Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rod Bayonet Rifle with Figured Walnut Stock - Serial No 532667 Category_Blunderbuss Partially new made

Partially new made

A large number of PIATs were supplied to the Soviet Union through Lend Lease

Made by JOHANN GEORG ERTTEL the Elder who was born in 1700 in Dresden and worked in Amsterdam until his death in 1764

It also retains its correct original green regimental bugle cord

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rod Bayonet Rifle with Figured Walnut Stock - Serial No 532667 Category_Blunderbuss Partially new madeOriginal 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 excellent example has the breech block marking: MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning