Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard MG 15 This example has a manufacturers

This example has a manufacturers label coded bxo indicating it was made by Deutsche Telphonwerke und Kabelindustrie AG

correct and in its original flint configuration

In spite of abandoning precision attacks

and it was recommended that a change in the type of plastic be made

Sight comes complete with the leather eye socket piece still in place

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard MG 15 This example has a manufacturersOriginal 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