Trapdoor Springfield Rifle

thumb|right|500px|Replica Springfield Model 1873 "Trapdoor Springfield" built by Uberti Arms - .45-70 Government
thumb|right|500px|Replica Springfield Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine "Trapdoor Springfield" built by Uberti Arms - .45-70 Government
thumb|right|500px|Original Springfield Model 1888 "Trapdoor Springfield" - .45-70 Government
The Trapdoor Springfield refers to a series of breech loading rifles developed by Springfield, beginning with the Springfield Model 1868 (chambered in .50-70) up to the Springfield Model 1870 (.45-70) and then the most famous Model 1873, which was adopted by the U.S. Army (chambered in .45-70), and the later Models 1877, 1884 and 1888. 
The Model 1873 (full sized or cavalry carbine version) is the most likely variant of the Trapdoor Springfield rifle to appear in movies or television shows.
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=Specifications=
*Type: Rifle
*Caliber: .50-70, .45-70 Government, .45-55 (carbine load)
*Capacity: 1 round
*Fire Modes: Single shot
*Action: Hinged breechblock
*Overall Length: 51 inches, 41 inches (carbine)
*Barrel Length: 32 inches, 22 inches (carbine)
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==Film==
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
The Birth of a Nation 	Robert Harron 	Tod Stoneman 	Standing in for Springfield 1861 	1915
The Birth of a Nation 	 	Union and Confederate soldiers 	Standing in for Springfield 1861 	1915
The Unbeliever 	Earl Schenck 	Emanuel Muller 	Standing in for Mauser Gewehr 1898 	1918
The Unbeliever 	 	German soldiers 	Standing in for Mauser Gewehr 1898 	1918
The Charge of the Light Brigade 	Errol Flynn 	Major Geoffrey Vickers 	1973 Cavalry Carbines mocked up as Flintlock musket carbines; some unmodified 	1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade 	Donald Crisp 	Colonel Campbell 	1973 Cavalry Carbines mocked up as Flintlock musket carbines; some unmodified 	1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade 	David Niven 	Captain Randall 	1973 Cavalry Carbines mocked up as Flintlock musket carbines; some unmodified 	1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade 	Patric Knowles 	Captain Perry Vickers 	1973 Cavalry Carbines mocked up as Flintlock musket carbines; some unmodified 	1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade 	 	British, Russian soldiers, and Surat Khan's men 	1973 Cavalry Carbines mocked up as Flintlock musket carbines; some unmodified 	1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade 	 	British, Russian soldiers and Surat Khan's men 	Model 1888 Trapdoor Springfield Rifles mocked up as Brown Bess Flintlock Muskets, Enfield Pattern 1853s, Jezail Muskets and Infantry Musket M1845s; some unmodified	1936
West of Shanghai 	 	General Fang's soldiers 	Cavalry Carbines 	1937
West of Shanghai 	 	General Ma's soldiers 	Infantry Rifles 	1937
Jesse James 	 	Prison guard 	Model 1866 Rifle 	1939
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)	Errol Flynn 	Colonel George Armstrong Custer 	Model 1873 Rifle 	1941
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)	Arthur Kennedy 	Ned Sharp 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1941
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)	 	Several Union and Confederate soldiers 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbines and Rifles 	1941
