US Model 1884 Trapdoor Springfield Rifle

Indian Wars

.45-70. 32.5" barrel length. SN: 245186. Mfg. ca. 1883. Blued metal finish with case colored breechblock mounting walnut straight wrist stock with full length handguard retained by two barrel bands. Single shot trapdoor action rifle mounting adjustable R for rifle marked Buffington rear and pinned front blade sights. Muzzle and breech are still in the white. Item features a low-arch breechblock, stacking swivels to upper barrel band, further swivel to the two-piece trigger, and a three click tumbler. Breechblock is marked US/MODEL/1873, correct for early production 1884 rifles. Lockplate struck with {US Army Eagle} followed by U.S/SPRINGFIELD. Left side of the barrel is marked V/P/{Eaglehead} with a further P mark. Wrist exhibits a circle P mark while the left wrist retains a crisp boxed SWP/1883 cartouche for inspector Samuel W. Porter. Both barrel bands display crisp U stamps while the buttplate is struck US. Comes with a blued steel ramrod. {ANTIQUE}

This lot is located in Cincinnati.