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US Springfield Model 1878 Trap Door Rifle Twin Band Rifle

Currency:CAD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:100.00 CAD
US Springfield Model 1878 Trap Door Rifle Twin Band Rifle
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US Springfield Model 1878 Trap Door Rifle Twin Band Rifle

This is a Marked US Model 1878in 45-70 caliber with a 32-1/2'' round barrel long
range rear sight in a walnut stock

The fit and finish is very good. And the trap-door action is tight and smooth.
The barrel shows external wear and bluing is hardly showing - gun is around 140 years old !!

Overall conditions shows reasonable wear for the age.
The wood is in very good condition. Also only showing "in-service", reasonable wear.

The Eagle stamped on side plate is clean, non-blurred, and easy to see.
The “U. S. Springfield” is legible and easy to read.
The Serial Number is 353104 and readily visible. The top of the receiver trap door
is stamped US Model 1878.
There is a U on both Barrel Bands.. And the top of the Butt Plate is Marked: U.S

On the 32 inch long barrel there is the letter VP and an Eagles Head stamped into
steel near receiver - also the letter A ontop of the barrel.
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The entire rifle overall looks original to 1878. There are initials on the left side of the stock
- see photo.

A great collector piece....n 1873 the caliber of the “Trapdoor” rifle was again
reduced, this time to .45. Since it was not practical to convert .58 caliber muskets
to this small size, Springfield Armory began new construction of the “Trapdoor” rifles.
They remained in production, with modifications, until 1893. This was the weapon,
both rifle and carbine, that served the U.S. Army so well during the Indian Wars on
the Western Frontier and in the Spanish-American War. In twenty years of production
almost half of a million .45-70 caliber weapons were manufactured at Springfield.