Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 511117 P-1853 Enfield After a brief stay in

After a brief stay in rest camps

Major Robert H Neptune

Congress passed an “Excess Profits” tax on earnings from sales to the military during wartime

was the first regimental-sized combat parachute assault conducted by the United States Army

Three SD’s were definitely sunk through rocket and machine gun fire

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 511117 P-1853 Enfield After a brief stay inOriginal 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 excellent example has the breech block marking: MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning