
Lot 400S1
A fine and rare .45-70 '1873 Model' trapdoor carbine by Springfield, No. 40497 Together with an original Rock Island leather holster or carbine boot with straps
18 May 2017, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,875 inc. premium
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A fine and rare .45-70 '1873 Model' trapdoor carbine by Springfield, No. 40497
Standard service specifications, the action and hammer retaining some original finish, the figured stock stamped with rack number '18' over remains of red painted '?9' on the comb in front of the heel tang, steel semi-crescent steel butt-plate stamped U.S., chequered steel pistolgrip attachment and saddle-bar (ring missing) to the left, barrel band with sling-swivel, the barrel with adjustable open-sights and block-mounted blade-foresight with protector
Weight 7lb. 8oz., 13½in. pull (13¼in. stock), 21½in. barrel, recent London Black Powder proof
Together with an original Rock Island leather holster or carbine boot with straps
Weight 7lb. 8oz., 13½in. pull (13¼in. stock), 21½in. barrel, recent London Black Powder proof
Together with an original Rock Island leather holster or carbine boot with straps
Footnotes
Provenance
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, 6 & 7 October 2008, lot 2556
The 7th Cavalry under the command of Custer received about 250 of these carbines in July 1874 (serial number ranges of 16,000-22,000) and in November the same year through to March 1875 they received one or more shipments of carbines (serial number ranges 32,000-45,000). For more information see Dr. Albert J. Frasca, The .45-70 Springfield Book II 1865-95, 1980
If the red painted rack number represented 'H9' it would place the carbine at the Battle of The Little Bighorn in Troop H, under the command of Captain Benteen