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)	 	Several natives 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1941
Sergeant York 	 	 	Mocked up to look like Kentucky Rifle 	1941
Belle Starr 	Randolph Scott 	Sam Starr 	 	1941
Belle Starr 	Gene Tierney 	Belle Starr 	 	1941
Belle Starr 	 	Various 	 	1941
Red River 	John Wayne 	Thomas Dunson 	Cavalry Carbine 	1948
Fort Apache 	 	Native American 	 	1948
Fort Apache 	 	US Cavalry 	Cavalry Carbine 	1948
Fort Apache 	Hank Worden 	recruit 	Cavalry Carbine 	1948
Fort Apache 	Pedro Armendáriz 	SGT Beaufort 	Cavalry Carbine 	1948
Fort Apache 	George O'Brien 	CPT Collingwood 	Cavalry Carbine 	1948
Fort Apache 	Ward Bond 	SGM Michael O'Rourke 	Cavalry Carbine 	1948
Fort Apache 	John Agar 	2LT Michael Shannon O'Rourke 	Cavalry Carbine 	1948
Fort Apache 	Victor McLaglen 	SGT Festus Mulcahy 	Cavalry Carbine 	1948
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 	Ben Johnson 	Sergeant Tyree 	Cavalry Carbine 	1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 	 	US Cavalry 	Cavalry Carbine 	1949
Rio Grande 	 	US Cavalry 	Cavalry Carbine 	1950
Rio Grande 	Ben Johnson 	Trooper Travis Tyree 	Cavalry Carbine 	1950
Rio Grande 	Harry Carey Jr. 	Trooper Daniel "Sandy" Boone 	Cavalry Carbine 	1950
Rio Grande 	Fred Kennedy 	Trooper Heinze 	Cavalry Carbine 	1950
Rio Grande 	Claude Jarman Jr.	Trooper Jefferson Yorke 	Cavalry Carbine 	1950
Rio Grande 	Chill Wills 	Dr. Wilkins 	Cavalry Carbine 	1950
Rio Grande 	Steve Pendleton 	CPT Prescott 	Cavalry Carbine 	1950
Winchester '73 	Tony Curtis 	Doan 	Cavalry Carbine 	1950
Winchester '73 	James Best 	Crater 	Cavalry Carbine 	1950
Red Mountain 	Alan Ladd 	Brett Sherwood 	Cavalry Carbine and Rifle 	1951
Red Mountain 	Arthur Kennedy 	Lane Waldron 	Cavalry Carbine 	1951
Red Mountain 	Lizabeth Scott 	Chris 	Cavalry Carbine 	1951
Red Mountain 	Carleton Young 	Lt. Morgan 	Cavalry Carbine 	1951
Red Mountain 	Jay Silverheels 	Little Crow 	Cavalry Carbine 	1951
Red Mountain 	 	Ute warriors 	Cavalry Carbine 	1951
Red Mountain 	John Ireland 	Gen. William Quantrill 	Cavalry Carbine in saddle holster 	1951
The Red Badge of Courage 	 	Union and Confederate soldiers 	Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1866 Trapdoor 	1951
Springfield Rifle 	 	 	Cavalry Carbine 	1952
Drum Beat 	Robert Keith 	Bill Satterwhite 	Carbine 	1954
Drum Beat 	 	US cavalrymen, settlers 	Carbines and rifles 	1954
Vera Cruz 	 	Mexican republicans and Emperor Maximilian's soldiers 	Rifles and carbines, some mocked up as flintlock 	1954
Saskatchewan 	 	Sioux and Cree warriors 	 	1954
Love Me Tender 	 	Union soldiers 	Rifles and carbines 	1956
Santiago 	 	Steamer crewmember 	Cavalry Carbine 	1956
The True Story of Jesse James 	 	Union soldier 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1957
Sergeant Rutledge 	Woody Strode 	Braxton Rutledge 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1960
Sergeant Rutledge 	Jeffrey Hunter 	Tom Cantrell 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1960
Sergeant Rutledge 	 	9th Cavalry soldiers 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1960
The Badlanders 	 	A Mexican settler 	Rifle 	1958
The Magnificent Seven 	 	Villager 	 	1960
Flaming Star 	 	Kiowa warriors 	 	1960
Master of the World 	Wally Campo 	Turner 	Cut down to be used as a pistol 	1961
