Trapdoor Rifles

I don't know hardly anything about these rifles, but that doesn't look anything close to what an officer's model should be.

Thank you, John. That's a lot of great info! Yeah, it is pretty fascinating how consistent the manufacturing processes were back in the 1800's, especially when you consider what technologies they had back then!

Another question came up. Is every 1873 stock individually fitted for the action, lock, etc., or were they just pumped out and put together more like a 1903? The lock plate and trigger plate of these rifles seems to be a very snug fit in the stock.

Thank you for the replies. I do plan on un-bubba'ing the current stock, reinforcing it, and cleaning it up a bit, but I'm not sure that I want it on my rifle. If nothing else, it will be a good practice piece. I was pretty bummed about the stock because that was one of the main reasons I picked up t...

Hi all, I just picked up a very nice 1873 Springfield trapdoor. Unfortunately, I didn't notice from the pictures that the stock had been duffle cut at the lower barrel band, and the forend had been acraglassed on (no pins or anything). Needless to say, it snapped in half when I was stripping down th...