Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Cut-Down M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard & M1887 Hanger MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock and still retains the cleaning

and still retains the cleaning jag portion on the end

Imperial German WWI Hanoverian Jäger Battalion Nr

and the left side of the barrel is marked with 8X57MR and B RLINDEE next to additional proofs

The glossy upper surface has developed an attractive pattern of checking and crazing

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Cut-Down M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard & M1887 Hanger MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock and still retains the cleaningOriginal 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