SHOOTING AN ORIGINAL 1873 SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR CARBINE

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

That is my favorite trapdoor.

[@Real11BangBang]

lol mine too... till i shoot the next one

[@INeverMetAGunIDidntLike]

Nice find. Springfield Rifle is on Grit TV this morning as well. Happy Easter.

[@Real11BangBang]

lol its not a bad show for a western fantasy

[@billsummy2412]

Very COOL pard

[@codaktakman7636]

One of my favorite actions of the day. Shackin the Smit out dem plates.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Awesome rifle ( ihave yet to shoot). Happy Easter you rapscallions!

[@Real11BangBang]

lol we need a video on trapdoor rifles in the old west! thanks for watching and happy easter to you as well

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@Real11BangBang Send it on down here!! I'll make a video on it. Heheheheheheh!!!!

[@TheGunfighter45acp]

Happy Easter! I love a quality rifle, especially a Trapdoor, but when it's a carbine, it's even better. What a nice shooter!

[@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods]

Thank you very much!

[@bobkoroua]

Very pretty.

[@Real11BangBang]

Thank you! 😊

[@Bayan1905]

Waiting for the snow to finally finishing melting so I can get my 1888 Trapdoor (rod bayonet model) to the range.

[@joehuber9168]

Looked so fun thanks for sharing 👍

[@Real11BangBang]

Thanks for watching!

[@earlshaner4441]

Good morning from Syracuse NY everyone and Happy Easter

[@Real11BangBang]

Same to you!

[@earlshaner4441]

Thank you everyone

[@ByLandandSeaArms]

Nice 77 carbine. The 77 carbine and 68 long rifle are my favorites out of all the different trapdoors.

[@Real11BangBang]

i feel the same but i may like the 66 just a bit more then the 68.

[@robagrant1969]

Love my 66

[@ByLandandSeaArms]

@@Real11BangBang My 66 isn't safe to shoot yet. The stock was repaired a long time ago with some pins and I question whether or not that the repair has stood the test of time. It will be leaving in the next couple of days with my 70 Trapdoor and 70 Rolling block for some repairs.

[@USAACbrat]

A high school rifle team mate of mine won a DCM extra good 1878 rifle in a high school jrotc 4 position inter school Match at 15 years old, how the times change.

[@trenacook7694]

That is wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

[@Real11BangBang]

Thanks for watching!

[@galenhisler396]

That was great, what a beauty 🤠

[@Real11BangBang]

thankyou very much

[@kurtlanford1448]

Beautiful work of art ! Thank for sharing this piece of history !

[@Real11BangBang]

Our pleasure!

[@a.r.m.4you182]

Well.... Ya beat me to it but you've also inspired me to get a vid done. Great video. 😁

[@Real11BangBang]

I'll be watching for it

[@WilliamBrown-fy9ny]

I love your program

[@Real11BangBang]

thankyou

[@CaptRons18thcentury]

Nice, my Dad had a sporterized trapdoor, sold it years ago and i never got the chance to shoot it...

[@Real11BangBang]

oh man they are just a blast!

[@blackpowderfirearmenthusia3194]

Happy Easter to you guys and your familys. Awesome video, I really enjoyed it and absolutely love the rifle.

[@Real11BangBang]

happy easter to you too

[@boylukefirearms]

Happy Easter sir!

[@Real11BangBang]

Same to you!

[@louisianagray8618]

55 grains of 11 bang bang Willow

[@Real11BangBang]

lol yes sir

[@williamschlosser77]

Thanks!

[@Real11BangBang]

thankyou very much it is appreciated

[@revere0311]

Great video! I also have an 1873 carbine, did not know about the ‘77 buttstock. Learned a lot.

[@Real11BangBang]

thanks for watching

[@jason60chev]

I only have an 1884 Rifle.

