Springfield Armory Made a Trapdoor Shotgun?!?
Yep, Springfield Armory produced a limited number of shotguns using the breech-loading action developed by Erskine Allin.
Month: November 2022
Air Travel with Longer Rifles
If you transport guns via your checked baggage when flying, you know the requirements are pretty specific for transporting any firearm – hard case, locked, checked at TSA. The devil’s in the details though. Here I look at my solution for transporting longer-than-average rifles.
Close inspection has brought up some authenticity issues.. There is not a cartouche on the stock. Stock has small block…
Thanks Bill, I really appreciate the kind words, and am grateful for that forum and all I can learn from…
Greetings, Thanks for your research. I enjoyed reading your thoughts on the subject and am more convinced than ever that…
Wow, thanks for the comment, Tom. Your rifle, it seems, would have been manufactured in the first half of 1882,…
My forager has the serial number 91. It was purchased in the 1930's by my grandfather. It was a mail…