[ATTACH][ATTACH]Attachment 113120[/ATTACH][/ATTACH]I have just acquired a 1884 trapdoor and would like to find some information on it... it is a pistol....108417 is the serial number on it
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[ATTACH][ATTACH]Attachment 113120[/ATTACH][/ATTACH]I have just acquired a 1884 trapdoor and would like to find some information on it... it is a pistol....108417 is the serial number on it
My information is that only 2 genuine Trapdoor pistols were ever made. And they are both in museums.
Anything else is a "bitsa" made up from surplus parts for fun, film or fraud.
For instance: 108417 would be a Trapdoor receiver made in 1879. Which, of course, does not match a trapdoor marked "US Model 1884".
I have seen a few conversions to pistol, even fired one with black powder many years ago. we use to call them pirate pistols
I bid on one but lost at Rock Island just a bit ago. I think they’re VERY cool.
I'd love to see the rest of it, personally if it were loaded down a bit for arthritis I'd love to try it. Maybe two round ball...or three.