I understand that Bannerman built guns along these lines, but this one really doesn’t feel like a Bannerman conversion.ĭoes anyone know about possible provenance for these? My depth of knowledge on Trapdoors is pretty shallow, and this particular gun is over my head. I don’t have photos, but may be able to get some. 45-70 shot cartridges produced during the 1880s (the owner of this rifle has one), but we aren’t able to find much (or any!) information about arsenal conversions of Trapdoors into this type of fowling setup. The stock has a cleaning rod slot professionally filled, and it has a. It appears to be all arsenal-modified, with proper markings and workmanship. This particular gun is dated 1873, and has a serial number in the 120,000 range. Aside form the caliber difference, it doesn’t match the date or serial number patterns for a forager. 45-caliber Trapdoor Springfield rifles? This fellow bought what was advertised as a forager conversion, but it clearly is not a forager. Does anyone know about the history of smoothbore. Got a question from a friend, which is outside my area of knowledge.
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