This video explores a fascinating prototype tube-magazine trapdoor Springfield rifle, likely created by Augustine Sheridan Jones in the Dakota Territory during the 1880s. Jones had previously submitted a different magazine-fed Trapdoor to military trials. This particular rifle demonstrates a clever and functional integration of a tube magazine into the existing Trapdoor system, complete with a magazine cutoff that allows for both single-shot and repeating operation. The rifle's origin and the ingenuity of its conversion are highlighted.
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