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GOPHER SLAYER
08-14-2017, 07:04 PM
I bought a Springfield Trapdoor today and I got some accessories with it and I have no idea what they are. I am attaching pictures in case someone might know what they are used for.

Cloudy
08-14-2017, 09:20 PM
Other than the rod, they look like Mosin-Nagant tools.

Scharfschuetze
08-14-2017, 09:30 PM
I agree with Cloudy on the MN tools. I have a set that came with my Polish MN carbine.

Trapdoor combo tools are quite different and depending on the year of issue, vary to some extent. The main tool was a hammer spring container for lock disassembly that also had a screw driver blade and a punch. In the 1888 Ramrod Bayonet model, the bayonet/cleaning rod was threaded at the back end and a "button" screwed on for a cleaning jag. It also came with a reverse rifled plug for cleaning the bore or removing leading or stuck bullets. In the 1888 rifle and I one of the later carbine models, the combo tools were stored in the butstock of the the rifle under a swiveling butplate latch. For all the previous models, they were carried loose by the soldiers.

M-Tecs
08-14-2017, 10:00 PM
Pics of TD tools here http://trapdoorcollector.com/parts.html

GOPHER SLAYER
08-14-2017, 10:44 PM
Thanks guys.