Springfield Trapdoor
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- Опубліковано 18 лип 2017
- Shooting and discussing the Historic Springfield Trapdoor.
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I have a gun I'd like to lend to the show, if you're interested.
hickok will you do a video on the Mossberg 500 Chainsaw?
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hickok45 I have been looking i to getting a henry big boy in either 357 mag or 44 mag. Which one do you think would be a better investment as my first lever action rifle?
I get the feeling we're gonna see some activity in this comments section soon regarding a certain game set in 1899
That's why I'm here
I came here for that exact reason. I’ve been researching every gun in that game’s real world counterpart and they’re actually very accurate with the weapon designs. They just don’t have the “brand” names or the model number for the most part.
Why i came here
@@djnevling8253 yeah, i know all about the guns in the game from vids like this lol. Just watched the spencer repeater vid before this.
Love this channel but certainly revisiting after RDR2
.45-70, now that's a government I can trust.
Rusty Shackleford
Hells yeah 🇺🇸
lol political humor. Love it.
Hickok I am 27 have been going through Chemo for the past couple years and without your content I honestly don't know how'd I make it through. You make me smile and you also made me buy my first firearm a couple months ago which was a Sig P320. Thank you for being a genuine and honest guy. I look forward to your videos everyday :)
Jake Maxim Hope everything works out for you, man. Stay strong!
Jake Maxim good luck. I'm in the same boat. I was in the hospital for 40 days for a stem cell transplant and I watched every one of Hickok's videos.
Jake Maxim that is true he makes anxiety disappear kind of weird but true
Jake Maxim also I'm glad you're pulling through
Jake Maxim hope you are ok man
That reload is oddly satisfying, anyone else or is it just me?
not just you
i know exactly how you feel
the henry martini or martini henry rifle is satisfying as well (in my opinion)
There's just something about a single-shot rifle.
Caleb Carrick almost like a martini Henry crossed with a Springfield musket
Yes it is satisfying
Yes
Trapdoor is a cool piece of history but I can certainly understand the uncomfortness of the U.S infantry men who went, armed with these, against Spaniards firing at them with stripper clip fed bolt action Mausers firing high velocity 7x57 rounds with a very long effective range.
StPaul76 even some of the Indians at Little Big Horn had lever action repeaters.
@Steve Ala I have heard this as well, but never seen it done.
@Steve Ala 410 shells are a loose fit but may fire. I don't know about blowback, the shell casing may swell quickly enough to prevent much blowback, I'm not in a hurry to test it in my TDs.
Year Zero did they ever make these in 308 or similar modern rounds here the gun laws are ridiculous but a single shot might be acceptable just a thought if not do you know off any single shot 308 ???
@@halfcantan1208 Ruger No 1 rifles have been produced in a variety of old and modern cartridges. Unfortunately, production is rather limited. Another option is Henry single shot rifles. They are more readily available and produced in several popular cartridges.
Really enjoyed this video. When I was 16 (57 years ago) I retrieved a Remington Rolling block from a neighbors garbage can. The stock and forearm were missing and the bore was gone. It had been a 7x57. An older friend was going off to a trade school to become a gunsmith so I gave it to him to re-barrel as a project. It came back as a 45/70. I had to save up money to purchase a semi-finished stock and forearm but over a period of time, I got it done. Its a joy to shoot and out of respect to it's age I only shoot factory loads or my own light hand loads. I also noticed on your table a Krag rifle. This same friend had two of these. One was a full length rifle and the other was a carbine. However, both were chambered for 6.5x55 . He also had a trapdoor which we both fired many round in. Keep up the videos, Thanks.
I bet the Krags were actual Norwegian rifles and not US milsurps, just a thought.
Your right, they were. Another friend inherited a 30/40 Krag. I don't know if it was from his Grand Father of Great Grand father. He fought at San Juan with Roosevelt"s rough riders. It was complete with the bayonet and sling. Really a nice rifle.
Most people don't know it but the reason why the 45-70 was adopted in 1873 was the Army wanted a cartridge that would stop horse or rider. Remember back then troops were mounted and if you hit the horse the rider was a foot and out of action sort of. Reason why they used the 45 Colt revolver meaning it would stop a horse and rider. The original 45-70 military load was a 405 gr lead bullet with 70 grains of BP at 1200 fps. The Cavalry load was 405 gr bullet with 55 gr of BP in the Carbine. 45 Colt was a 255 gr bullet with 40 gr of BP at 1,000 fps.
