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| ''[[Vera Cruz]]'' || || Mexican republicans and Emperor Maximilian's soldiers || Rifles and carbines, some mocked up as flintlock || 1954 | | ''[[Vera Cruz]]'' || || Mexican republicans and Emperor Maximilian's soldiers || Rifles and carbines, some mocked up as flintlock || 1954 | ||
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| ''[[Saskatchewan]]'' || || Sioux and Cree warriors || || 1954 | |||
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| ''[[Love Me Tender]]'' || || Union soldiers || Rifles and carbines || 1956 | | ''[[Love Me Tender]]'' || || Union soldiers || Rifles and carbines || 1956 | ||
Revision as of 14:00, 29 February 2020
The Trapdoor Springfield refers to a series of breech loading rifles developed by Springfield, beginning with the Springfield Model 1868 (chambered in .50-70) up to the Springfield Model 1870 (.45-70) and then the most famous Model 1873, which was adopted by the U.S. Army (chambered in .45-70), and the later Models 1877, 1884 and 1888.
The Model 1873 (full sized or cavalry carbine version) is the most likely variant of the Trapdoor Springfield rifle to appear in movies or television shows.
Specifications
- Type: Rifle
- Caliber: .45-70, 45-55 (carbine load)
- Capacity: 1 round
- Fire Modes: Single shot
- Action: Hinged breechblock
- Overall Length: 51 inches, 41 inches (carbine)
- Barrel Length: 32 inches, 22 inches (carbine)
The Trapdoor Springfield (1873) has been seen in the following:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Birth of a Nation | Robert Harron | Tod Stoneman | 1915 | |
| Union and Confederate soldiers | ||||
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | Errol Flynn | Major Geoffrey Vickers | mocked as Flintlock musket carbines | 1936 |
| Donald Crisp | Colonel Campbell | |||
| David Niven | Captain Randall | |||
| Patric Knowles | Captain Perry Vickers | |||
| British, Russian soldiers and Surat Khan's men | ||||
| Sergeant York | Mocked up to look like Kentucky Rifle | 1941 | ||
| Belle Starr | Randolph Scott | Sam Starr | 1941 | |
| Belle Starr | Gene Tierney | Belle Starr | 1941 | |
| Belle Starr | Various | 1941 | ||
| Red River | John Wayne | Thomas Dunson | Cavalry Carbine | 1948 |
| Fort Apache | Native American | 1948 | ||
| Fort Apache | US Cavalry | Cavalry Carbine | 1948 | |
| Fort Apache | Hank Worden | recruit | Cavalry Carbine | 1948 |
| Fort Apache | Pedro Armendáriz | SGT Beaufort | Cavalry Carbine | 1948 |
| Fort Apache | George O'Brien | CPT Collingwood | Cavalry Carbine | 1948 |
| Fort Apache | Ward Bond | SGM Michael O'Rourke | Cavalry Carbine | 1948 |
| Fort Apache | John Agar | 2LT Michael Shannon O'Rourke | Cavalry Carbine | 1948 |
| Fort Apache | Victor McLaglen | SGT Festus Mulcahy | Cavalry Carbine | 1948 |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Ben Johnson | Sergeant Tyree | Cavalry Carbine | 1949 |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | US Cavalry | Cavalry Carbine | 1949 | |
| Rio Grande | US Cavalry | Cavalry Carbine | 1950 | |
| Rio Grande | Ben Johnson | Trooper Travis Tyree | Cavalry Carbine | 1950 |
| Rio Grande | Harry Carey Jr. | Trooper Daniel "Sandy" Boone | Cavalry Carbine | 1950 |
| Rio Grande | Fred Kennedy | Trooper Heinze | Cavalry Carbine | 1950 |
| Rio Grande | Claude Jarman Jr. | Trooper Jefferson Yorke | Cavalry Carbine | 1950 |
| Rio Grande | Chill Wills | Dr. Wilkins | Cavalry Carbine | 1950 |
