Original U.S. Indian Wars M1874 .45/70 McKeever Cartridge Box with N.J. Plate - Springfield Trapdoor Rifle MG 42 Ammo Storage Blade length: 24 ½”Overall length:

Blade length: 24 ½”Overall length: 29 ⅞”Handguard: 4 1/2”L x 5”W

SOLDIER KILLED DURING THE OCCUPATION OF IWO

Thousands of people had come down by all means of transport

the steel mounted leather scabbard of the early 1914 production was soon replaced with an all steel scabbard

These bayonets were set aside from the standard run of military issue bayonets

Original U.S. Indian Wars M1874 .45/70 McKeever Cartridge Box with N.J. Plate - Springfield Trapdoor Rifle MG 42 Ammo Storage Blade length: 24 ½”Overall length:Original Items: Only One Pair Available. This is a very nice Model 1874 McKeever cartridge box, designed to hold twenty . 45 70 "Government" cartridges for the Springfield Trapdoor rifle, ten on each side. These are held in place by fabric loops, and the box opens up like a clam shell, and is hinged at the bottom with a brass rod. A leather closure tab fastens to brass finial on the top. The box was a very well liked design, so after the U. S. Army