Finding a Trapdoor of any type in any condition for under $700 doesn't seem to happen much anymore. I certainly hope it is real, but even if not it would still fetch decent money. Drift that tiny cross pin out and the sight leaf will fall out. The front sight base is soldered to the barrel. If you don't plan on sniping buffalos or indians at 1800 yards, you can buy a reproduction front sigh leaf, and file it down till you get a 100 yard zero. My rifle shot about 18 inches high at 100.
To get the very slow, very heavy projectile to hit point of impact/point of aim at 250, it will shoot very high at 100. The battle zero on your carbine is about 250 yards. A 500 grain lead bullet at 1100 FPS drops 600 feet over that 1800 yards, and takes nearly 7 seconds to target. This was done intentionally and to compensate for bullet drift due to rifling spin. You'll notice the sliding leaf is placed at an angle. Take the time to learn that sight, it was the first US issue weapon sight with a peep sight, and is adjustable for windage and elevation to 1800 yards. The Buffington rear sight is a great weaponsight, probably better suited for a shooting competition than combat and was considered probably too complex for the average Soldier. That push for improved marksmanship is what brought the NRA into existence. The Little Big Horn massacre spurred a change in the US Army, promoting unit and Army wide shooting competitions for the purpose of improving individual shooting abilities, an upgraded rear sight on the issue long gun (the Buffington rear sight what you have) and better ammunition (replacing copper cases, which split, with brass). Little Big Horn was a wake up call, exposing horrible marksmanship, poor quality ammunition and little training dedicated to marksmanship, (due to great expense of obtaining ammunition in the West, and residual mentality from the Civil War musket days of mass gunfire in combat was better than precision shooting). I cast my own bullets and, as a weird hobby, have read original manuals and have made (and fired) as accurate as reproduction round as originally carried by US troops in that time period.įun fact, Custer's men carried the M1873 trapdoor at the Little Big Horn identical to that carbine except with the cruder rear sight. They are super fun to shoot, easy to reload for.
I have an 1884 rifle trapdoor, getting a carbine is on my short list.
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