| Rio Grande | Steve Pendleton | CPT Prescott | Cavalry Carbine | 1950 |
| Winchester '73 | Tony Curtis | Doan | Cavalry Carbine | 1950 |
| Winchester '73 | James Best | Crater | Cavalry Carbine | 1950 |
| Springfield Rifle | Cavalry Carbine | 1952 | ||
| Drum Beat | Robert Keith | Bill Satterwhite | Carbine | 1954 |
| US cavalrymen, settlers | Carbines and rifles | |||
| Vera Cruz | Mexican republicans and Emperor Maximilian's soldiers | Rifles and carbines, some mocked up as flintlock | 1954 | |
| Saskatchewan | Sioux and Cree warriors | 1954 | ||
| Love Me Tender | Union soldiers | Rifles and carbines | 1956 | |
| Santiago | Steamer crewmember | Cavalry Carbine | 1956 | |
| The Badlanders | A Mexican settler | Rifle | 1958 | |
| The Magnificent Seven | Villager | 1960 | ||
| Flaming Star | Kiowa warriors | 1960 | ||
| Master of the World | Wally Campo | Turner | Cut down to be used as a pistol | 1961 |
| 55 Days at Peking | Chinese "Boxers" | 1963 | ||
| Rio Conchos | 1964 | |||
| Major Dundee | Brock Peters | Aesop | 1965 | |
| Major Dundee | U. S. soldiers, Apaches | Cavalry Carbine | 1965 | |
| For a Few Dollars More | Prison guards | 1966 | ||
| Mackenna's Gold | Eduardo Ciannelli | Prairie Dog | Cavalry Carbine | 1969 |
| US Cavalry | ||||
| Little Big Man | Dustin Hoffman | Jack Crabb | Cavalry Carbine | 1970 |
| Rio Lobo | Union Cavalry and Confederate soldiers | Cavalry Carbine | 1970 | |
| The Beguiled | Clint Eastwood | Cpl. John McBurney | 1971 | |
| The Cowboys | Robert Carradine | Slim Honeycutt | 1972 | |
| The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Barry Brown | Henry Wheeler | 1972 | |
| The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Cliff Robertson | Cole Younger | 1972 | |
| Chato's Land | Jack Palance | Quincey Whitmore | Cavalry Carbine | 1972 |
| Indians | ||||
| Oklahoma Crude | Lena´s Indians helper | Cavalry Carbine | 1973 | |
| Posse | Outlaws | 1975 | ||
| Breakheart Pass | US Army soldiers | Cavalry Carbine | 1975 | |
| The Outlaw Josey Wales | Sondra Locke | Laura | 1975 | |
| Heaven's Gate | Jeff Bridges | John L. Bridges | 1980 | |
| Heaven's Gate | Gordana Rashovich | Mrs. Kovach | 1980 | |
| Heaven's Gate | Various characters | 1980 | ||
| Flashpoint | Seen in Sheriff's office | 1984 | ||
| Thunderheart | Cavalry trooper | Cavalry Carbine | 1992 | |
| Crocodile | Terrence Evans | Shurkin | 2000 | |
| Van Helsing | Velken's men | 2003 | ||
| King Solomon's Mines | A native hunter | Cavalry Carbine | 2004 | |
| Miracle at Sage Creek | Daniel Quinn | Seth | Cavalry Carbine | 2005 |
| Miracle at Sage Creek | Thadd Turner | Sergeant Banks | Cavalry Carbine | 2005 |
| Miracle at Sage Creek | US Cavalry | Cavalry Carbine | 2005 | |
| Appaloosa | Apache warriors | 2008 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Stooges | Moe Howard | Moe | Episode "Boobs in Arms" | 1940 |
| Curly Howard | Curly | |||
| Lonesome Dove | Robert Urich | Jake Spoon | cavalry carbine | 1989 |
| Son of the Morning Star | The 7th Cavalry | Cavalry Carbine | 1991 | |
| Rough Riders | U.S. Army soldiers and Cuban rebels | 1997 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Dead Redemption | "Springfield Rifle" | Cavalry Carbine | 2010 | |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | 2016 | |||
| Red Dead Redemption II | "Springfield Rifle" | 2018 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gun Frontier | 2002 |