Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with 1st Pattern U.S. Frog and Scabbard MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets Whiskey Creek

Whiskey Creek

Also included is an original Army paper issue tag that is named to WOOLEY

All in all a nice example of the scarce first model M1898 Gew 98 Bayonet of WW1 with an excellent condition one piece grip and rare metal scabbard

laid back and full of humor

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with 1st Pattern U.S. Frog and Scabbard MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets Whiskey CreekOriginal 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