Trapdoor oddity!

[Anzac15]

As a rule, I never buy 'bubba'd' military rifles. They are historic pieces that have a story to tell, and messing with them messes with that history.
However, I ran across something today that just begged to be brought home. It is a Model 1873 uh..'carbine'.
Whatever work was done to it was done quite a long time ago, and done pretty darn well. Its a mini '73 infantry trapdoor! No, a carbine..no, rifle...what the heck?
What strikes me odd about it is if someone was going to copy/fake a cavalry carbine, it seems to me it would have been a lot easier to just shorten the stock and add the saddle ring. We have the saddle ring, and what seems to be a lot of pretty nice work.
Altered buttstock? Doesn't look like your typical 1873 buttstock.
Enjoy the pics...I like this one!

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