These guns are too cool I couldn't pass this one up, especially since I was the only bidder and won it for a starting bid of $400!!
Ok why is it so cool? History and crazy how Springfield just cobbled these together willy nilly from boxes of parts in what must have been the most unorganized armory in the universe.
This is a model 1888 you can tell by the fact that it is clearly stamped 1884! however it has the 1888 style round rod bayonet that every TD expert can tell you was not the style used for the paltry few actual 1884's that were built. It has a serial number that dates it as being built in 1886 now this is really cool except as is typical it has the original stock dated 1891! Fact verified to me by a leading expert in these rifles is that Springfield found a bunch of old receivers in 1891 and used them on new rifles. Now how cool is that!
Sorry for no full length pictures this gun is long......
Ok why is it so cool? History and crazy how Springfield just cobbled these together willy nilly from boxes of parts in what must have been the most unorganized armory in the universe.
This is a model 1888 you can tell by the fact that it is clearly stamped 1884! however it has the 1888 style round rod bayonet that every TD expert can tell you was not the style used for the paltry few actual 1884's that were built. It has a serial number that dates it as being built in 1886 now this is really cool except as is typical it has the original stock dated 1891! Fact verified to me by a leading expert in these rifles is that Springfield found a bunch of old receivers in 1891 and used them on new rifles. Now how cool is that!
Sorry for no full length pictures this gun is long......