Trapdoor Springfield Rifle

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Springfield Model 1866 - .50-70 Government

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Replica Springfield Model 1873 "Trapdoor Springfield" built by Uberti Arms - .45-70 Government

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First year Model 1873 Springfield Trapdoor Carbine - .45-70 Government

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Replica Springfield Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine "Trapdoor Springfield" built by Uberti Arms - .45-70 Government

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Springfield Trapdoor 1879 - .45-70 Government

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Springfield "Trapdoor" M1884 Carbine - .45-70 Government

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Original Springfield Model 1888 "Trapdoor Springfield" - .45-70 Government

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: .50-70, .45-70 Government, .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)

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The Trapdoor Springfield Rifle and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Birth of a Nation	Robert Harron	Tod Stoneman	Standing in for Springfield 1861	1915
		Union and Confederate soldiers
The Unbeliever	Earl Schenck	Emanuel Muller	Standing in for Mauser Gewehr 1898	1918
		German soldiers
The Charge of the Light Brigade	Errol Flynn	Major Geoffrey Vickers	1973 Cavalry Carbines mocked up as Flintlock musket carbines; some unmodified	1936
	Donald Crisp	Colonel Campbell
	David Niven	Captain Randall
	Patric Knowles	Captain Perry Vickers
		British, Russian soldiers, and Surat Khan's men
		British, Russian soldiers and Surat Khan's men	Model 1888 Trapdoor Springfield Rifles mocked up as Brown Bess Flintlock Muskets, Enfield Pattern 1853s, Jezail Muskets and Infantry Musket M1845s; some unmodified
West of Shanghai		General Fang's soldiers	Cavalry Carbines	1937
		General Ma's soldiers	Infantry Rifles
Sergeant York			Mocked up to look like Kentucky Rifle	1941
Belle Starr	Randolph Scott	Sam Starr		1941
	Gene Tierney	Belle Starr
		Various
Red River	John Wayne	Thomas Dunson	Cavalry Carbine	1948
Fort Apache		Native American		1948
		US Cavalry	Cavalry Carbine
	Hank Worden	recruit
	Pedro Armendáriz	SGT Beaufort
	George O'Brien	CPT Collingwood
	Ward Bond	SGM Michael O'Rourke
	John Agar	2LT Michael Shannon O'Rourke
	Victor McLaglen	SGT Festus Mulcahy
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	Ben Johnson	Sergeant Tyree	Cavalry Carbine	1949
		US Cavalry
Rio Grande		US Cavalry	Cavalry Carbine	1950
	Ben Johnson	Trooper Travis Tyree
	Harry Carey Jr.	Trooper Daniel "Sandy" Boone
	Fred Kennedy	Trooper Heinze
	Claude Jarman Jr.	Trooper Jefferson Yorke
	Chill Wills	Dr. Wilkins
	Steve Pendleton	CPT Prescott
Winchester '73	Tony Curtis	Doan	Cavalry Carbine	1950
	James Best	Crater
Red Mountain	Alan Ladd	Brett Sherwood	Cavalry Carbine and Rifle	1951
	Arthur Kennedy	Lane Waldron	Cavalry Carbine
	Lizabeth Scott	Chris
	Carleton Young	Lt. Morgan
	Jay Silverheels	Little Crow
		Ute warriors
	John Ireland	Gen. William Quantrill	Cavalry Carbine in saddle holster
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
Advance to the Rear	Alan Hale Jr.	Sgt. Beauregard Davis	Model 1866 with M1855 bayonet	1964
	Andrew Prine	Pvt. Owen Selous	Model 1866 with M1855 bayonet
		Union soldiers, Confederate soldiers, Native American warriors	Model 1866
Major Dundee	Brock Peters	Aesop		1965
		U. S. soldiers, Apaches	Cavalry Carbine
Texas Across the River	Joey Bishop	Kronk	Mocked up as Hawken rifle	1966
	Roy Barcroft	Morton
	John Harmon	Gabe
		Townsmen
		US Cavalry	Mocked up as Enfield 1856 Carbine
		Comanches	Unmodified M1873
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
	Cliff Robertson	Cole Younger
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
	Gordana Rashovich	Mrs. Kovach
		Various characters
Flashpoint			Seen in Sheriff's office	1984
Thunderheart		Cavalry trooper	Cavalry Carbine	1992
Purgatory		US Cavalrymen	Cavalry Carbine	1999
Crocodile	Terrence Evans	Shurkin		2000
Miracle at Sage Creek	Daniel Quinn	Seth	Cavalry Carbine	2005
	Thadd Turner	Sergeant Banks
		US Cavalry
Appaloosa		Apache warriors		2008
Lone Rider	Tom Schanley	Mike Butler	Cavalry Carbine	2008
The Dark Valley	Johann Nikolussi	Rudolf Brenner	M1873 Carbine	2014
In a Valley of Violence	Ethan Hawke	Paul	M1884 or 1888 Cavalry Carbine	2016
	Toby Huss	Deputy Harris
Hostiles		US Cavalry	Cavalry Carbine	2017
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum			Seen in armory	2019

