Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with 1st Pattern U.S. Frog and Scabbard Barrels The 2nd WEST EIDING YORK

The 2nd WEST EIDING YORK ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS were raised in 1871 through the exertions of Major Holroyde

Britain poured in Aid of all forms after 1816 including staffing Arms Factories with Gunsmith to teach the Gurkha gun makers how to build British weapons

It has the correct second pattern front barrel band with double straps on top

the two horizontal muzzle slots substituted by 4 transversal cuttings

and is in beautiful condition

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with 1st Pattern U.S. Frog and Scabbard Barrels The 2nd WEST EIDING YORKOriginal 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