Springfield Trapdoor: America's Breech-Loader

The Springfield Trapdoor was America's first standard issue breech-loading rifle beginning in 1873. The advantage of rifles using metallic cartridges was quickly realized, and the hinged-breechblock action of the Model 1873 was chosen over competing designs because of the ease by which existing rifles could be converted. In this video we showcase a Model 1884 and do a bit of shooting.

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