Trapdoor Rifles

Thanks. Starting again to try and get as much knowledge as I can on it to help decide what to do with it. I'm not sure if I want to shoot it. My luck I'd break something. I have owned and fired several TD rifles but no other carbines and none this early.

It has a solid butt plate but a single hole underneath that looks like it was hand drilled.

I dont know what you mean by " sliding trap". I've never heard that term before.

A guy in town, who's family owned a sporting goods store. I helped him catalog a bunch of stuff we found in attic of the shop after he bought out the rest of the family. He knew I really like this and gave it to me for helping. He passed away at 51 yo of a major Heart attack. If the book you mention...

I was given this carbine from a dear friend years ago just before he passed. Tried to start getting info years ago but life got in the way. Iam now retired and the fun starts again. Serial number213 C marked site oval no date inspectors cartouche 2 click tumbler 32 stamped in stock in front of trigg...