Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Dated 1892 Category_MG 34 Feed Assembly The bolt is also Belgian

The bolt is also Belgian marked but is not matching

Ammunition Type: Ball & Powder with Percussion Cap

but Saive and his team managed to escape to UK and continued to work there during the German occupation of Belgium

A scarce accessory that was used in the Spanish Civil war of 1930s era and later in AH

waist length

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle - Dated 1892 Category_MG 34 Feed Assembly The bolt is also BelgianOriginal Item: Only One available. The U. S. breech loading Springfield "trapdoor" rifle was introduced in 1873 in . 45 70 caliber. Basically it was the rifle the U. S. Army used to open the West and Springfield trapdoor carbines were used by Custer's Cavalry at the massacre at The Little Big Horn. In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod,a development that met with very limited success. It was