Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard French Helmets At about the same time

At about the same time the new gunship arrived

measured at the side of the square fin assembly

or converted to

that drive threatened to capture Santiago de Cuba

Lilley and Co stamp still present

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard French Helmets At about the same timeOriginal Item: Only One Available. The model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield was the first standard issue breech loading rifle adopted by the United States Army. The gun, in both full length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against the American Indians. It was 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 model 1873 was the fifth