I picked up an unusual Trapdoor this week. The gun is a Cadet Model with 1884 sights and looks to be all original. I stripped the gun and from the wear and dirt patterns the gun has not been apaprt since it was new. Now here is the odd part. The gun has full sling and stacking swivles and the stock shows no signs of ever having a cartouche. It is a true cadet with a 29+ barrel and the narrower buttplate and stock but the lock is blued and is 100% blue the trapdoor still has traces of colour case as does the tang but the breech block is blued. The gun is all original, and nothing is right according to my books. In my books 1884 Cadets started at 500000 serial number and this one is 403000. It shouldn't have swivles, it should have a cartouche, the lock should have been cased ect.
Any help from our Trapdoor experts.
By the way the bore is good and it will be a shooter.