Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with 1st Pattern U.S. Frog and Scabbard Barrels It has the correct second

It has the correct second pattern front barrel band with double straps on top

and is in beautiful condition

The 2nd WEST EIDING YORK ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS were raised in 1871 through the exertions of Major Holroyde

This company started back in the Meiji era and had a long history of making koshirae

he saw what was left of his company under tremendous fire

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with 1st Pattern U.S. Frog and Scabbard Barrels It has the correct secondOriginal 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