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Item: B1008DG

Reproduction manual " Description and Rules for the Managment of the Springfield Rifle, Carbine and Army Revolvers Caliber .45 National Armory Springfield Mass 1874. Softcover, 51 pages, reprinted by Ray Riling copyright 1960. Covers the nomenclatures of parts for the Springfield Trapdoor Rifle and Carbine. Includes a section on their tools and appendages, the .45-70 cartridge, assembly, disassembly, and statistics. Has pullout section on trajectory comparing the rifle to the carbine. Also included are nomenclature for the Colt Revolver Calibre .45 and Schofield-Smith & Wesson Revolver Calibre .45. Included price list and index. Very good condition. From the late Burt Kellerstedt collection, purchaser will receive letter of provenance. A nice old reproduction of a manual virtually impossible to find original, and a nice memento of one of the great martial arms collectors of our time.