Trapdoor Springfield .45-70 150th Anniversary

[@hickok45]

First video with this Trapdoor Carbine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppXHYoKnYreasM0

[@Deguy851]

Let’s go

[@NathanRobinson-cy2ln]

Were could I find one of these guns.

[@morrismonet3554]

@@NathanRobinson-cy2ln Gun broker, or else any gun show in any decent size town.

[@NathanRobinson-cy2ln]

thanks@@morrismonet3554

[@terryduncan31]

We carried the carbines when I was in the Horse Cavalry Detachment at Ft. Hood, TX. from 87-91.

[@robertyoungman9551]

Fun to shoot. My father bought the family 1873 Springfield in about 1939 from the Minnesota National Guard. It is the full rifle and came with a spike bayonet. It is pristine and has taken a few deer over the years. He paid...get ready...$1.50 !!! My oh my times have changed.

[@nothim7321]

To be fair, that still would have been several days' worth of wages at the time...

[@3ducs]

@@nothim7321 Not in 1939.

[@nothim7321]

@3ducs the average family income in 1939 was less than 2,538.00 per year, as per the department of labor. A days labor for the entire family would have been about 6.95. The chief earner, on average, brought in about 4.95. Seeing as how that's an average, it is indeed possible that it could have been several days' wages. 🤔 But this is all irrelevant. It is indeed cheaper, even when adjusted for inflation, than an equivalent arm would be today.

[@KD0LRG]

I'll give you 11.50 for it that should account for inflation. 🍺

[@morrismonet3554]

I have 3 rifles in this caliber, 2 modern and the Trapdoor. The Trapdoor is my favorite. I paid over a grand for it. Cherish yours.

[@northshores7319]

Somehow I find myself more attracted to these types of old rifles than I do about the Modern Sporting Rifle setup. Perhaps it is their simplicity and power that makes me want to go right out and get one. Always a pleasure to watch a well done video on them so much thanks Sir.

[@craigthescott5074]

I have a 1865 50-70 Allen Conversion Springfield trapdoor that was found by my great grandfather in the early 1900’s at Fort Lowell in Tucson. My grandfather found it hidden up in the rafters of the fort after it had been abandoned. It was missing the cleaning rod and bayonet but I was able to find originals for it. It’s the only known weapon to actually come from the fort to be in existence per a curator of the fort.

[@benput91094]

I hope to have a collection as grand as Mr Hickock one day

[@davidthorpe1631]

It's called a job. J O B

[@alanh2820]

KZbin comments are a symptom of the degradation of the American psyche. Lots of impulsive, seemingly angry comments and replies that seem uncalled for.

[@blakeben303]

​@@davidthorpe1631 its called he gets stuff sent to him. You're goofy. There's some guns you can only get your hands on if you know the right people. So calm down boomer

[@benput91094]

@@davidthorpe1631 trust me I got a JOB at a papermill making pretty good for a highschool diploma

[@walkswithbear7935]

​@@davidthorpe1631 hows the bootlicking going at your JOB david? probably your bosses favorite little princess you catch all his jizz with your tounge for each raise i bet you self employed big boys think your all that while i work under the table construction and get paid for each job and a job is usually 2 or 3 days depending on the project and thats half upfront half after i make 2500 a project roofing and 1500 doing drywall and i sit back and look at clowns like you brainwashing your kids too suckle the same teet you suckle everyday for pay every 2 weeks never equating to a stable income cause your living on paycheck to paycheck what a loser

[@Don-kr5tp]

I was 16 when I first shot a trapdoor way back in 1971. I shot a Styrofoam ice chest filled with water at about 100 yards. My first shot blew it into small pieces. Never sold it and I have three long and one carbine. Love them. had to get the Krag (2), 1903, and M1Garand

[@Burt3006]

I have had my Trapdoor rifle since I was 15. Such a simple, elegant and powerful rifle. I have taken five deer with mine when I was stationed at Fort Bragg. What a classic and beautiful piece of history .

