Product Details
* SPRINGFIELD ARMORY, USA
A .45-70 (GOVT) SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE, MODEL '1873 TRAPDOOR', serial no. 47668,
circa 1889, with blued 22in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, hinged breech-block marked 'MODEL 1873', bar-action lock marked with an American eagle alongside 'U.S. SPRINGFIELD', side hammer, walnut half-stock, iron furniture including a barrel-band and heel-plate with no trap-door (stock has compartment beneath), inlet repair at wrist, no provision for clearing rod, traces of finish, fitted with side-bar and saddle-ring.
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Estimate £400-600
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act