New Guy with a New (to me) Rifle

[mannparks]

what hapened to the trap door?
us TD guys would like to see pics of it.

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[awq134]

what hapened to the trap door?
us TD guys would like to see pics of it.

It's up at my fathers house in PA and unfortunately i'm down in NC. I'll see if i can get him to take a few pictures of it and if so i'll post them on here. Originally he was told it was a 50-90 round so he spent a descent amount of money for a box of 20 only to find out that it was actually chambered for 50-70. he's shot it a few times and says it's a good shooter but will be keeping it in his safe more often than not. That thing sure weighs a ton though.

[awq134]

Just did a little research and it looks like it was an M1863 muzzle loader that was converted to a trap door for the 50-70 cartridge which was the predecessor M1873 Trap Door Springfield.