[@thesaltyoldparatrooper6035]

My 1873 was made in 1878. Absolutely beautiful condition and hangs ceremoniously over our dining room table. Some say that it's a bit out of place in a contemporary home, but I think anything almost 150 years old deserves a place at the table!

[@flipstheking6464]

Hey Hickok45!!! You’re awesome!!!

[@michaellorusso4912]

Make sure you send him your money.

[@vincewoolley6774]

The simplicity of the Trap Door is amazing. Thanks for posting.

[@VoidRedaction]

You may consider me as weird, but for me those rifles are simply elegant. Simple, operational, functional with probably little risk of malfunction. Piece of history from times when every bullet counts. The trapdoor must be heck of a revolution in past.

[@jamesbell8496]

Wow. What an incredibly classic rifle. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge of it. Cheers, Hickok45

[@jl8543]

Thanks for showing the details of the ejector in the Springfield Trapdoor carbine..Sir👍

[@ADRay1999]

When I went this passed Friday to pick up my Savage 99 The gentleman who owns the gunshop was selling an original trapdoor Springfield in .50-70

[@karolklepek-lm7dz]

Ah yes, the good old Trapdoor. It's almost surreal to think that this exact piece of firearms technology is one and a half century old.

[@justanothergunnerd8128]

Yes it is. My uncle still hunts with my grandpa's trapdoor that he acquired in his youth.

[@pai1238]

Es asombroso que un arma de ese tipo llegue en funcionamiento hasta estas fechas, que esa obra de arte sobreviva a su artista tambien es un tributo al arte del armero que la diseño!

[@PyroMotteFullHD]

Wow that is awesome to see. So old weapon... NICE. Best regards from Germany 🙂

[@finnthecheese2846]

Always a good morning when Hickok uploads!

[@michaellorusso4912]

It's even better when you send him your money.

[@davidwade4825]

Awesome rifles! I have an 1884 model made in 1888. Still shoots well. Thanks for all you do.

[@rem1762]

General Custers company carried the Springfield carbine as well. Several years ago I had two long Spingfield rifles, circa 1880's, as 100% unfired new. They took up a lot of room and were simply not as desirable as the carbines so I got rid of them.

[@gmenendez9569]

Thank you for this!

[@LILitaly773]

Never seen the trap door 45-70 what a great gun.

[@michaeldunn7716]

Fine old weapon! I would love to own one. God bless all here.

[@Kamal_AL-Hinai]

Oh wow you've owned it for 150 years

[@enigmawithahat]

Incredible, keep up the good stuff

[@lens7859]

Love to hear the history behind the firearms! Thank you sir

[@frankdonnelly5598]

Hickok is a very good historian on firearms

[@halp.3640]

I have an 1863 Springfield trapdoor. Army took the old muzzleloaders and redid them to a trap door

[@colinvoss8484]

No they didn't you have a conversion barrel for a 63.

[@raydawson4609]

I have a bannerman in 5070. Great rifle!

[@TheSulross]

the old trapdoor always makes me think of the Navy's conversion of the M1 Garand to the NATO 7.62x51 cartridge because they didn't want to adopt the M14

[@droopymarcum2187]

Isnt it call the trapdoor because the breach opens like a trapdoor in the floor of an old home or store…down to the cellar?

[@davidwade4825]

He's messing with us. He knows why it's called a Trapdoor. 😅

[@ccobra6813]

The fact that KZbin doesn’t restrict your videos shows how popular you are. You teach safely handling guns. They restrict anyone else showing the action of a firearm. You’re so popular that they wouldn’t dare messing with you, lol. Thanks for representing gun owners with grace and dignity,

[@JamesPotter-p2q]

This one is really kewl. I love the history of firearms. I really enjoy listening to Hickock45 give history of firearms, as well. Can you please review the Smith & Wesson model 327 PC with the 2 inch barrel? I love this revolver!!!! What's not to love? It's a Smith & Wesson, sub nose and chambers in one of my favorite loads .357 Magnum. Thank you for your videos.