I loaded some balloon head .45 Colts with 40 grs. of 3F and 250 hollow base Winchester bullet in a Ruger SSA 7 1/2" barrel. It got an average of 1100 fps on the chronograph.
Hi Hickok, the Springfield Trapdoor and all its iterations were manufactured at the Springfield Arsenal in Massachusetts. Your M1884 was manufactured from 1884 until 1888 when the Army adopted the M1888, the last version of the rifle. The breach block would have been color case hardened and the barrel and receiver were blued.
Every sound this rifle makes is just satisfying as heck. The clicks it makes when reloading, the round being chambered in and out, and the shot itself, woohoo!
An interesting historical fact is that the Trapdoor was originally referred to as a repeater. Indian tactics were to send in a wave of attackers and when the soldiers pulled their muzzle loaders back to reload the second wave came in for close quarters combat. It was a shock that the new rifles were never pulled back to reload.
Huh? This makes no sense. Single shot rifles were never referred to as "repeaters." Not by anyone. The US Army continued to issue the Trapdoor until the Springfield "Krag" rifle replaced it around 1892, but Trapdoors continued to be used by National Guard units through about 1905, including in combat in Cuba, China, and in the Philippines, to name a few places.
The US Navy adopted the M1885 Remington Lee bolt action rifle (in 45-70 black powder) starting in about 1889 and the M1895 Lee Navy rifle (6mm smokeless) in early 1896. The Remington-Lee rifle was the first bolt action "repeater" adopted by the US military until the Krag was formally adopted in the early 1890s.
I agree with you but they did refer to it as a repeater. I can see a soldier's point after dealing with a muzzle loader.
Armies used this same tactic you describe since before the Revolutionary War and through the Civil War using muzzle loaders. Its called "fire by rank" when the front row fires separate from the rear row (or rank) giving the enemy a double punch. It may sound like rapid fire, but these guns are still single shots. Actually, the command "fire by file" sounds like real rapid fire. True repeating rifles are an entirely different animal. No soldier would ever call his single shot Trapdoor a "repeater" when Indians were armed with REAL repeaters like Winchester lever guns.
Walter 1408 I'd like to see whatever source you cite that the Springfield was called a 'repeater' by anyone, much less by mystified Indians. Most of the Indian tribes in the US that were equipped to battle professional soldiers favored actual repeaters, such as the Spencer carbine. Remember George Custer? It may not have been his last stand if his men would have been equipped with Spencer Repeaters like the Indians that massacred them instead of those clunky Trapdoor Springfields.
Custer was also an idiot, so I'm sure he would have managed to lose even if he did have better equipped soldiers.
Charles: Arthur bring em down as clean as you can!
Arthur: (Springfield noises increase)
This is what I love about watching Hickok's uploads. You can actually see the advent of firearms, from muzzle loaders, to breech loaders, early repeating rifles through to modern fully automatic weapons, from cap and ball to full metal jacket, all explained in a measured no nonsense way. I'd love to take a walk through those woods with a couple of choice weapons and chew the fat a while with him. I think I'd learn so much.
Enjoyed this video. I bought an 1873 in 1959 for $20 - like new. I had to have it as soon as I picked it up. I still have it to this day so it has become a "family heirloom" destined for our son!
Good lord Charles how old are you!?
The 45-70-405 (flat nosed bullet) was the military load for the Trapdoor carbine and contained 56 grains of black powder. The carbine, along with this reduced load, was for the Calvary and was easier to shoot from horseback. The round nosed (government) bullet weighed 500 grains and was propelled by 70 grains of black powder - this was for the Trapdoor rifle. I still shoot these fine guns with their original loads along with my Sharps and Rolling Blocks. They're a lot of fun!
The nice thing about the 45-70 is that a light load is still a bear killer. I shoot smokeless in mine but I never use jacketed bullets because I've heard they cause a lot of wear to the barrels. Soft steels in the late 1800's. Thanks for the great video.
I believe that one of the biggest reasons the army didn't adopt the Winchester 1873 lever action rifle was due to the fact it was chambered in 44-40. The enemy would be able to accurately engage our troops at much further distances.
so they would change their mind if the whinchester was made in .303?
