Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1891 - Serial No 532382 Field Gear The inside of the helmet

The inside of the helmet is in decent condition with a makers label in the crown that reads Cave Shepherd & Co

became the standard table of organization

The shell is stamped with hkp64 on the rear skirt above heat lot number 4367

before that

with the name chosen to hide the revolutionary nature of the new weapon

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1891 - Serial No 532382 Field Gear The inside of the helmetOriginal Item: Only One available. The U. S. breech loading Springfield "trapdoor" rifle was introduced in 1873 in . 45 70 caliber. Basically it was the rifle the U. S. Army used to open the West and Springfield trapdoor carbines were used by Custer's Cavalry at the massacre at The Little Big Horn. This example has the breech block marking: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod, a