Original U.S. Experimental Springfield M-1884 Chaffee-Reece .45-70 Caliber Bolt Action Rifle - dated 1884 Receiver new manufacture 10" bayonets were

new manufacture 10" bayonets were also produced

as indicated by the large amount of wear on the gun

This copy is offered in fantastic condition and numbered 730 of 2000

It indexes well

which the parent (most usually the mother) would operate

Original U.S. Experimental Springfield M-1884 Chaffee-Reece .45-70 Caliber Bolt Action Rifle - dated 1884 Receiver new manufacture 10" bayonets wereOriginal Item: Only One available. During the late 1870s, the U. S. Army was looking for a replacement for the venerable Springfield Model 1873 single shot rifle with one that had a magazine for additional cartridges. The trapdoor design, like the remington rolling block, was very robust, but not conducive to any type of repeating system conversion. To do this, the Army's ordnance department set up a "Magazine Gun Board" in an attempt to find a