Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1891- Serial No 519272 Sharps Rifle Since the 17th Airborne Division

Since the 17th Airborne Division was now training in England and in need of another parachute regiment to full out its ranks

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75" inlaid into the butt stock engraved as follows:-

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1891- Serial No 519272 Sharps Rifle Since the 17th Airborne DivisionOriginal 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. This example has the breech block marking: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod, a