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