Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873/84 Cut Down & Decorated Rifle made in 1887 - Serial 376088 Spanish Militaria Northern Cheyenne

Northern Cheyenne

The leather tip of the canvas scabbard sleeve is maker marked H G with inspector marking E

Military issue accordions

which look to have been made by a saw

The revolver features a double trigger set up where the lower trigger

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873/84 Cut Down & Decorated Rifle made in 1887 - Serial 376088 Spanish Militaria Northern CheyenneOriginal Item: Only One available. This is a very interesting example of the classic Springfield trapdoor rifle, 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 rifles continued to be used on the frontier as the standard rifle of the U. S. Army, and this example appears to have been captured or left out in the frontier, where it was heavily modified and