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U.S. Metallic Cartridges Testing (Regulation and Experimental) (1873) Author: Major T.J. Treadwell (Commanding Frankford Aresenal) Government...
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I just picked up a Springfield 1873 Trap-Door. The seller said it was a Springfield 1878 BUT it sure looks like a 1873. Anyway, the overall length...
i have a 1873 springfield trapdoor carbine. have been trying to find some info on this old girl and it has a circle of 5s around the lock plate. what...
This is a cutdown rifle but thought I'd check anyway. No. 6528 Still waiting for a Custer carbine! Thanks! Salt Flat
Hello, Could someone please check this 1873 Trapdoor serial number against the SRS data? Unfortunately it is a cutdown rifle but I thought it would...
Over the years I've hunted with just about every milsurp I've ever owned but that was before the time of smartphones. Rarely I carried a camera but...
I know it is not surplus but it is about as close as I will get to my old M14 in this lifetime. ;) I have quite a bit of South African surplus and a...
Today at a local show I found a guy selling an 1884 model trapdoor. The gun was in fair shape, looked to have the original metal finish, but the...
How close should the tolerance be between the breach block and the reciever? Is it common for there to be a noticeable gap between them, when the...
hello. nice to see that many of our members form the previous site have come over to the new forum. best, john
Hello all. I found a Springfield Trapdoor rifle that says "U.S. Sprinfield 1883" on the side with a serial number of 45841 (can anyone SRS that...
Hello everyone. I am in the market for a Springfield Trapdoor for my next milsurp. The oldest rifle I have is a Krag, and decided to begin collecting...
Here's the complete post from CSP My buddy bought this in the 80's. Pretty sure it's a rack for the carbines with a place for bayonets. The post...
After making an action wrench I got the old barrel off my 1898 Krag today and replaced it with a barrel that was much better. I'm anxious to shoot...
I picked up this M39. Only the bolt and barrel match and the leather sling looks original. Strangely, the replacement barrel is marked 1968. Can't...
Hello everyone. I inherited a Springfield 1873 which has been in my family for several generations. I am trying to find out all the info on it that I...
I'm trying to find a Trapdoor representative of what a 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry soldier in the Spanish-American war would have been issued. Fairly...
Just a quick note about an old soldier I've acquired. It's a 50/70 trapdoor Ser # 31854 (both breech and barrel), with an 1870 dated breechblock and...
SRS for Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 S/N: 400232 Thanks guys
Sorry for the 2nd post in a row, I have a model 1884 Infantry trapdoor and I can't dislodge the ramrod. I can spin it in place, but I cannot actually...
Am back from sand-land. ;) Had a chance to put 5rds thru the Rem-Lee 2 days before departure last October. Dissapointed for sure. Not on paper...
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