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1. #1873 springfield trapdoor cartouche swppp serial number#
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#1873 springfield trapdoor cartouche swppp plus#

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. Stock has a hairline back of the lockplate and a couple in front of the lockplate with usual handling & use marks, nicks, dings & scratches and has a fine hand worn patina. Lockplate & hammer retain about 90% orig blue with some spots of light surface rust on the lockplate. Breech block & receiver are a mottled blue/brown patina. it appears in good condition with slight pitting on exterior of barrel. the barrel is marked 'v p ( symbol or cartouche) p'.

#1873 springfield trapdoor cartouche swppp serial number#

the serial number is xxxxx no markings i can see on the stock.

Bbl retains 85-90% orig blue mixed with brown patina. i just purchased a springfield arms model 1873 trapdoor 45-70 rifle. Left side of the buttstock is painted with “G. It has partially visible oval cartouche on the left wrist, number “39” stamped in the wood back of the top tang & unit markings “53 / 29 / SFC” above the buttplate tang. Standard early rifle with 32-1/2″ bbl, square base front sight/bayonet lug, 1200 yard ladder rear sight with high arch breech block with usual markings & standard markings on the lockplate. MAY BE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR LAYAWAY PROGRAM.SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1873 TRAPDOOR RIFLE. THIS ITEM, AS WITH ALL OTHER ITEMS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE, All firearms are "mechanically perfect" unless noted, but again, are NOT warranted as safe to fire! Any city or state regulations regarding owning antique firearms are the responsibility of the purchaser. We want satisfied customers & often "under" describe the weapons. All firearms are described as accurately as possible, given the restraints of a catalog listing length. A very fine M1873 trapdoor.ĭISCLAIMER: All firearms are sold as collector's items only - we do not accept responsibility as to the shooting safety or reliability of any antique firearm. Longarm has its original M1878 cupped cleaning rod below the stock. The most dramatic change to the rifle design, from the M1873, was a new rear sight which was designed by Lieutenant Colonel Adelbert R. Like the Model 1873, it features an Allin trapdoor design, that was named for its hinged breechblock, which opened like a trapdoor. Barrel has Model 1879 long-range rear sight with the folding adjustable slide leaf. Springfield Model 1884 was an improved replacement for the Model 1873. The M73 was the first trapdoor model to bear that proof symbol. Stock bears the firing test proof in fancy script “P” (within a circle) to right triggerguard plate on stock underside. Very fine, deep government cartouche “ SMP / 1883” stamped on left wrist area. Stock does show one small (1/2” x 1/8”) gouge on right side forend at mid-center adjacent to barrel. Excellent black walnut stock never cleaned and exhibits a mellow patina with very few handling marks. Stacking swivels at the upper barrel band regular swivel at the triggerguard. Because this is an antique firearm it should be inspected by a qualified gunsmith prior to firing. We have inspected this rifle and it functions correctly. Stamping “US / SPRINGFIELD” forward of eagle. 1873 Springfield Trapdoor Rifle 45-70 278145 Nice original finish on this Springfield trapdoor. Iron lockplate, with no bevel, fits flush with stock and exhibits a spreadwinged eagle motif front of hammer. Breechblock, with its wide, round corners, bears the clear stamping “US / MODEL / 1873 at the hinge and the serial # on the upper flat at back of the receiver. As a knowledgeable source on the subject states of later-produced Trap Door models: Even though the guns were different from their parents, they were still marked Model 1873. Iron surfaces wear a fine, blue / black factory coloring and show excellent original casehardening on the low-arch breech block and barrel tang. Rather, it is likely your rifle is a Springfield Trap Door Rifle of the 1873 model vintage, with a particularly deep date stamp which makes the 3 appear to be an 8. 45 caliber and accommodates a centerfire. Its round barrel measures almost 33” long, has three-groove rifling in. This rifle specimen, in extraordinarily fine original condition, measures a total of 52” in length, bears serial number #244498 (made in the 2 nd or 3 rd quarter 1883), and is one of some 34,706 units made that year. Mass produced by the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts between 18, a total of 216,000 of the.