Please review an oldschool hand-cranked Gatling gun soon if you can please Mr. Hickok
I have a couple of them mounted in my livingroom; didn't know you would want to see them.
hickok45 ... I would love to see them! (and so would most your viewers, I believe). Dust off the old bad boys for us please Sir!
I agree and accompany it with the rifles of the same time period. I think you and John could make a great video with it.
Perpetual Mandelbrot a Gatling gun would be dope
Hey, that's pretty good
I always love it when he chuckles after he hits a target and it makes me chuckle along
I wish I lived in America! I'm so envious of you guys and your guns. Australia is Super duper strict on guns. Love your videos so keep it up
oi oi oi
Yellow Snowflake ...
I agree with ya on the gun law thing, bloody John Howard and Martin Bryant (if Bryant actually did Port Arthur)... society only moves as fast as its slowest member
I was 8 years old when that happened. Barely remember anything about it but I do remember seeing this on tele when it happened. And this was John Howards first act as PM
Slone Smart ...
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE
Yellow Snowflake ...
yeah I was only 9 (30 now), my Dad had to hand in his guns shortly after... he and his mates were so disappointed. I reckon Port Arthur was a false flag (hoax)... look into it, the details don't add up! There was multiple shooters, Bryant was lefty but surviving witnesses said shooter was Right-handed, Bryants I.Q was under 80 points, all police were called to the other side of the island prior to the shooting, people saw extra gunmen, etcetc...
Crazy how expensive these old Trapdoors have become.
I’ve seen some online for pretty good prices
My dad bought one at an antique store in the 1950s for $25.
Everything goes up.
Greg likes his European fans, perfect timing, have just had my lunch and so....coffee and... a Hickok45 video.....doesn´t get much better than that :-)
Thanks for what you do. You (and John) are excellent resources for reviews, knowledge, and vicarious living. :) It's nice to see a "gun guy" with your level of knowledge and experience that doesn't feel the need to "talk down" and be condescending to others in your teaching. Keep up the good work!
I own a Trapdoor model 1870 matched set, rifle and carbine, both in .50-70. All the information supports they are originals. Both are spike drivers at 100 yards. Thank you for the video.
Hickok uploading at 6 in the morning
Draven Cage Haha it's 11.20am in the UK
The clock reads differently, depending on where one lives; however, it's probably "now" everywhere. :-)
You are arguably the most badass youtuber ever. Of all time.
Draven Cage ...**reloading*
Early to bed, early to rife, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wife.
The last time I was this early, Hickok45 still had the old Gong up
My Dad bought an 1873, Springfield 45-70 in about 1974. It has an elevated rear sight that goes out to about 1000 yards I think. I have the gun at home in a safe. I haven't shot it in over 20 years, but it is fun to shoot. It has an Eagles head stamp next to the serial number on the breach. It also has some initials stamped in the wood on left side.
Those initials are the Armory cartouche; seal of approval as it were. Should also have the year of manufacture. Mine has two cartouches, one when made 1884 and another 1889 when Armory upgraded the rifle.
Thanks to Red Dead Redemption 2 I am here.
Best gun in rdr2, with iron sight
Me too. Boah
Fer L.O. Amen to that! It’s what I call: the bear medicine
It looks severely undersized in the game
@@lol-un6nl Cuz that in the game is the short cavalry version, ideal to use while mounted on horse.
Oh my gosh! This maniac has a MILITARY GRADE ASSAULT RIFLE!
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!
Love you, Hickok :D
Wolf of the Aurora yeah with its 30000000 round glockaclip it will surely kill an elephant from 47446 miles away.
Stale Meme Man, I just hate those glockaclipozenes! You never know when they'll go off and shoot straight through a mountain made of solid granite.
OH NO CALL THE DEMOCRATS TO APPREHEND THIS CRIMINAL
MILITARY GRADE.... that means lowest bidder. Lol
Yeah military grade a couple centuries ago
Hey dude I must tell you that your videos are awesome, keep up the good work!
This is why I love .44 Specials. If you shoot it at night, that flame comes out 10 feet, and the smoke is insane. I think this would even make a bigger blast.
Thanks for sharing your video. I received an 1884 after Dad passed, I didn't know much about it but now I do with a new appreciation for it. It is an awesome rifle to shoot. Thanks again and God bless.
