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* ''[[Rio Lobo]]'' (1970) | * ''[[Rio Lobo]]'' (1970) | ||
* [[Daniel Quinn]] as Seth in ''[[Miracle at Sage Creek]]'' (2005) | * [[Daniel Quinn]] as Seth in ''[[Miracle at Sage Creek]]'' (2005) (Cavalry Carbine) | ||
* [[Thadd Turner]] as Sergeant Banks in ''[[Miracle at Sage Creek]]'' (2005) | * [[Thadd Turner]] as Sergeant Banks in ''[[Miracle at Sage Creek]]'' (2005) (Cavalry Carbine) | ||
* US Cavalry in ''[[Miracle at Sage Creek]]'' (2005) | * US Cavalry in ''[[Miracle at Sage Creek]]'' (2005) (Cavalry Carbine) | ||
* ''[[Magnificent Seven, The]]'' (1960) | * ''[[Magnificent Seven, The]]'' (1960) | ||
* [[Ben Johnson]] as Corporal Tyree in ''[[She Wore a Yellow Ribbon]]'' (1949) (Cavalry Carbine) | |||
* US Cavalry in ''[[She Wore a Yellow Ribbon]]'' (1949) (Cavalry Carbine) | |||
==Television== | ==Television== | ||
Revision as of 18:29, 8 March 2012
Specifications
Type: Rifle
Caliber: .45-70
Capacity: 1 round
Fire Modes: Single shot
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.
The Trapdoor Springfield (1873) has been seen in the following:
Film
- Dustin Hoffman as Jack Crabb in Little Big Man (1970)
- Robert Carradine as Slim Honeycutt in The Cowboys (1972)
- Prison guards in For a Few Dollars More (1966)
- The 10th Cavalry Regiment (Buffalo Soldiers) as well as other infantry regiments in Rough Riders (1997)
- Velken's men in Van Helsing (2003)
- Sergeant York (1941) (Mocked up Kentucky Rifle)
- Winchester '73 (1950)
- Rio Conchos (1964)
- The Beguiled (1971)
- Rio Lobo (1970)
- Daniel Quinn as Seth in Miracle at Sage Creek (2005) (Cavalry Carbine)
- Thadd Turner as Sergeant Banks in Miracle at Sage Creek (2005) (Cavalry Carbine)
- US Cavalry in Miracle at Sage Creek (2005) (Cavalry Carbine)
- Magnificent Seven, The (1960)
- Ben Johnson as Corporal Tyree in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) (Cavalry Carbine)
- US Cavalry in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) (Cavalry Carbine)
Television
- Weaponology
- United States Army in Rough Riders (1997)
- King Solomon's Mines (2004)
- The 7th Cavalry uses the Carbine at the Little Bighorn fight in Son of the Morning Star (1991)