The Springfield Model 1875 was a variant of the
Springfield Model 1873 rifle.
History and Design
The Model 1875 officer's rifle was checkered fore and aft of the
trapdoor
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breech and tipped with white metal. It was fitted with a "globe and pinhead" foresight and a "buckhorn" backsight on the barrel.
It also featured a well-made peep sight fitted on the small of the stock, which was graduated for ranges from . The rifle had a trigger which could be set to use as a hair trigger. A wooden cleaning rod was fitted under the barrel, and was referred to as a "
ramrod
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" in the rifle's documentation.
["Rifles and ammunition and rifle shooting" By Harcourt Ommundsen, Ernest Herbert Robinson]
The rifle originally sold for $36.
See also
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Springfield rifle
The term Springfield rifle may refer to any one of several types of small arms produced by the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the United States armed forces.
In modern usage, the term "Springfield rifle" most commonly refer ...
References
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Springfield firearms
Hinged breechblock rifles
Rifles of the United States