Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 549712 Napoleonic Fitted with a single edged

Fitted with a single edged and a slight Bowie styled blade this is an original fighting knife used by the Germans in WW1 and then again in WW2

It was also originally intended only to accept the Brown Bess socket bayonet secured on the foresight block

IMA cannot guarantee that the different features of any specific tool will fit a given musket

This style of Dagger is referred to as a BICHAQ

and its highest point measured 29

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 549712 Napoleonic Fitted with a single edgedOriginal Item: Only One available. The U. S. breech loading Springfield "trapdoor" rifle was introduced in 1873 in . 45 70 caliber. Basically it was the rifle the U. S. Army used to open the West and Springfield trapdoor carbines were used by Custer's Cavalry at the massacre at The Little Big Horn. This excellent example has the breech block marking: MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning