Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with Partial Scabbard Bayonets the personnel and units of

the personnel and units of the 1st Cavalry Division

The bolt handle "knob" is officially "flattened" because it caused issues with the mount by rubbing in it's neck

This was the first type of hard helmet mass produced for standard issue to the United States Air Force jet crewmen to provide buffeting and crash protection

zinc had been replaced by copper in calibers used by the Royal Army and Royal Navy

These knives were produced in a "small" and a "large" variant

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with Partial Scabbard Bayonets the personnel and units ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. The model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield was the first standard issue breech loading rifle adopted by the United States Army. The gun, in both full length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against the American Indians. It was the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The model 1873 was the fifth