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tahunua001 · December 27, 2016, 11:18 PM

hello all,
a friend of mine has just been gifted a family heirloom springfield model 1868 trapdoor and he has strong beliefs that it was used by an ancestor in the Nez Perce War. I'm just curious what the likelihood of this actually is? I don't know a whole lot about military arms prior to world war 1, but it seems like a bit of a stretch to me that even a U.S. soldier would have been issued a trapdoor in 1877, no less have the weapon somehow find its way into the hands of an enemy by that time. so what say you experts?

December 27, 2016, 11:18 PM	#1
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	likelihood of a trapdoor used by indians? hello all, a friend of mine has just been gifted a family heirloom springfield model 1868 trapdoor and he has strong beliefs that it was used by an ancestor in the Nez Perce War. I'm just curious what the likelihood of this actually is? I don't know a whole lot about military arms prior to world war 1, but it seems like a bit of a stretch to me that even a U.S. soldier would have been issued a trapdoor in 1877, no less have the weapon somehow find its way into the hands of an enemy by that time. so what say you experts? __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin Last edited by tahunua001; December 28, 2016 at 09:29 PM.