Model 1873 Springfield Trapdoor Carbine, marked NOV/76
date: label: date made
content: 1876
name: label: licensee
content: Allin, Erskine S.
label: maker
content: Springfield Armory
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: United States Springfield Carbine Model 1873, .45 caliber.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The Model 1873 "Trapdoor" is the classic Cavalry carbine of the Old West. The breech block on top of the carbine opened up and flipped forward to load the powerful .45-70-caliber government cartridge. The legendary 7th Cavalry received the first shipment in June 1874 to replace the old Civil War Sharps and Spencer carbines. By 25 June 1876 most of General George Custer’s troops were armed with the Springfield M1873 when they were overrun at the Little Bighorn.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: Subject
content: Center Fire
label: related event
content: The Development of the Industrial United States
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0176.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0176
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0176.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carbine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 45 in x 2 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 114.3 cm x 6.985 cm