Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rod Bayonet Rifle with Pistol Grip made in 1891 - Serial No 514660 M3 Grease Gun the Dale was moored with

the Dale was moored with ships of Destroyer Division TWO at Berth X-14

The compass and bearing plate both bear three letter code jlq for V

It is maker marked by the eyepiece:

Government Printing Office : 1942--O-469847

The CO of the 58th Field Artillery was hit as he stepped from the boat and died in the water

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rod Bayonet Rifle with Pistol Grip made in 1891 - Serial No 514660 M3 Grease Gun the Dale was moored withOriginal 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. This example has the breech block marking: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod, a