How the West Was Won 	 	Union Soldiers 	Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1866 Trapdoor 	1962
55 Days at Peking 	 	Chinese "Boxers" 	 	1963
Kissin' Cousins 	Elvis Presley 	Jodie Tatum 	Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1866 Trapdoor 	1964
Kissin' Cousins 	Pamela Austin 	Selena Tatum 	Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1866 Trapdoor 	1964
Kissin' Cousins 	Yvonne Craig 	Azalea Tatum 	Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1866 Trapdoor 	1964
Kissin' Cousins 	Glenda Farrell 	Ma Tatum 	Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1866 Trapdoor 	1964
Advance to the Rear 	Alan Hale Jr. 	Sgt. Beauregard Davis 	Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1866 Trapdoor 	1964
Advance to the Rear 	Andrew Prine 	Pvt. Owen Selous 	Model 1866 with M1855 bayonet 	1964
Advance to the Rear 	 	Union soldiers, Confederate soldiers, Native American warriors	Model 1866 	1964
Invitation to a Gunfighter 	George Segal 	Matt Weaver 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1964
Invitation to a Gunfighter 	Pat Hingle 	Sam Brewster 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1964
Invitation to a Gunfighter 	Bert Freed 	The Sheriff 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1964
Invitation to a Gunfighter 	Russell Johnson 	John Medford 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1964
Rio Conchos 	Anthony Franciosa	Juan Luis Rodriguez 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1964
Rio Conchos 	 	Several Confederate soldiers 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1964
Rio Conchos 	Vito Scotti 	Mexican Gang Leader 	Model 1873 Rifle 	1964
The Great Sioux Massacre 	 	Several U.S. cavalrymen 	Model 1873 Carbine 	1965
The Great Sioux Massacre 	 	Several natives 	Model 1873 Carbine 	1965
Major Dundee 	Brock Peters 	Aesop 	 	1965
Major Dundee 	 	U. S. soldiers, Apaches 	Cavalry Carbine 	1965
Duel at Diablo 	 	Several U.S. cavalrymen 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1966
Texas Across the River 	Joey Bishop 	Kronk 	Mocked up as Hawken rifle 	1966
Texas Across the River 	Roy Barcroft 	Morton 	Mocked up as Hawken rifle 	1966
Texas Across the River 	John Harmon 	Gabe 	Mocked up as Hawken rifle 	1966
Texas Across the River 	 	Townsmen 	Mocked up as Hawken rifle 	1966
Texas Across the River 	 	US Cavalry 	Mocked up as Enfield 1856 Carbine 	1966
Texas Across the River 	 	Comanches 	Unmodified M1873 	1966
Villa Rides 	 	Several Mexican Army soldiers 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1968
Mackenna's Gold 	Eduardo Ciannelli	Prairie Dog 	Cavalry Carbine 	1969
Mackenna's Gold 	 	US Cavalry 	Cavalry Carbine 	1969
Little Big Man 	Dustin Hoffman 	Jack Crabb 	Cavalry Carbine 	1970
Barquero 	Forrest Tucker 	Mountain Phil 	Model 1873 Rifle 	1970
Barquero 	 	A townsman 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1970
Rio Lobo 	 	Union Cavalry and Confederate soldiers 	Cavalry Carbine 	1970
Soldier Blue 	Peter Strauss 	Honus Gent 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1970
Soldier Blue 	Candice Bergen 	Maribel "Cresta" Lee 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1970
Soldier Blue 	 	Several U.S. cavalrymen 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1970
The Beguiled 	Clint Eastwood 	Cpl. John McBurney 	 	1971
Catlow 	 	Several natives 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1971