[@claylapointe88]

I was ignorant to how it was loaded how to use it.i looked at 2 videos still confused.then I saw hickock channel and I knew it would be great .and it was .thank you

[@dustnreichu929]

Axis Arms in Ohio have one of these for sale right now for a reasonable price

[@jldorsey4098]

I find it interesting that the shorter statured soldiers and hunters,etc. had no problem with the recoil but when I bought my Henry in .45-70 I was told by a number of people how awful the recoil was!

[@alexanderhenley7307]

The 1873 Springfield trapdoor uses Black Powder .45-70, which is very mild. When most people talk about .45-70 they are generally referring to modern Smokeless Powder .45-70, which has far harsher recoil.

[@listener523]

Nice. I don't have the newfangled version. Mine's an Allin conversion.

[@listener523]

Oh he's talking about it. Yeah 50-70 gov.

[@hickok45]

Yeah, I might end up with one of those someday. I think Buffalo Arms still loads black powder rounds for the .50-70.

[@listener523]

@@hickok45 Mines mostly a wall hanger. But I try to take her out and make sure it still shoots every year or so. Heirloom my Gr. Grandpa bought it surplus.

[@BUCKEYEFARMBOY54]

So from what I have read the cases that the soldiers carried that were in the little big horn carry copper cases in the letter pouches, and the cases collected vertigris on them and fired that vertigo corrosion cemented them into the chamber and made them difficult to extract

[@timsmith9645]

Awesome 1873 45-70 150 anniversary very nice rifle thanks for sharing Hickok45

[@DaveMar-w6r]

A trapdoor like in a floor would open up in a similar fashion as the breech loader does I would assume. Right?

[@BenFaffler]

My (Current) Favorite gun!

[@dwayneelizondomountaindewh6073]

such a thing of beauty, they just don't make them like they used too.

[@danginter8078]

I find with my Model 1873 that I have to hold low at 100 yards, if that helps any. What a fun, historical and fascinating gun though is right. Happy 150th!

[@morrismonet3554]

All older military guns shoot way high, even WWI and WWII bolt action rifles. The idea was that you aim for center of mass on a human at normal combat range. Then you flip up the sight and miss at 1000 yards. LOL Civil war era percussion revolvers shoot about a foot high at 25 yards.

[@natelsonurcinodemedeiros8166]

Incrível ! acho essas armas fantásticas , pena que não temos assesso a armas dessa quantidade em nosso país .

[@the_smoking_patriot3993]

What a beautiful rifle! Would love to own one some day

[@bhoward9378]

1873 was a pretty significant year in firearms.

[@hickok45]

I can't think of any single year before or after that could come close, unless we consider the year that Hi-Point started making firearms. :-)

[@dovah69_5]

BEAUTIFUL RIFLE!!!

[@RDJim]

"I went either low or high..." Yes, yes you did.

[@marcoluoma3770]

I hear that in CA you have to file an environmental impact statement before firing that black powder.

[@lopezjp1]

We had a carbine that we got from our grandfather. My brother traded it for a .308 hunting rifle. Oh well. Granddad also had a 1917 that he got from the government when they gave him 8 German POW's during WW2. He just put those guys to work in his lumber business, but he never carried it because he didn't think they would try to get away since they were in the middle of Colorado. Almost all of them came back after the war. Sure wish we still had that carbine. I was very young when we shot that gun and I called it the landslide gun because hit really tore things up. I don't know where Gramps got the trapdoor. I think it was just in the family and handed down.

[@justanothergunnerd8128]

My grandpa hunted with a trapdoor springfield in his younger days (late 1940s). My uncle still has it and harvests deer with it 80 years later. And 150 years since it was invented. Kinda awesome.

