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#1410 Springfield 1884 “Trapdoor” rifle, SN 366XXX (1886), caliber 45/70/500 with VG+ bore that should clean to about an 8 on a scale of 10, and a tight action. The standard military configuration with 32-1/2” barrel and all correct parts for this variation, sights, breech date, etc. The cleaning rod is a much different non-matching color and likely is a replacement. The metal is nice smooth metal with fine markings, good traces of plum blue-brown remaining, and only the minimal ammount of scattered very light pitting. The wood is very decent with no deficits of mention aside of one recoil chip (pictured) and some unit stamping “GZD 120”. Other than this, only the usual bumps and bruises from 120+ years of use and storage, plus it has a good 1886 cartouche. These rugged and very reliable Trapdoor Springfields were the mainstay military longarm from the end of the Civil War up to the mid-1890s when they were phased out by the Springfield-Krag bolt action repeater. Even then they were used in both the Spanish-American War and also as secondary and training weapons as late as World War 1 …and to this day, they are still great shooting and very accurate rifles with a very hard-hitting black-powder round. They very rarely have mechanical problems, and on the rare chance that they do break some small part in the action, most parts are very easily obtained from several parts dealers. Consequently, they make a fine rifle for the beginning shooter of Big-Bore black powder competitions. VG+ as described. $845

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