Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Brass Hook Scabbard Barrels Marine Corps Pacific Theater field

Marine Corps Pacific Theater field gear set

The Germans probed the Battalion lines

It has a fine needle-like tip and the obverse ricasso is stamped with the knight head logo

In our trials

It is a 1943 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Firestone Liner which was painted in Navy grey

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Brass Hook Scabbard Barrels Marine Corps Pacific Theater fieldOriginal 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