Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 527532 Blunderbuss Matching serial number 3486 98k

Matching serial number 3486 98k bayonet with brown bakelite grips in very good condition complete with leather frog

In fact the blade is wide and nothing like as curved

it also supported the siege of Brest in August and Operation Market Garden in September

Runciman retired from Military Service in 1946 and succeeded to his father's seat in the House of Lords in 1949

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 527532 Blunderbuss Matching serial number 3486 98kOriginal Item: Only One available. The U. S. breech loading Springfield "trapdoor" rifle was introduced in 1873 in . 45 70 caliber. Basically it was the rifle the U. S. Army used to open the West and Springfield trapdoor carbines were used by Custer's Cavalry at the massacre at The Little Big Horn. This excellent example has the breech block marking: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a