SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR RIFLES AND CARBINES .
THESE WERE MANUFACTURED FROM 1873 TO 1893

YEAR
RIFLES
CARBINES
CADET RIFLES
LONG RANGE RIFLES
RAMROD BAYONET RIFLES
24 INCH CARBINES
HEAVY BARREL CALVARY RIFLES
SERIAL NUMBERS THE FIRST OF EACH YEAR
1873
4
1942
1
1874
22398
10973
1
1947
1875
7211
499
499
35219
1876
11369
2
2517
60326
1877
16
2496
74214
1878
20620
2000
1050
76725
1879
18360
500
18
100396
1880
9830
14884
500
32
119274
1881
18711
501
151
1014
144520
1882
27846
1021
52
164897
1883
193816
1884
580
228572
1885
39814
1920
445
263877
1886
34162
5000
559
1000
306055
1887
34870
5000
1000
346776
1888
34120
5000
2000
3
1
387646
1889
36523
5000
2
428770
1890
22266
2500
7480
470293
1891
680
30461
502540
1892
2320
22121
533682
1893
5000
4760
558123
567882

There were 15 officers model sporting rifles manufactured between 1870 to 1875.
There were a total of 500 officers model sporting rifles in standard configuration made from June 1875 to December of 1885.
All officers model sporting rifles were engraved
There were a hundred rifles made with positive cams.
There were 9 marksman rifles manufactured with extra heavy barrels and extra long range sights.
For more information on this subject we recommend the following book:
TRAPDOOR SPRINGFIELD by M.D. “bud” WAITE and B.D. Ernst