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A very fine M1873 trapdoor.ĭISCLAIMER: All firearms are sold as collector's items only - we do not accept responsibility as to the shooting safety or reliability of any antique firearm. Longarm has its original M1878 cupped cleaning rod below the stock. Barrel has Model 1879 long-range rear sight with the folding adjustable slide leaf. The M73 was the first trapdoor model to bear that proof symbol. Stock bears the firing test proof in fancy script “P” (within a circle) to right triggerguard plate on stock underside. Very fine, deep government cartouche “ SMP / 1883” stamped on left wrist area. Stock does show one small (1/2” x 1/8”) gouge on right side forend at mid-center adjacent to barrel. Excellent black walnut stock never cleaned and exhibits a mellow patina with very few handling marks. Stacking swivels at the upper barrel band regular swivel at the triggerguard. Stamping “US / SPRINGFIELD” forward of eagle. Iron lockplate, with no bevel, fits flush with stock and exhibits a spreadwinged eagle motif front of hammer. Breechblock, with its wide, round corners, bears the clear stamping “US / MODEL / 1873 at the hinge and the serial # on the upper flat at back of the receiver. Iron surfaces wear a fine, blue / black factory coloring and show excellent original casehardening on the low-arch breech block and barrel tang. 45 caliber and accommodates a centerfire. Its round barrel measures almost 33” long, has three-groove rifling in.
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This rifle specimen, in extraordinarily fine original condition, measures a total of 52” in length, bears serial number #244498 (made in the 2 nd or 3 rd quarter 1883), and is one of some 34,706 units made that year.
Mass produced by the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts between 18, a total of 216,000 of the.
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