Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with NGP Pennsylvania National Guard Scabbard Antique Handguns Overall Length: 30 1/2 Inches

Overall Length: 30 1/2 Inches

The origin of the hole is unknown but it does not appear to have been made by a pickaxe like a lot of the surviving helmets had done to them postwar

The steel tang nut has oxidized and lost all of the plating

with the 1st Battalion taking Otzenrath just before nightfall

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with NGP Pennsylvania National Guard Scabbard Antique Handguns Overall Length: 30 1/2 InchesOriginal Item: Only One Available. The model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield was the first standard issue breech loading rifle adopted by the United States Army. The gun, in both full length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against the American Indians. It was the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The model 1873 was the fifth