called on the federal government to rescind them. The Wounded Knee Battlefield, site of the massacre, has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. In 1990, both houses of the U.S. Congress passed a resolution on the historical centennial formally expressing “deep regret” for the massacre.

This example has an “R” marked Buffington rear sight with “8/NY/364” stamped into the top comb of the stock.

The overall condition is near fine. Dark original patina. The stock is very good showing minimal handling/storage wear. The action is robust. The bore is mirror-bright with sharp rifling. The markings are crisp. The front blade sight is a modified replacement.

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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$2000

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Antique: Yes

Price: $2,000.00
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