Original Rare U.S. Experimental Springfield M-1882 Chaffee-Reece .45-70 Caliber Bolt Action Magazine Rifle - dated 1884 U.S. Edged Weapons specifically at the request of

specifically at the request of Queen Victoria

PNG Museum Aircraft Status Card - B-24D Liberator 42-40918

000 rifles per year

Definitely some interesting aspects to this blade

most likely having been used post war

Original Rare U.S. Experimental Springfield M-1882 Chaffee-Reece .45-70 Caliber Bolt Action Magazine Rifle - dated 1884 U.S. Edged Weapons specifically at the request ofOriginal Item: Only One available. During the late 1870s, the U. S. Army was looking for a replacement for the venerable Springfield Model 1873 single shot rifle with one that had a magazine for additional cartridges. The trapdoor design, like the Remington rolling block, was very robust, but not conducive to any type of repeating system conversion. To do this, the Army's ordnance department set up a "Magazine Gun Board" in an attempt to find a