Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Display Rifle with Standard Ram Rod made in 1889 - Serial 458504 Sharps Rifle The tip is missing a

The tip is missing a bit

with some lightly scattered pitting along its length

This Cavalry visor cap is the correct grey/green wool construction visor cap with a very subtle whipcord weave features a black

but show smoothness though handling wear

Navy during WWII and later during Korea as a helicopter pilot

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Display Rifle with Standard Ram Rod made in 1889 - Serial 458504 Sharps Rifle The tip is missing aOriginal Item: Only One available. This is a very nice deactivated "display" example of the classic Springfield trapdoor rifle, 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 breech block is marked: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was designed, which could double as a cleaning rod, a development that met with very limited success.