[@pilgrimm23]

Garrett you did a fine job on that. Today I own a 1873 rifle and a 1867(?) 60 something, and a 1880 dated on it barrel only (It was in a fire). I owned a H&R Custer Carbine that had been worked on and had a single set trigger I KICK MYSELF for selling it back in the late 1980s...bought it from my father in law who was a devout 19th cent shooter. I want another carbine. and a rolling block... just cuzz.....

[@Real11BangBang]

thankyou. i have an H&r officers model coming in at the end of the week.... i hope they are good as people say they are.

[@pilgrimm23]

I can only comment on mine: it was so so nice. Trigger work was by a legend gunsmith in New Mexico: Dempsey Milton. he was a genius and personal friend of my father in law. I was taken to his workshop once. Stock was great and the saddle ring looked fine

[@Bayan1905]

With the Battle of the Little Bighorn, for years I've heard how if Custer and his men had lever action rifles, things would have been different. Yep, Custer and those who died with him might have taken a few more of the Native American warriors with him, but in the end, the outcome was pretty much set. You're talking anywhere from 1,200-2,500 Lakota and other Native Americans versus 700 Cavalry and then when Custer split his command up, it got worse from there. The Sioux that had been fighting Major Reno then joined the Lakota that Custer was taking on, so he was taking on the bulk of the force the Native Americans had with only 210 men of his own command. Even if the Native Americans had nothing but single shot guns, it was just too many for Custer, he was surrounded with no where to run. Custer didn't have enough ammo for the guns he had to kill all the Native American warriors he was engaged with.

[@Real11BangBang]

100%

[@USAACbrat]

If he was where he was supposed to be he would not have killed so many good troopers.

[@WMDTVIDS]

Where did you pick up your Mills belt? I’ve got one from the Regimental Quartermaster in Gettysburg. I like it, but it’s sill pretty tight on each round. Love your channel, nice to see some young men that appreciate history and put work in on it.

[@Real11BangBang]

thos one i actually got from an old reenactor im not sure who made it

[@WMDTVIDS]

@@Real11BangBang You said you'd cut it to fit 45 colt, how exactly? Slit a loop horizontally, halfway down to allow a finger to pop a round up out of the loop?

[@StevenMMan]

Another great day on 160 acres that I love shooting Mountain man

[@Real11BangBang]

you bet

[@oregonoutback7779]

Who doesn't love a range that comes with pre-buried bodies ?? Gonna plant daisies on them piles of dirt? Maybe add some headstones?

[@Real11BangBang]

lol yeah i should. no i was planning on pileing those around the railroad ties but have just been too lazy

[@oregonoutback7779]

@@Real11BangBang If you go with the Boot Hill theme, your work is done :)

[@USAACbrat]

Sometime they used a 10 round wrist cuff.

[@USAACbrat]

The Army was reducing their count. of horses at the time For a period of time After the Revolutionary way The only horses were ceremonial. I would say it was a Cavelry mod but the units were mix and match. Since the Harry Lee USC have been Dragoon units, Light cav in the South was Colt revolvers 6-8 coming out of the nite mist Screaming that yell, not long you have to be out of there before you run out of pistols.

[@robertpresley6414]

Plus, the lever action rifles had much weaker cartridges.

[@Real11BangBang]

yes sir

[@aaronwilcox6417]

Ive got an 1884 trapdoor rifle but always wanted an carbine or an Sharps hunter carbine.

[@williamschlosser77]

Kool.

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

What are the chances that Hickok45 is shooting the same gun in his video today

[@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods]

Lol, pretty good I guess

[@WilliamBrown-fy9ny]

I've heard you speak several times on how you make your own black powder I have a recipe for black powder myself but I cannot get the ingredients needed because of the Unabomber so how do you get the to make your own powder as I would love to be able to make powder I have not been able to do it since I was boy with my father

[@Real11BangBang]

I can't give you the direct sources over KZbin, but I will say if you Google the ingredients you can find them online generally through gardening supplies

[@westcovinadodge]

I just bought one two days ago, sn in the 1888 range, looks like I'm going to be watching my brass, 63 cents each for starline. Thanks for the video.

