Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2023 : Sale A0323 Lot 1106
A .45-70 (GOVT) SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR MODEL 1873 SERVICE CARBINE, serial no. 137112,

Product Details

A .45-70 (GOVT) SPRINGFIELD 'TRAPDOOR' MODEL 1873 SERVICE CARBINE, serial no. 137112,
circa 1875, with blued tapering round 22in. black-powder reproved barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight with further lateral adjustment, model year to breech, flip-up and forwards breech-block, plain lock marked 'U.S. SPRINGFIELD' together with an American eagle device, plain side-hammer, plain walnut half-stock with iron furniture including carbine style heel-plate and short saddle-bar and ring, single barrel-band and retaining a fair amount of original finish



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Estimate £500-700

S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act