Collection Highlights
Properties, Including Vacant Plots, Foreclosed in Manhattan During 1930-1931-1932
Date:
March 29, 1933
Object Number:
LIB.F128.HD251.R28
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Model 1884 Experimental Trapdoor Rifle
Object Number:
1951.410
Date:
1884
Medium:
Wood, steel, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 52 1/8 in. ( 132.4 cm )
Part (barrel): 32 5/8 in. (82.9 cm)
Marks:
stamped: breechblock: "US/MODEL/1884"; behind block: "525055"
stamped: barrel bands: "U"; buttplate tang: "US"; lockplate center: "US/SPRINGFIELD" (flanked on left by eagle)
stamped: wrist: "SWP/1891" (foliate inspector's cartouche)
incised: buttstock:
Description:
Wood, steel, and iron rifle; iron furniture; ramrod bayonet; stamped marks on breechblock, lockplate, barrel bands, and barrel tang; stamped cartouche on left stock at wrist; incised mark on right buttstock.
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.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