[@hickok45]

The ultimate "recycling" endeavor, getting the most of an item. :-)

[@squidy4082]

How can they be in such pristine quality ?

[@MG-dc9vy]

와... 이 총이 벌써 150년이나 됐군요?

[@johnlomax1149]

Beautiful weapon

[@haniel._.x]

muy buen video, saludos de buenos aires argentina

[@jamesvatter5729]

Unconfirmed, but I read a comment the other day claiming the navy still uses 45-70 for some sort of grappling hook launcher.

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Classic Gentleman and his Classic Rifle 👍 "and the Kentucky blue titer.. uhm.. two liter" :-)

[@jonathansongco4302]

Awesome!

[@lyfandeth]

Could you add something to the black powder, so the smoke was red or blue? Could be an interesting display in battery fire.

[@markknister6272]

Not sure if you’re being facetious but it’s obvious breech cover looks like a trap door. Love the history and humor. Life is good.

[@damienthomas6655]

❤Trapdoor ,,,Named after the trapdoor spider .

[@kennethlim8192]

Incredible 👏

[@UncleA2020]

antique classic gun🥰

[@unclewillcorp227]

Battle of wounded knee screams softly in background

[@koenraadderoeck9045]

what a beauty!!!!!

[@nathanskywalker1536]

Such awesome rifle and cool design

[@squidy4082]

How can they be in such good quality ?!?!

[@TMFShooting]

Wow '' Great Stuff 💯 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@chrisalley9718]

Good god the kickback....lol

[@ForestTekkenVideos]

Awesome video 👍

[@cjleon1104]

H&R reproduced these in the 70s i believe?

[@armADa_GS]

Awesome firearm, always happy yo watch your videos

[@Deguy851]

Noice man, continue running the KZbin channel, you are so underrated

[@bp814]

7.4 million subscribers... underrated?

[@Deguy851]

@@bp814 well um….

[@peternorton5648]

@@bp814 Not underrated in my book for sure. I came to say the same thing. lol

[@humpy936]

It was obsolete when it first came out, the only reason they did was because they could convert all those Civil War percussion leftovers, I do like them however, and I have an old trap door myself, there were just better options by then. Indians actually outgunned Custers troops. The Remington rolling block which I believe came out in 1867 was a better design, which I have also, not to mention the lever action had come out by then.

[@hickok45]

The world's militaries were using single shot rifles at the time, so for military use, it was almost "state of the art." Civilians had higher capacity options with lever guns, but they were basically pistol cartridges. See our video called "Lever Guns in the Military."

[@humpy936]

@@hickok45 Yes sir, I agree with everything you said but most battles at the time we’re fairly close in range, and those pistol cartridges would’ve done the job, if we had interviewed any survivors of Custers outfit, I’m sure they would’ve agreed. The military leaders of the day like many leaders today do not have any foresight, many of them also actually thought having more than one shot would be a waste of ammunition, back in the day give me one of those pistol caliber lever actions over a single shot rifled musket, at least they did have some modern handguns of the time in the Colt revolver. Well, I will still enjoy shooting my old trapdoor, and my old rolling block they are a lot of fun.

[@cdavidlake2]

I remember seeing these at gun shows in the early 80s and thinking they were impossibly expensive...and *kicking* myself now for not picking one up. Can say much the same for Garands, M1 Carbines, and on and on.

[@billh-gl2lf]

Finally got around to subscribing

[@djcay-j3358]

Hey Hickok45 I have a question? What is your bug out bag or what are the top 3 or 5 guns you feel like is a must have in your backpack or just in general for an everyday carry?

[@johnzajac9849]

This type of rifle was used by Custer's troops at the LBH in June, 1876.

[@ditzydoo4378]

1873... seems old when compared to my 1898 Krag... just by a bit. ^~^ but either 150-years, or 125-years ago they are still cracking good rifles.

