Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Luce Center
Model 1873 Trapdoor Rifle
Object Number:
X.147
Date:
1876-1877
Medium:
Wood, steel, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 52 1/8 in. ( 132.4 cm )
Part (barrel): 32 1/2 in. (82.6 cm)
Marks:
stamped: lockplate: "U.S./SPRINGFIELD" (eagle to left of mark)
stamped: behind breechblock: "92612"
stamped: breechblock: "U.S./MODEL/1873"
stamped: barrel: "V"; "P"; eagle head; "T"; "P"
Description:
Wood, iron, and steel rifle; iron furniture; stamped marks forward of hammer on lockplate, breechblock, barrel, behind breechblock, and on barrel bands; stamped proofs at breech end of barrel.
Gallery Label:
Designed in 1865 by Springfield armorer E.S. Allin, trapdoor model rifles and carbines replaced the muzzle-loading firearms that had been used during the Civil War, and became the standard weapons used by U.S. forces during the western Indian wars.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
