Springfield is the manufacturer. A rifle is a long arm with a rifled barrel. A carbine is a short rifle, generally considered having a barrel length of 20 inches or less. All carbines are rifles but not all rifles are carbines.
This Website will answer any question on Springfield 1873- http://www.trapdoorcollector.com/ A quick answer is the barrel on a carbine is shortened for cavalry use.
There is no way of knowing this.All records of the US model 1873 springfield rifle/carbine will not have what regiment was issued which rifle by serial number.
We need to know if it is a Garand or carbine. A carbine is loaded from the bottom and a Garand is loaded from the top.If your rifle is a Springfield M-1 Garand rifle,then the serial number indicates that it was manufactured in the year 1942.
The serial number that you have supplied,indicates that your Springfield model 1873 rifle/carbine was made in the year 1880.
A Springfield trapdoor weighs roughly ten pounds for the long gun version and nine pounds with the short Carbine version.
Your Springfield model 1873 carbine which was made in 1880 will bring between 800-1,400 dollars,depending on overall condition,and a bore that is not to badly pitted or rusted.
Springfield is the manufacturer. A rifle is a long arm with a rifled barrel. A carbine is a short rifle, generally considered having a barrel length of 20 inches or less. All carbines are rifles but not all rifles are carbines.
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A carbine is a type of rifle.
your krag rifle can go for between 400-1750 dollars depending on condition and whether it is a rifle or carbine model,and its rare it is.I would have it apprasied by a pro.
Depends on which carbine. No one carbine, no one answer.
A carbine is a shorter version of a rifle. Named after a mounted French soldier that carried a shorter rifle- a Carabeiner.