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Springfield Model 1873 TRAPDOOIR 45-70

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 700.00 USD
Springfield Model 1873 TRAPDOOIR 45-70
SN:L 797672. US military single shot rifle manufactured circa 1883. Features 32" barrel, blade front sight, 1873 rear sight with elevator ladder (Ladder is bent) and tangent rails, cleaning rod, sling swivels, stacking swivel, external hammer, straight gripped walnut stock, curved steel buttplate. Bore is fair, rifling with scattered areas of pitting. Metal finish has turned a a molted gray/brown patina with scattered areas of pin-prick pitting. Wood is sound with many small dents, crack forward of lock plate, gouging along forend. Breech block is dated 1873. Barrel marked over chamber "V / P / (eagle head)", "P". "R" marked rear sight on base & on leaf. "US" on butt plate at top of heel. Lock plate marked "U.S. Springfield 1883". Stock has "P" behind the lower tang, and "SWP 1882" cartouche on left wrist. "EAC 59" is stamped on the chamber.(?) Condition is NRA Good Antique Firearm.