MODEL 1890 SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR CARBINE FRONT
SIGHT HOOD: Due to reports from the field that
the relatively newly introduced Model 1888 Carbine Front
Sight Hood which snapped on to the front sight base was
being lost when the carbine was withdrawn from the
leather scabbards, the army replaced the Model 1888
Carbine Sight Hood with this Model 1890 Carbine Sight
Hood which was secured by pinned the hood in place
through the sight base, using the same hole which held
the sight blade. Resolving the problem and introduced
at the end of the service life of the Trapdoor arms in
the regular army, this was the last of the series of
Trapdoor Sight Hoods.
This specimen is in like new condition with the original
arsenal finish intact and properly marked “C”. $65
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