Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Dated 1892 German Afrikakorp Offered in overall excellent condition

Offered in overall excellent condition with a near perfect blade (parkerized shortly after WW1)

Full military marking with broad arrow and WWII dated

and the early campaigns of WW 2 were also fought with the web belts

75" long octagonal rifled sporting gun barrel of huge proportions with a bore of approximately 1"

commissioned Captain October 10

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Dated 1892 German Afrikakorp Offered in overall excellent conditionOriginal 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. In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod,a development that met with very limited success. It was