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
The Three Stooges	Moe Howard	Moe	Episode "Boobs in Arms"	1940
	Curly Howard	Curly
F Troop	Ken Berry	Capt. Wilton Parmenter	Cavalry Carbine	1965-1967
	Forrest Tucker	Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke	Cavalry Carbine	1965-1967
	Joe Brooks	Trooper Vanderbilt	Cavalry Carbine	1965-1967
			1873 Rifle / "Honest Injun" (S01E12)	1965
	Bob Steele	Trooper Duffy	Cavalry Carbine	1965-1967
			1873 Rifle / "Honest Injun" (S01E12)	1965
	Jimmie Horan	Trooper Hogan	Cavalry Carbine	1965-1967
			1873 Rifle / "Honest Injun" (S01E12)	1965
	Bill Erickson	tower guard	Cavalry Carbine / "Scourge of the West" (S01E01), S01 opening credits	1965-1966
	Louie Elias	Trooper Franklin	Cavalry Carbine / "Scourge of the West" (S01E01)	1965
	Jay Sheffield	Lt. Jefferson Hawkes	Cavalry Carbine / "Scourge of the West" (S01E01)	1965
		troopers	Cavalry Carbine	1965-1967
			1873 Rifle / "Honest Injun" (S01E12)	1965
		Shug warriors, Hekawi warriors	Cavalry Carbine	1965-1967
	Henry Gibson	Wrongo Starr	Cavalry Carbine / "Wrongo Starr and the Lady in Black" (S01E18)	1966
	James Hampton	Hannibal Dobbs	Cavalry Carbine / "Johnny Eagle Eye" (S01E30)	1966
F Troop		Recruits of G Troop	"How to Be F Troop Without Really Trying" (S02E02)	1966
	Larry Storch	Cpl. Agarn	Cavalry Carbine / "The Ballot of Corporal Agarn" (S02E08)	1966
Lonesome Dove	Robert Urich	Jake Spoon	cavalry carbine	1989
Rough Riders		U.S. Army soldiers and Cuban rebels		1997
Riches (Bogatstvo)			Seen on photos of Californian gold prospectors; 1873 or 1879 rifle and 1873 carbine	2004
Breaking Bad - Season 3			Seen on photo; "Sunset" (S3E06)	2010
Godless		Women of La Belle		2017
1883	Will Spencer	Sentry #1	M1888 Rifle	2021

Video Games

Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Date
Red Dead Redemption	"Springfield Rifle"		Cavalry Carbine	2010
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades			Cavalry Carbine; available only as a "Sosigun"	2016
Red Dead Redemption II	"Springfield Rifle"			2018
Hunt: Showdown	"Springfield 1866"		Model 1866	2018

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Gun Frontier			2002