Many of the parts are stamped with letters. It is in good shape with very light surface pitting. Im with Ralph Heinz there should be a date on the lock-plate. Up for sale, a US Springfield 1873 lock plate, parts, and complete carbine trigger guard. The proper rear sight will have numbers 1 through 5 on the right side. The stock forward from the barrel band has a filled section for the ram rod. This gun has all of the early features with high arch breach block, early markings, stacking swivel and lack of proofs on the barrel. The P proof at rear of triggerguard is clear also. The wood is a pleasing color with the years of light handling marks, none very bad, the worst up around the front band and nose cap, no cracks, a few specks of white paint here and there from that sloppy house painter. The breech block should have MODEL (over) 1873 (over an) eagle head and crossed arrows (over) US. This gun was made into a carbine from a rifle.
#1873 SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR MARKINGS SERIAL#
This old trapdoor is in pretty decent shape, All markings nice and clear, the action works crisply, the metal is mostly smooth, lots of Case Hardning on inside of Breech Door, a little next to firing pin hump on exterior, light traces of blue on triggerguard larger amount of dull blue on Hammer, and a little on the barrel bands, the rear sight is nice, springs tight, elavation slide nice and tight Proof marks on barrel nice and clear, barrel color faded to mostly a smooth brown mixed with blue and grayish metal, the buttplate is mostly smooth a little roughness where it would sit on the ground, swivels all move freely , Serial # is 271195 putting the manufacturing date at 1884, which is nice and clear in the cartouche along with the Initials.
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