Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873/84 Cut Down & Decorated Rifle made in 1887 - Serial 376088 US Civil War the WWI helmets were still

the WWI helmets were still issued to second line and training troops well into WWII

browning faded but otherwise good

was assembled in large numbers (about 50

that reads 1938

the Sterling Engineering Co

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873/84 Cut Down & Decorated Rifle made in 1887 - Serial 376088 US Civil War the WWI helmets were stillOriginal Item: Only One available. This is a very interesting example of the classic Springfield trapdoor rifle, the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The rifles continued to be used on the frontier as the standard rifle of the U. S. Army, and this example appears to have been captured or left out in the frontier, where it was heavily modified and