Product Details
SPRINGFIELD ARMORY,
A .45-70 (GOVT) SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE, MODEL '1873 TRAPDOOR', serial no. 450231,
circa 1875, with 22in. blued barrel (proved 2010), block and blade fore-sight and micro-adjustable ladder rear-sight, lifting breech-block marked 'US MODEL 1873', flat lock-plate stamped 'US SPRINGFIELD' with an 'American Eagle' trade-mark, walnut three quarter length stock with blued steel furniture, swinging trapdoor in the heel-plate concealing aperture for cleaning rods (present), sliding saddle-ring on bar to left hand side of stock, one barrel-band, the whole retaining much of its original finish
Estimate £700-900
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