Guns International #: 103281615
Seller's Inventory #: 256042

Category - Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor - Antique Rifles - Cartridge

Category
Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor
Antique Rifles - Cartridge

Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD M1873 TRAPDOOR .45-70 GOVT Rifle LITTLE BIG HORN INDIAN WARS ERA 1875 mfg. U.S. Military Rifle

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Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD M1873 TRAPDOOR .45-70 GOVT Rifle LITTLE BIG HORN 

INDIAN WARS ERA 1875 mfg. U.S. Military Rifle

Here we present an antique U.S. Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor Rifle, made by the Springfield Armory circa January of 1875. 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 example has two cartouches on the left stock. This rifle would have been manufactured less than a year and a half before 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. Original finish, exhibiting a gray/brown patina, showing only moderate wear. The stock is solid with a thin crack at the butt and average dents and dings. Strong action. The bore has dimmed and maintains strong rifling. Markings are legible.

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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$1700

#256042
 

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Antique: Yes