Springfield Model 1875
TypeBreech-loading rifle
Place of originUnited States
Service history
Used byUnited States
Production history
DesignerErskine S. Allin
Designed1875
ManufacturerSpringfield Armory
Specifications
Barrel length26 in (660 mm)

Cartridge.45-70-405
ActionTrapdoor
Rate of fireUser dependent; usually 8 to 10 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity1,350 feet per second (410 m/s)
Feed systemBreech-loading
SightsIron sights

The Springfield Model 1875 was a variant of the Springfield Model 1873 rifle.

History and Design

The Model 1875 officer's rifle was checkered fore and aft of the trapdoor breech and tipped with white metal. It was fitted with a "globe and pinhead" foresight and a "buckhorn" backsight on the barrel.[1]

It also featured a well-made peep sight fitted on the small of the stock, which was graduated for ranges from 50 to 1,100 yards (46–1,006 m). The rifle had a trigger which could be set to use as a hair trigger. A wooden cleaning rod was fitted under the barrel, and was referred to as a "ramrod" in the rifle's documentation.[2]

The rifle originally sold for $36.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Model 1875 Officer's Rifle". The U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Information Center. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  2. 1 2 "Rifles and ammunition and rifle shooting" By Harcourt Ommundsen, Ernest Herbert Robinson
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