Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with NGP Pennsylvania National Guard Scabbard MG 42 Ammo Storage but we can make out

but we can make out the location of PARIS at the bottom

with the 1940 pattern lighter green

It looks like a repair attempt was made at some point

compared to the single fuller we have seen on other examples

factories quickly retooled and mobilized for wartime production

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with NGP Pennsylvania National Guard Scabbard MG 42 Ammo Storage but we can make outOriginal Item: Only One Available. The model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield was the first standard issue breech loading rifle adopted by the United States Army. The gun, in both full length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against the American Indians. It was the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The model 1873 was the fifth