Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 514072 Percusion Muskets KUKA stands for "Keller und

KUKA stands for "Keller und Knappich Augsburg"

The Royal Navy then took her into service as HMS TONNANT and she participated in "THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR” during the Napoleonic Wars and was Flagship to Vice Admiral SIR ALEXANDER COCHRANE during most of the Campaign in the Chesapeake Bay during THE WAR OF 1812

Overall Length: 18 inches

Just what many British Officers carried on their Sam Brown belts

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Serial No 514072 Percusion Muskets KUKA stands for "Keller undOriginal 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. In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod,a development that met with very limited success. It was