A Martini-Henry would be great. The ultimate breach loader IMO
Hello, I'd like to thank you for the wonderful work you're doing. Remember that movie Hannie Caulder, the instructor taught a girl to shoot and always kept repeating, ' If the enemy is near, and you see his eyes and mouth in a screwed up manner.. just look at the silhouette and shoot in the center and again and again..Ha ha ah..Forgive me, I am Russian and may not bring all the lines correctly. God Bless!!!
The 405 gr. load was referred to as the "carbine" load. The "rifle" load used a 500 gr. bullet. Eventually, in practice, the military used just the 405 gr. loading to simplify supply. Great video! Thanks Hickok!
Springfield Trap Doors were in service with some National Guard units until 1940!!!!! I would have felt snubbed!!!
Well .... I mentioned in another video - this guy is very precise in the shots. No matter the gun. Regarding the history of the gun, it's really key item. Thanks for share you knowledge.
Just purchased NRA memberships for the wife and I. I always appreciate your input before buying a new gun. Thanks from NY.
oswego county you?
We don't need no stinkin' sights!
Or stinkin' badges. :)
I am retired military, U. S. Army. I spent so much time on active duty concerned about what rifles were newer, badder, better … Once I was retired, I wanted something to shoot that was fun without concern for "rounds per minute." I found Springfield Trapdoors fairly quickly. I now have four of them, three replicas and one original. Those rifles are my definition of "fun." I cannot tell you how many rounds I have put down range with them, and I have grown to love them. I look forward to much more range time with them.
Thank you Mr. Hikock for this video. So many people in the world love this old rifle. Greetings from Germany
Love that laugh, seems like a lullaby
Ah, yes! The Springfield Trapdoor, one of my absolute favorite rifles of all time.
Thanks, Hickok.
Sir, I am always impressed with your shooting abilities. Thank you for all you do.
Jacketed bullets are OK to use in Trapdoors very occasionally,but that old barrel steel from the 1873-1894 period of service is a lot softer than the steel alloys used for smokeless designated barrels. The higher friction of jacketed bullets tends to wash out the rifling. That's why you'll hear not to use jacketed ammunition. The chamber pressure of standard velocity factory loads is held to Springfield Trapdoor spec (28,000 psi or lower) so it can be safely fired in antique rifles.
If anyone wants to look them up, here are some other famous single shot military rifles:
1. Rolling Block
2. Berdan II
3. Chassepot
4. Dreyse
5. Sharps
6. Mauser (71)
7. Werndl
8. 1885 Highwall
9. Beaumont (71)
10. Murata
Those 2 rear sight screw holes are just asking for a picatinny rail and a red dot scope to be fitted to it ;-) lol
A tacticool trapdoor! That would be hilarious, awesome, and disgusting all at the same time.
Go play a zombie game 🤣
Thank you so much for doing another video with the Trapdoor. Such an iconic single shot rifle!
You ARE a genius of greatly entertaining us with your humor and your cool character.
I've dreamed about you making a video just for this beauty
predator 501 me tooo
My favourite weapon in Hunt: Showdown 🙏🙏
I see your a man of culture aswell
Yes yes I too am here from Hunt: Showdown, love the Trapdoor in that game and the garand-style ping is very satisfying to hear.
1873 1st trapdoor 50-70 original Springfield muzzleloader sights converted from the ml. Later converted to 45-70-405, 405 being the Bullet weight, some further modifications then 1884 second version 45-70-500 heavier Bullet and new sights the Buffington rear sight. breeches marked 1884. 1898 replaced by the 30-40 Krag Jorgensen
I've never been this early for anything in my life. I'm so proud of myself.
Let's make a joke
Germanys gun laws!
Räuder 38 *europe's
Not all of Europe has strict gun laws. Nice try champ.
Do u remember what happened last time the germans had guns??
+Junter Hackson yea they gunned down Jews
löl Germany's citizens never really had the right for private firearms. The state always had the "Power-monopoly". But in both world wars almost every man was a soldier, so...
I can tell you like that trapdoor. I've had one (Sprfld 1873) for a long time, and just now gettin' up the courage to shoot it. It's in near mint condition. No worries about safety (long as I keep my smokeless loads under control). But sure don't want to mar up this beauty. Watching you, I can't wait to take it to the range!
