Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 514072 Availability_Domestic This model was the first

This model was the first sword contracted by the U

Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott KCMG (20 August 1857 – 9 April 1941) was a British colonial administrator and governor who was in turn Governor of the Seychelles

It has been expertly air brushed to provide the cold glimmering look of steel and the warm richness of a walnut wood stock

The British Government adopted the 39" barrel (reduced in length from the 42” Short Land Pattern) in 1796

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 514072 Availability_Domestic This model was the firstOriginal Item: Only One available. The U. S. breech loading Springfield "trapdoor" rifle was introduced in 1873 in . 45 70 caliber. Basically it was the rifle the U. S. Army used to open the West and Springfield trapdoor carbines were used by Custer's Cavalry at the massacre at The Little Big Horn. In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod,a development that met with very limited success. It was