Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 521476 Spanish Flags squadron was reassigned to Bellows

squadron was reassigned to Bellows Field for re-equipping

Cutts logo and patent information (1926)

Usually everything would be loaded onto motor trucks which carried the men and equipment as far as the shell ravaged roads permitted

it boasts a warm sheepskin fleece lined collar and interior

browning faded but otherwise good

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 521476 Spanish Flags squadron was reassigned to BellowsOriginal 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