I got to shoot an officer's model trapdoor a long time ago. It had a shorter barrel and a ladder sight. I remember aiming at a rock across a dry river bed at about 300-400 yards. With the ladder sight the bullet trajectory had quite an arc. I fired and saw no indication of a hit. I lowered the rifle and was about to say I missed when I saw a puff on the rock. Man, that bullet was big, heavy, and slow. I figured just around 800-1000 fps; my friend must have loaded the rounds very conservatively. But that rifle impressed the hell out of me. I always wanted to add one to my collection but never got the chance. What a fun rifle to shoot. Thanks for bringing back that sweet memory.
i would feel like charlie from willy wonka if he ever let me into his gun safe. could you imagine??!!!
damn I just literally said my prayers to go to bed and i can miss a hickok video so I gotta watch it
TreyIzBuck Well I just got up.. And I don't have enough time to watch this. This is a dilemma..
Dude you have to pray to go to bed? I usually just flop right down on top of it, no divine intervention and somehow I pull it off.
TreyIzBuck >being religious 2k17
Below are modern dickless betas crying that someone has the ability to defer "muh sleepy feels" for some devotion to their religion
TreyIzBuck "may the lord bless our.. oh look my favourite UA-camr has uploaded a video about machines designed for the soul purpose of death!"
Thanks Hickok45. I just renewed my NRA membership using your link and great discount. I had been thinking about renewing for a few weeks as I need to be a member to shoot at my range in the coming year. Great deal, and I love the videos.
I love playing with those when i find them, I need to just buy one already. Had a dream a few months back about using one....
-Let's smoke a lil' pot!!!-
You activated my trap card!
I love these historical firearm videos. It lets me see these awesome guns in action without having to blow a ton of my own money.
Coffee and a new Hickok45 video before work . Life is good
"Doesn't take much to talk me into it", just years of poking and prodding from hundreds if not thousands of people. HA! Keep living the good life.
Awesome gun I want one so bad! But it costs around 12k dollars :(
TheKirger you are shopping in the wrong places...
haha O.K I found a cheaper one but also one for 24K insane!
but they seem to be worth around 800 - 1100 Dollars
and tax fee's in my country is about 23 -25 % so to me its actually more than 12k for even the cheapest ones
TheKirger
$800 + 25% is not $12,000. Unless your dollar is worth almost nothing relative to the USD.
Come to a gunshow in the U.S. they're everywhere and go for like 600-1000 depending on condition
Love this rifle. As soon as I saw one for sale at my local gun store I bought it right away. Mine looks a bit different though, mine has the roller coaster sights similar to the Gewehr 98 has. When I bought it, it came with a sling and a bayonet. That’s the main reason I bought right away.
The very first gun I knew about was an original trapdoor owned by my aunt and uncle. I had no idea what it was, but I used to play soldier with it whenever we would visit them in Detroit. that gun was as big as me and weighed a ton. To this day I think that was the coolest gun ever. I'd love to get a reproduction.
Dude it's 3am
LEGEND OF THE COMMENT SECTION ikr, I was just about to go to sleep too
LEGEND OF THE COMMENT SECTION videos take long to process when you upload
LEGEND OF THE COMMENT SECTION Here It's 12:30 a.m.
I'm gonna have lunch
Lorenzo Giampaoli me too
LEGEND OF THE COMMENT SECTION 6 AM here
why Hickok won't wear a wrist watch ?
shahin sha Time means nothing to him
animalmother556x45 just wondering why
I've never liked wearing a watch, even as a teenager. I used to take my watch off the wrist strap and stick it in my pocket. Since mobile phones came along, no need for a watch; the correct time is always right there on your phone.
ZoneFighter1 Sure, but that is not the norm. Generally, smart phone time is more accurate than wrist watch time.
Well. If you have an atomic watch or a radio controlled watch. That is much better than smart phones.
you finally have a review on the Springfield trapdoor I've been waiting thankyou
I’m going back in time before work. I love watching you shoot these old guns. Maybe I can learn something
Currently I live in Australia(Gun laws are worse than worse than California here) and I plan on living in America one day, maybe in Georgia, but I have to deal with this god-awful country! Wish me luck! I'm too American for Australia! With the Binary trigger system and bump-fire, hopefully Full-Auto will be legalized
Normalis Persona I think Cali may have surpassed you guys, they be surpassed us up here in Canada in terms of shear stupidity.
Move to the west, like New Mexico or Arizona, more similar to Australia's landscape than Georgia
Glad you are linking with the NRA! The midterm bounce is going to hurt us, and the NRA will be as more important than ever.
