Trapdoor Rifles

Ah...thank you all for the information. Lots of variations out there it would seem.

Hello. I just picked up a bayonet for my 1873 locally. Came with a scabbard but no frog. Fits the rifle very well, but am curious about the markings. It is stamped "U-S" with a hyphen (see photo). No other markings on the bayonet. My online search efforts haven't found one marked that way,...

Wow! Great work. Have really enjoyed seeing the progress through this thread.

Thanks for the welcome, Dick. Great to have access to the knowledge resident here. As for my new Model 1873...having it in hand now, I hesitate to post it here as this is the Trapdoor 'Collector' Board not the Trapdoor 'Accumulator' Board, and this rifle is a bit rougher than I had hoped based on th...

Hello. Happy to have made the leap to the new forum, having benefited from the wisdom shared with me at the previous location. Posting as, having previously acquired a later (1883 production) Model 1873, I thought 'Great...I have an example of the Trapdoor Springfield - box ticked'. It appears, howe...