Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 527879 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets This is a very nice

This is a very nice example of this model holster

while a Corps or Regiment Hat badge is placed to its front and the General Service Badge (The Rising Sun) worn on the left brim which is folded up and clipped into place

truly making it a one-of-a-kind

Leather body secured by brass headed nails to base cap which has a large wood threaded stopper that provided loading access

1st Battery

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 527879 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets This is a very niceOriginal 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. The breech block is marked: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod,a development that