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MODEL 1879 TRAPDOOR COMBINATION TOOL:  An Indian War period U.S. Army issue M1879 Combination Tool for the M1873 Springfield Trapdoor .45/70 Carbines and Rifles.  This tool was the first to be manufactured as a new tool since the end of the Civil War, where as previous patterns of tools for the Indian War rifles and carbines had been modified from the M1863 Springfield Combination Tool and other Civil War tools.  The M1879 features a right angle “U” shaped cut which served as a mainspring clamp, a pin punch on the static arm and a swinging screwdriver blade.  This specimen is in excellent condition.  See Gun Tools, Their History and Identification, Shaffer, Rutledge, and Dorsey, page 168 for more information.  $15

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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