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>Trapdoors are cool. I've been to the Springfield >Armory many times. Because of the cowboy action >shooting craze, there are more alternatives for ammo >around now. The modern rounds that you can buy pretty >much anywhere are generally loaded kind of hot, but OK >to use in it. Save you brass to reload with black >powder and a lead slug to see what shooting them was >really like in the period. > >I've got an 1884 rifle that has been shortened to a >"carbine" by someone who did a hack job. I picked it >up for $100 a decade ago and restocked it in the >proper carbine stock after cutting the barrel down to >the proper length. Got an original sling bar from >Springfield Sporters. Total investment: $230. Some day >I may sell the Buffington sight (correct for rifle, >not on carbine) that is on it and replace it with the >correct carbine sight, but it's a "back burner" >project. > >Just for fun, take a look at this picture and tell me >what you think it is: > ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.com/images/Non >Biz/1884lock.JPG">http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.co >m/images/NonBiz/1884lock.JPG</a> > >Hint: it is a famous gun, I understand it was on loan >to the NRA museum for a while and there's a good >chance you've seen it before if you are a history nerd. > > >>Awsome! Unfortunately I'll have to wait until later >>this year or early next for the M1816, I found a sweet >>deal on an 1873 Trapdoor at my local dealer that I >>couldn't pass up. >> >>As to my C&R rifles I have a modest collection, a >>Mosin Nagant 91/30 and a MN 1944 Carbine, an Ishapore >>SMLE No. 1 Mk III* and a Maltby Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk >>1, a Gewehr 88, and now the 1873 Trapdoor. Then for >>replicas I have an Armi 1842 Springfield and a James >>River 1861 Springfield. >> >>I'm trying to figure out I'm going to fund this >>addiction when I go off to grad school next year. I >>wonder if I can just live off hardtack :)

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