Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 330796 British Awards Medals Badges Insignia BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS

BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS

for a publicity tour

39" barrel with the signatures three steel bands

first introduced to IDF special forces in 1954

The patent leather is dry and will have cracks and imperfections on the surface of the leather

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 330796 British Awards Medals Badges Insignia BUREAU OF AERONAUTICSOriginal 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