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Trapdoor Springfield Rifle
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
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sergeant York | Mocked up Kentucky Rifle | 1941 | ||
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Ben Johnson | Corporal Tyree | Cavalry Carbine | 1949 |
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | US Cavalry | Cavalry Carbine | 1949 | |
Winchester '73 | 1950 | |||
Magnificent Seven, The | 1960 | |||
Rio Conchos | 1964 | |||
For a Few Dollars More | Prison guards | 1966 | ||
Little Big Man | Dustin Hoffman | Jack Crabb | 1970 | |
Rio Lobo | 1970 | |||
The Beguiled | 1971 | |||
The Cowboys | Robert Carradine | Slim Honeycutt | 1972 | |
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Barry Brown | Henry Wheeler | 1972 | |
Rough Riders | The 10th Cavalry Regiment (Buffalo Soldiers) | 1997 | ||
Van Helsing | Velken's men | 2003 | ||
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Son of the Morning Star | The 7th Cavalry | Cavalry Carbine | 1991 | |
Rough Riders | United States Army | 1997 | ||
King Solomon's Mines | 2004 |
Video Games
Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Red Dead Redemption | "Springfield Rifle" | Cavalry Carbine | 2010 |