The Cowboys 	Robert Carradine 	Slim Honeycutt 	 	1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid 	Barry Brown 	Henry Wheeler 	 	1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid 	Cliff Robertson 	Cole Younger 	 	1972
The Revengers 	 	Union soldiers 	 	1972
The Revengers 	 	Mexican soldiers 	 	1972
The Revengers 	Ernest Borgnine 	Hoop 	 	1972
The Revengers 	Roger Hanin 	Quiberon 	 	1972
Ulzana's Raid 	Richard Jaeckel 	Sergeant 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1972
Ulzana's Raid 	Neil Summers 	Trooper 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1972
Ulzana's Raid 	 	Several natives 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1972
Ulzana's Raid 	 	Several U.S. cavalrymen 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1972
Chato's Land 	Jack Palance 	Quincey Whitmore 	Cavalry Carbine 	1972
Chato's Land 	 	Indians 	Cavalry Carbine 	1972
Oklahoma Crude 	 	Lena´s Indians helper 	Cavalry Carbine 	1973
Posse 	 	Outlaws 	 	1975
Breakheart Pass 	 	US Army soldiers 	Cavalry Carbine 	1975
A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe 	 	Several natives 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1975
The Outlaw Josey Wales 	Sondra Locke 	Laura 	 	1975
Heaven's Gate 	Jeff Bridges 	John L. Bridges 	 	1980
Heaven's Gate 	Gordana Rashovich	Mrs. Kovach 	 	1980
Heaven's Gate 	 	Various characters 	 	1980
Flashpoint 	 	 	Seen in Sheriff's office 	1984
Rustlers' Rhapsody 	 	Ticonderoga's men 	Uberti replica, Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine with telescopic sight 	1985
El Diablo 	 	El Diablo's henchmen 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1990
Thunderheart 	 	Cavalry trooper 	Cavalry Carbine 	1992
Dollar for the Dead 	 	Several US officers 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1998
The Long Kill 	 	Native 	Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1999
Purgatory 	 	US Cavalrymen 	Cavalry Carbine 	1999
Crocodile 	Terrence Evans 	Shurkin 	 	2000
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself	 	Several revolutionaries 	 	2003
Miracle at Sage Creek 	Daniel Quinn 	Seth 	Cavalry Carbine 	2005
Miracle at Sage Creek 	Thadd Turner 	Sergeant Banks 	Cavalry Carbine 	2005
Miracle at Sage Creek 	 	US Cavalry 	Cavalry Carbine 	2005
3:10 to Yuma 	Russell Crowe 	Ben Wade 	1873 Cavalry Carbine 	2007
3:10 to Yuma 	 	Apaches 	1873 Cavalry Carbine 	2007
Appaloosa 	 	Apache warriors 	 	2008
Lone Rider 	Tom Schanley 	Mike Butler 	Cavalry Carbine 	2008
Jonah Hex 	 	US soldiers 	Full-length rifle and Cavalry Carbine 	2010
The Lone Ranger 	 	US Cavalry 	Cavalry Carbine 	2013
The Dark Valley 	Johann Nikolussi 	Rudolf Brenner 	M1873 Carbine 	2014
In a Valley of Violence 	Ethan Hawke 	Paul 	M1884 or 1888 Cavalry Carbine 	2016
In a Valley of Violence 	Toby Huss 	Deputy Harris 	M1884 or 1888 Cavalry Carbine 	2016
Hostiles 	 	US Cavalry 	Cavalry Carbine 	2017
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 	 	 	Seen in armory 	2019
==Television==
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
The Three Stooges 	Moe Howard 	Moe 	Episode "Boobs in Arms" 	1940
The Three Stooges 	Curly Howard 	Curly 	Episode "Boobs in Arms" 	1940
F Troop 	Ken Berry 	Capt. Wilton Parmenter 	Cavalry Carbine 	1965-1967
F Troop 	Forrest Tucker 	Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke 	Cavalry Carbine 	1965-1967
