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Trapdoor Springfield Rifle
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 | 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| Van Helsing | Velken's men | 2003 | ||
| Miracle at Sage Creek | Daniel Quinn | Seth | Cavalry Carbine | 2005 |
| Thadd Turner | Sergeant Banks | |||
| US Cavalry | ||||
| Appaloosa | Apache warriors | 2008 | ||
| In a Valley of Violence | Ethan Hawke | Paul | M1884 or 1888 Cavalry Carbine | 2016 |
| Toby Huss | Deputy Harris | |||
| Hostiles | US Cavalry | Cavalry Carbine | 2017 |
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 | ||
| Riches (Bogatstvo) | Seen on photos of Californian gold prospectors; 1873 or 1879 rifle and 1873 carbine | 2004 | ||
| Godless | Women of La Belle | 2017 |
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 | ||
| Hunt: Showdown | "Springfield 1866" | Model 1866 | 2018 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gun Frontier | 2002 |