Twogun1975
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Went with my father to pickup and old trapdoor that has been in the family for at least 60 years and have some questions. It is a full size rifle with 1870 stamped on the top and serial # of 15,206. On the lock side it was stamped 1863, does this mean it was a civil war Springfield coverted to a trapdoor cartridge shooting rifle? The cousin who had it gave us a 45-70 cartridge with it but what I found on the internet was that didn't come out till 1873. Dad has it now so I can't measure the bore seems like it they might have been using the wrong ammo. My great uncle was probably the last to shoot it and he's been dead since 1968. Twogun1975
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