[@steveferris663]

1865 were 58 Rimfire (maybe 50). 1866 were 50-70 with barrel liners (about 5,000). By 1868 (still 50-70) … they were ready for the 100 thousands … Cost was about $5-$8.50 a conversion … cheap when the country was bankrupt! The 45-70-405 was the Infantry Rifle. Carbines were 45-55-405 (also, the standard cartridge for rifles during the Indian Wars). By 1884-87, the round changed to 55-70-500 for the rifles.

[@mikenstien1861]

Just thought I'd tell you what the problem with the trapdoors at Little Bighorn. Early cartridges for the trapdoor were made from copper, brass came a little later. The copper cartridges would often tear, split and fail to eject. From what I remember from history Custers soldiers and perhaps all involved in that battle, had a mixture of copper and brass cartridges which caused even more problems when soldiers picked up ammo off the dead which might have different case than you had. Just bad all the way around.

[@Aspen7780]

I always thought it would just be so cool to go elk hunting with a Cavalry trapdoor carbine or a Sharps repro. Oh well. One can always dream.

[@sam-nariman6236]

Pew, ding, hahaha... 😂

[@brocklytodd5317]

favorite rifle in Red Dead Redemption

[@TheTrogolizer]

I wish it was the full length rifle variant

[@3l3v473d]

pretty decent Hunt Showdown rifle too

[@HazelS71]

Absolutely loved your video on the guns of Red Dead Redemption 2 and the Springfield and Krag are really fun to use in the game each has their own unique use cases from hunting to combat just really cool historical weapons appreciate you Mr.Hickock Godbless and be well friend!

[@rickharris2556]

I would love to have one but everyone l've seen are between $1200 to $2500 & l can't fork out that kind of cash at the moment

[@Marcus-rg7bg]

Good job. Now i want that. Great.

[@janicefletcher3588]

Oh yes it got a kick to it😊

[@janicefletcher3588]

Hello Hickok happy Halloween

[@janicefletcher3588]

Love the name

[@billh-gl2lf]

Interesting firearm…..more used ,in real life,by the military than the movie gun,the Winchester (73,or92)

[@spunky6692]

have you thought about doing a video on the Lemat revolver?

[@hatfieldmccoy0311]

My had come from my Great Grandpa, he bought it after coming home from WW1, Then he went to work in the mines of Mingo County and used it to fight deputies, and WV National Guard. His was the 1888 with the buffington sights. I was wondering if you could direct me to where I can find information on how to use the long range sights. There is a ladder sight on butt stock that flips up and another ladder sight forward of that. Any info would help. My mom wants me to take a deer with it this year, I just do not understand how these sights work

[@wayneodle6876]

Does Balistol need to be wet when you lubricate the gun before going out to the range ?

[@mr-oq2kq]

I’m sure you have mentioned it before, but, who makes those ear plugs that you wear. Thanks

[@williamhervey6409]

Does anyone know if any companies are making a reproduction trapdoor ?

[@williamhervey6409]

It just seems like it would be great fun to shoot !

[@hickok45]

Yes, I've seen them at Dixie Gun Works and other places. Not sure which Italian maker makes them, but at least one does.

[@williamhervey6409]

@@hickok45 thank you!

[@RandyBurke4469]

I just aquired a 1873 trapdoor springfeild .45-75 22" carbine conversion. Is there off the shelf ammo i can shoot through it? Or is hand loading going to be more safe?

[@danhuelmo9709]

Hello Sir and God Bless for Good Patriotism i have a question for you have you ever done a video and have you tried the Springfield Hellion Rifle? I would love to hear your opinion on the Hellion thank you

[@fredo1070]

The rifle made famous by the Battle of Little Bighorn.

[@FishKepr]

Wouldn’t that be INfamous?

[@timkraft4583]

Was reading articles in NRA magazine about this rifle. There are many variants of this rifle for sure.. Make sure to join the NRA if you didn't already.

[@rileymartin4565]

Life is good!!!

[@conlush6665]

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