F Troop 	Joe Brooks 	Trooper Vanderbilt 	Cavalry Carbine 	1965-1967
F Troop 	Joe Brooks 	Trooper Vanderbilt 	1873 Rifle / "Honest Injun" (S01E12) 	1965
F Troop 	Bob Steele 	Trooper Duffy 	Cavalry Carbine 	1965-1967
F Troop 	Bob Steele 	Trooper Duffy 	1873 Rifle / "Honest Injun" (S01E12) 	1965
F Troop 	Jimmie Horan 	Trooper Hogan 	Cavalry Carbine 	1965-1967
F Troop 	Jimmie Horan 	Trooper Hogan 	1873 Rifle / "Honest Injun" (S01E12) 	1965
F Troop 	Bill Erickson 	tower guard 	Cavalry Carbine / "Scourge of the West" (S01E01), S01 opening credits 	1965-1966
F Troop 	Louie Elias 	Trooper Franklin 	Cavalry Carbine / "Scourge of the West" (S01E01) 	1965
F Troop 	Jay Sheffield 	Lt. Jefferson Hawkes 	Cavalry Carbine / "Scourge of the West" (S01E01) 	1965
F Troop 	 	troopers 	Cavalry Carbine 	1965-1967
F Troop 	 	troopers 	1873 Rifle / "Honest Injun" (S01E12) 	1965
F Troop 	 	Shug warriors, Hekawi warriors 	Cavalry Carbine 	1965-1967
F Troop 	Henry Gibson 	Wrongo Starr 	Cavalry Carbine / "Wrongo Starr and the Lady in Black" (S01E18) 	1966
F Troop 	James Hampton 	Hannibal Dobbs 	Cavalry Carbine / "Johnny Eagle Eye" (S01E30) 	1966
F Troop 	Jay Novello 	Emilio Barberini 	Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1866 Trapdoor / "La Dolce Courage" (S02E12) 	1966
F Troop 	Larry Storch 	Dmitri Agarnoff 	Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1866 Trapdoor / "Only One Russian Is Coming! Only One Russian Is Coming!" (S02E25)	1967
F Troop 	 	Recruits of G Troop 	"How to Be F Troop Without Really Trying" (S02E02) 	1966
F Troop 	Larry Storch 	Cpl. Agarn 	Cavalry Carbine / "The Ballot of Corporal Agarn" (S02E08) 	1966
The Sacketts 	James O'Connell 	Long Higgins 	Probably a modern replica; Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine 	1979
Lonesome Dove 	Robert Urich 	Jake Spoon 	cavalry carbine 	1989
Around the World in 80 Days 	 	Burmese bandits and Commune de Paris revolutionaries	 	1989
Rough Riders 	 	U.S. Army soldiers and Cuban rebels 	 	1997
Tremors: The Series 	Victor Browne 	Tyler 	"Shriek & Destroy" (S1E02); Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1868 Trapdoor 	2003
Tremors: The Series 	William O' Leary	George Meadows 	"Shriek & Destroy" (S1E02); Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1868 Trapdoor 	2003
Tremors: The Series 	Dean Norris 	Twitchell 	"Shriek & Destroy" (S1E02); Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1868 Trapdoor 	2003
Tremors: The Series 	 	Arizona baseball team 	"Shriek & Destroy" (S1E02); Springfield Allin Conversion Model 1868 Trapdoor 	2003
Riches (Bogatstvo) 	 	 	Seen on photos of Californian gold prospectors; 1873 or 1879 rifle and 1873 carbine 	2004
Breaking Bad - Season 3 	 	 	Seen on photo; "Sunset" (S3E06) 	2010
Godless 	 	Women of La Belle 	 	2017
1883 	Will Spencer 	Sentry #1 	M1888 Rifle 	2021
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 7	 	 	Seen in armory; "The Portrait" (S7E07) 	2021
==Video Games==
Title 	Appears as 	Mods	Notation 	Date
Red Dead Redemption 	"Springfield Rifle"	 	Cavalry Carbine 	2010
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades	 	 	Cavalry Carbine; available only as a "Sosigun"	2016
Red Dead Redemption II 	"Springfield Rifle"	 	 	2018
Hunt: Showdown 	"Springfield 1866" 	 	Model 1866 	2018
==Anime==
Title 	Character	Note	Date
Gun Frontier	 	 	2002
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