Original U.S. Rare Springfield Trapdoor Model 1881 "Forager" 20 Gauge Shotgun - Serial 274 Category_MG 34 Accessories including an improved rocket motor

including an improved rocket motor for a higher velocity to accurately engage targets past 200 m (660 ft)

By the end of 1943

more ammunition could be carried during heliborne operations

Every part on this display gun is original Pre-WWII manufacture other than rear of the receiver replaced by solid steel (as required by BATF)

Original U.S. Rare Springfield Trapdoor Model 1881 "Forager" 20 Gauge Shotgun - Serial 274 Category_MG 34 Accessories including an improved rocket motorOriginal Item: Only One available. Here is something that we have not had before! A rare Springfield Model 1881 "Forager", a 20 gauge shotgun version of the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. At the suggestion of Colonel J. C. Kelton (Assistant Adjutant General, Military Division of the Pacific and Department of California), the US Army adopted a 20ga