Original Rare U.S. Experimental Springfield M-1882 Chaffee-Reece .45-70 Caliber Bolt Action Magazine Rifle - dated 1884 Snider Rifle Parts and an open aluminum wreath

and an open aluminum wreath surrounding a tri-color cockade on the band

but also was the first to exceed Mach 2

Does not extract the current round or pick up another round from magazine when inserted

as the last portion of tell tale scrolled lettering “MFG” is visible

Original Rare U.S. Experimental Springfield M-1882 Chaffee-Reece .45-70 Caliber Bolt Action Magazine Rifle - dated 1884 Snider Rifle Parts and an open aluminum wreathOriginal Item: Only One available. During the late 1870s, the U. S. Army was looking for a replacement for the venerable Springfield Model 1873 single shot rifle with one that had a magazine for additional cartridges. The trapdoor design, like the Remington rolling block, was very robust, but not conducive to any type of repeating system conversion. To do this, the Army's ordnance department set up a "Magazine Gun Board" in an attempt to find a