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Hope you enjoy the images of this Native American Custer Serial Number Range Trapdoor Carbine. This Native American Custer Serial Number Range Trapdoor Carbine is Rebel Relics Priced. I have seen similar Custer Little Big Horn Range Carbines bring big money. This Native American Custer Serial Number Range Trapdoor Carbine is fresh to the market.
The rear site is long gone as most Native American used firearms show up. The barrel is still 22" inches with front sight. It has the three click tumbler as it should. This Native American Custer Serial Number Range Trapdoor Carbine is the Model 1873. This Model 1873 Trapdoor Carbine is one of my favorite firearms I have ever purchased.
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Their opinion was free to me and given to you. Above my pay grade but thought I would pass the jawbone along to you. One "expert" mentioned that it belonged to two totally different Tribes. They mentioned the removed tacks from the stock being another Indians design. Some have told me it looks like two different Native American Warriors carried the carbine. I love the brass tack designs on the stock. The carbine sling bar was removed by the Native American Warrior. The stock shows extensive time out in the elements. This Native American Custer Serial Number Range Trapdoor Carbine has all the Native American used traits we love to see. Ex-Marvin Lintz collection to our consignor.SOLD Native American Custer Serial Number Range Trapdoor Carbine with Rebel Relics Strong eye appeal. This Springfield certainly has the look of a possible Indian capture gun. Per noted Custer expert, the late John DuMont's book Custer Battle Guns, Springfield Trapdoor Model 1873 carbine S/N 19714 is recorded as being in the Springfield Armory Museum display and said to have been in the Custer battle (p. The consignor's notes mention S/N 19573 as being a carbine that tested positive in a forensic evaluation of fired cartridge cases recovered from the Little Big horn battlefield. Cavalry Regiments including the 2nd Cavalry. It is likewise known that guns in the range from 1-43,700 were issued to other U.S. '73 trapdoor carbines serial numbered before approximately 43,700 stand a chance of having been in the battle.
According to Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms (9A-364) and other resources.
Also included are correspondences regarding the search for information on a warrior with the name of "Wrapped Hair." There is much controversy concerning 7th Cavalry weaponry and guns possibly used at one of the nation's most remembered battles of the Indian Wars period (by both sides in the conflict). It was purchased from him by Edgar Weber, at the time a Clerk at the Tongue River Indian Agency, Lame Deer, Montana, in the year 1918.(Signed) Edgar Weber/dated April 11, 1966/Portland, Oregon."Īlso in the file are copies of various letters and articles related to other guns in this serial number range that have been in one way or another associated with The Custer Fight and with other Indian capture '73 trapdoor carbines. Importantly, accompanying this lot is a binder of information compiled by the consignor including a framed note printed on heavy rag parchment found rolled up in the barrel stating "History: This rifle was found on the Custer battlefield, Montana (Battle of the Little Big Horn) after the battle, Jby 'Wrapped Hair' a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Indians, participants in this battle. Heavily weathered wood stock with scattered dings, mars and age cracking along grain lines that do not compromise the integrity of the stock saddle ring has been removed. Condition:This early First Model '73 carbine is in overall good to very good condition showing classic heavy dark uncleaned patina to metal surfaces.
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