Original Rare U.S. Experimental Springfield M-1882 Chaffee-Reece .45-70 Caliber Bolt Action Magazine Rifle - dated 1884 Snider Rifle Parts The back story for this

The back story for this item is interesting: the helmet was in a Private Museum Collection in London

formed the “Slap-A-Jap Club”

Tt measures approximately 36"H x 48"W and is made of multiple pieces of cotton fabric sewn together

- Lots of newspaper clippings

would recommend my daughter to the newly-formed Marines Women Reserve Corps

Original Rare U.S. Experimental Springfield M-1882 Chaffee-Reece .45-70 Caliber Bolt Action Magazine Rifle - dated 1884 Snider Rifle Parts The back story for thisOriginal Item: Only One available. During the late 1870s, the U. S. Army was looking for a replacement for the venerable Springfield Model 1873 single shot rifle with one that had a magazine for additional cartridges. The trapdoor design, like the Remington rolling block, was very robust, but not conducive to any type of repeating system conversion. To do this, the Army's ordnance department set up a "Magazine Gun Board" in an attempt to find a