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WTK: US Springfield Trapdoor
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10-07-2015 08:39 AM
# ADS
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[B][SIZE="4"]I just got the year of Manufacture from:
U.S. MILITARY DATES OF MANUFACTURE
The following is a copy of their screen
U.S. Military Trapdoor- U.S. Rifle Models 1873 to 1888:
Covering numbers: 1 - 567834.
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The year of manufacture for serial number 45815 is 1875.
Rifles, carbines, and cadet rifles were all numbered in the same series.
Last edited by md66948; 10-07-2015 at 09:02 AM.
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Try asking over on the CSP forums website, Culvers Shooting Page. There is a Trapdoor forum with some experts there.
john
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IMO what ever model it was when originally built, it has been up dated to M1884, with the Buffington rear sight and shallow arch breach block. The front sight is the bayonet lug. It seems to be missing the under barrel cleaning rod.
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Your rifle is serial number 45815X. There is another number that you haven't noticed after the 5. Look again. What you have is a U.S. Model 1884 that was made in 1889. It is in
45-70 caliber. It is not a civil war conversion.
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