

According to Flayderman's Guide, these guns were made c.1873 to 1877, with total quantities in the 73,000 range this number includes rifles, carbines and cadet rifles.The stock cartouche is dated 1887, and the serial number dates. Springfield Model 1884 'Trapdoor' rifle, chambered in.45-70 Government and dated to 1887/1888.Accepted Forms of Payment Springfield 1873 Rifle Serial Numbers The best bet would be as thorin6 suggests and go to as there is a gentleman there that has a database of serial numbers for 1873 carbines.

That serial number is not in the SRS database so there really is no way to trace unless you have some period documentation that lists that serial number. 1873 5 1,942 0 0 0 0 1,947? 1874 22,397 10,873 1 0 0 0 35,218? One of the weapons mentioned in that article was a Model 1873 Springfield.45-70 carbine found near the Little Big Horn battlefield in 1904 with serial number 41743. Trapdoor Production Data for Models 1873, 1875, 1877, 18 Calendar Year Rifles Carbines Cadet Rifles Ramrod Bayonet Rifles Officer's Model 1875 Forager Shotgun ONLY New Arms Produced Observed Final Ser.No. Model 1870 Rifle: In 1873, 100 had Metcalfe Attachments.
