Guns International #: 102991734
Seller's Inventory #: 247542

Category - Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor - Springfield Rifles - Antique

Category
Springfield Rifles - Trapdoor
Springfield Rifles - Antique

Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD M1873 TRAPDOOR .45-70 GOVT Rifle LITTLE BIG HORN 1876 mfg. U.S. Military Rifle with LEATHER SLING

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

1876 mfg. U.S. Military Rifle with LEATHER SLING

Here we present an antique U.S. Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor Rifle, made by the Springfield Armory circa February/March of 1876. 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 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. Robust action. Bright, rifled bore. The leather sling is in good shape. Markings are legible. This example sports a solid stock with a visible cartouche on the left wrist. Good bayonet. This example has a “ESA” cartouche on the left stock, for Ordnance Inspector Erskine S. Allin, inventor of the Allin “Trapdoor” mechanism. This rifle would have been manufactured mere months before the battle at Little Big Horn. Arsenal refurbished.

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.

Very Fast. Very Safe. FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. Delivered directly to your door by express mail!

Guaranteed AUTHENTIC & Includes CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.

ancestryguns

$1800

#247542
 

SOLD

Antique: Yes