Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Brass Hook Scabbard MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets probably from years of storage

probably from years of storage

This is a very early telescope apparently used quite late

as do manufacturers

has clearly come out of some barn

The Japanese were firing at the army troops in Manila

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Brass Hook Scabbard MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets probably from years of storageOriginal 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