Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard Martini-Henry Rifle formerly gun powder flask makers

formerly gun powder flask makers

As they scrambled through the woods and up the rocky slope

These helmets have all the correct features of an early 1970’s issue helmet

has Arsenal markings as well as a date in Japanese: 昭 十五

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard Martini-Henry Rifle formerly gun powder flask makersOriginal Item: Only One Available. The model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield was the first standard issue breech loading rifle adopted by the United States Army. The gun, in both full length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against the American Indians. It was the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The model 1873 was the fifth