Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle with Sight Hood - Dated 1890 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets Actual markings may vary but

Actual markings may vary but all were manufactured by SOM in Paris for the German Army and of the three we have opened all are dated 1935

or if connected

Replicated WWII German markings

Each Maxim comes on it's original partly brass (under the paint) very heavy wheeled Soklov mount which itself was replaced in WW1 by a lighter all steel version

as did officers that presided over U

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle with Sight Hood - Dated 1890 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets Actual markings may vary butOriginal 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