I inherited a Trapdoor from my grandfather who received it from his grandfather. It has the saddle ring and the shorter barrel to fit in the saddle. My grandfather said it was used for hunting in Wyoming and Colorado.
allways keep us well informed,, thank you
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NRA = A-Okay
i would support them if they would stop getting their noses into other politics
If the nra actually did stuff with the lifetime membership I paid for I'd probably recommend it for other people. With the new leadership I hope it changes.
Sky McDaniel They don't do anything because they get people to pay every year. If they can preserve the status quo and make money, why do anything? Change will only come when people stop renewing their membership. They are sitting on their thumbs while California and New York slowly make guns illegal, neglecting to help law abiding citizens who need AR 15's to defend themselves and their families in Chicago, and not doing very much to get magazine restrictions or the Hughe's Amendment repealed. Can you think of anything designed to help us recently besides the HPA or SHUSH Act?
its the main reason why I wish I didn't get a lifetime membership but to vote for the new directors you had to have been in the nra for awhile. So sadly Its not worth the money.
They have this program where they rebuild/build free public ranges with membership money. Twin ponds the local range here in SC got bad with people shooting trash and old tvs etc. NRA came through and promised to doubled the size and add separate pistol/rifle ranges plus a full time range master. I joined when I heard about this program and really liked the idea. NOW given its done yet (taking longer than expected) and havent been to it yet.. but if its no longer free to go there like the twin ponds web sight says Ill be HIGHLY upset. May even pull out from NRA... IF they trying to make money from a once free public range. I get the renovations cost, and the "range master" needs to be paid but thats what I pay for every year in my membership. *****UPDATE**** Checked the range website and people are saying in the reviews the range is MAGNIFICENT still free with target stands and all. The range officer is an absolute pleasure people say. ALTHOUGH its closed on sundays which is fucked cause some people work during the week, and rapid fire isnt allowed, I cant wait to go check it out. The NRA may not be perfect but they did good on this one id say. Delivered on their promise
As a Springfield boy, I love these videos.
the stock in the rifle is beautiful the finish is awesome I can honestly say you really know how to take care of your rifles.
My dad has a 1884 trapdoor Springfield that he got from his mom who got it from our ancestor Thomas Nelson Alexander of the 37th North Carolina regiment. It's a amazing gun to shoot. We use black Hills cowboy action ammo.
I know you have your video library, however I bet keeping up with all the videos you have done and the ones your going to do is a major pain in the butt. Thanks for what you do.
30 minute video no ads that is a good man
I have one of those! Thank you for showing us this!
whenever i see these old firearms , i get a warm feeling in my heart , i almost want to cry lol
That's a beautiful gun, there's an elegance to its simplicity imo
Awesome work Sir thank you
the sound on your videos is always so good. regards from England, uk.
Personally, i'd LOVE a Trapdoor Springfield made with modern metallurgy (Stainless Steel) and strict tolerances.
Yet another GREAT vid, Thank you !
I have come across the original load information for the 45 70, it shows loads from the 500 grain bullet to multi round ball loads to shot loads. Be it a load with the 500 grain bullet or the 405 grain hallow base load, it depends on the type of sights on the 45 70. One sight is calibrated for the 500 grain bullet load and the other sight arrangement is calibrated for the 405 grain bullet load for the trapdoor rifle, not the 45 70 carbine which has different load requirements!
Hey man we love the videos, keep up the good work! Huge fans from Kansas!
I just got a 1868 Springfield Trapdoor at auction and am already in love. Now I just have to find some 50-70 ammo for it.
You can check on GunBroker and Dixie Gun Works used to sell empty brass.
“It’s like getting hit by a Camry, not an SUV” 😂
So simple in design yet so deadly in action.
Hunt Showdown brought me here. Beautiful piece.
I think I requested this video 4 years ago on my old account glad to finally see it :)
I had an H & R replica of the Springfield Trapdoor Cavalry Carbine. It was very uncomfortable to shoot. A light weight gun, steel buttplate and a 45-70 cartridge is a painful combo. But such fun.
Was it full house loads or the carbine loads?
Good video as always .You sir are knowledgeable,thanx for sharing
Nice gun, great info too Thanks Hickok!
Thanks for this video and many others! I inherited a Springfield 45-70 trapdoor and appreciate the info. Also, years ago I was an NRA member, thanks for the reminder to rejoin as I did today.