[@Real11BangBang]

yes when you can find it. i see starline is backorderd again

[@westcovinadodge]

@@Real11BangBang starline 45-70 is on sale at midway now for 66.89 limit two. thanks again.

[@westcovinadodge]

@@Real11BangBang Starline 45-70 is on sale at midway for 66.89 limit two, thanks again.

[@williamschlosser77]

Had Custer stuck to a more traditional role for cavalry of the day, (scouting) then awaited Cooks infantry, he would not be nearly as famous as he is today. No guts no glory, but the price was paid by his troopers. FREDRICKSBURG! BUFFALOS!

[@Real11BangBang]

100%

[@jeremycox2983]

Had they taken the Gatling guns little big horn could have turned out differently

[@Mis-AdventureCH]

Found a sweet M1873 carbine on gbrker. Mfg date 1879, Mass. Corps of Cadets marked. Arsenal queen, probably didn't have more than 300 rounds through it. Some fool carved a mandela wheel in the stock so I got it pretty cheap. Other than that practically mint. Shoots like a dream.

[@Real11BangBang]

thats the best kind still original but cheap

[@Mis-AdventureCH]

@@Real11BangBang Lucky find.

[@job38four10]

When you say that the Springfield Trapdoor rifle is almost as fast as a repeater Henry, your not counting in everytime you reload the Springfield, you go off target and have to re-aim, with a Henry the rifle stays on target which is invaluable when under attack. And reloading a Henry does not take very long at all, maybe 30-40 seconds to load up 15 rounds. If I was going into battle at the Little Big Horn, I'd much rather have a Henry the Springfield rifle......

[@Real11BangBang]

Hence why I said almost lol

[@millcreekrange]

Great video Sir!! That’s one that’s on my list is a Trapdoor Carbine to go along with my Cadet Model, which is a Model 84 which dates to 1886. Check out my video on it on my channel. I hope to get it out and run some rounds through it this next week while I’m off on vacation.

[@Real11BangBang]

thanks i will go over there and take a look

[@USAACbrat]

Prefer the rifle, love to scare coyotes at 1000 yds. Ought to see them run when you drop one between their feet,

[@donaldshaffer9275]

Reproduction? Never see a case pop out after every round. All my Trapdoors jerk it out hard.

[@Real11BangBang]

no its original. i have 20 original trapdoors now. all have really great ejection

[@turtlewolfpack6061]

This won contract because of politics. This is one of the weakest "conversion era" firearms. Still neat.

[@Real11BangBang]

This is Ethan and I really don't have a dog in this fight but I will tell you this as a fighting rifle. I would 100% take the trap door over the rolling block or the falling block The reasons why are as follows in the 1870s. The trap door had automatic ejection. The rolling block and the falling block only had extraction. This removes one of the steps in the loading process, making it have a higher rate of fire and slightly more firepower. Also, I can't help but notice the very high bore axis on the rolling block. It's almost like what a lot of guys criticize the AK about nowadays where instead of a cheek weld you have to get a chin weld. And the trap door is actually not that weak of an action of all the explosions that everybody talks about the trapdoor having. There were only two that happened during trials and that was because they were using the 1865 trap door which did not have a spring on the latch and the action was not actually locked up. They fixed this and it never happened again during its time in military service. The trap door would be about on par with the Snyder and the Martini Henry would be better than both the trapdoor and the snider but that's just my opinion. Like I said I'm not a huge single shot surplus rifle guy. I just shoot them. And notice which ones I believe to be superior.

[@turtlewolfpack6061]

@@Real11BangBang I just ment that from a design standpoint it was the weakest, has the poorest extraction as well when dirty, that wasn't ment to say it was the worst! It is a neat design and I wouldn't toss one out of bed.

[@daleharvey3278]

The 1866 td in50-70 was a 58cal musket conversion.the 1873 td was not a conversion