Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rifle Marked to 25th Infantry Regiment "Buffalo Soldiers" - Serial 544516 Russian Flare Guns ” Stereotypes about the “primitive”

” Stereotypes about the “primitive” nature of the tribesmen—unfounded beliefs that they were all nomadic and lived by slash-and-burn farming—made it easier for the government to advocate the expropriation of their lands

- Visible grain (“hada”) in the steel of the blade

contractor 65 stands for firm Carl Heidelberg

“RUPTURED DUCK” HONORABLE SERVICE PATCH: The patch is located in the usual spot above the right breast pocket

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Rifle Marked to 25th Infantry Regiment "Buffalo Soldiers" - Serial 544516 Russian Flare Guns ” Stereotypes about the “primitive”Original 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 example has the breech block marking: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod, a