Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2018 : Sale A0618 Lot 1113
SPRINGFIELD ARMORY, USA A .45-70 (GOVT) SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL 1884 TRAPDOOR, serial no. 464412,

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SPRINGFIELD ARMORY, USA

A .45-70 (GOVT) SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL '1884 TRAPDOOR', serial no. 464412,
circa 1889, with blued 32 1/2in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, micro-adjustable elevating ladder rear-sight, hinged breech-block with model designation, bar-action lock marked with an American eagle alongside 'U.S. SPRINGFIELD', side hammer, walnut three-quarter stock, iron furniture including two barrel-bands and clearing rod, the wrist fitted with auxiliary chequered half pistol-grip, later leather sling

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Estimate £400-600

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