Trapdoor Springfields

[AFJuvat]

I bought it. :)

For the condition that it is in, and for the price (less than the price tag pictures above), it was just too good to pass up.

Have some brass, dies, and cast bullets on the way, should arrive at the house the same day I get home.

[butlersrangers]

Congratulations - Enjoy!

(Here is "SWP" and some of the guys who stocked your Trapdoor).

[AFJuvat]

Congratulations - Enjoy!

(Here is "SWP" and some of the guys who stocked your Trapdoor).

Which one is SWP? (I am assuming the gentleman in the bowler)

Do you happen to have a picture of the one who inspected my 1903 Krag? :)

EDIT... Found him.

[butlersrangers]

AFJuvat - Wow, where did you find the J. Sumner Adams photo and how is it documented?

1. (Mr. Samuel W. Porter is the seated gentleman with the Derby, holding the completed model 1873 Trapdoor).

2. Here is a photo of Erskine S. Allin.

3. I believe your "Joseph Sumner Adams" photo matches the gentleman working at the bench in front of Conrad Nelson.

[AFJuvat]

I did a search on the Springfield Armory Museum Archives.

(here is the search results)

http://ww3.rediscov.com/springar/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/springar/hbrowser.idc,CURRENT=6975,DATABASE=BIBLIO,RECORDMAX=50,ORDERBY=TITLE,THUMB_NAILS=YES,LEVEL_OPTION=biblio,


Here are the other three photos that were on the site.

[AFJuvat]

Found another photo of ES Allin

[Dick Hosmer]

Here's another:

[Dick Hosmer]

and another:

[psteinmayer]

Dick, aren't the gentlemen named Hosmer (George in the first photo, and W.E. in the second) ancestors of yours?

[Dick Hosmer]

Not precisely "ancestors", but definitely (even if somewhat distant) cousins - the lines split around 1700 or so

Snatched these off the SA website in haste. I have a much better printed copy of the one with George - who appears somewhat the dandy. The photo of William suffers some distortion - I may crop him out and stretch it vertically a bit.

SA had a "company magazine" (at least during WW1) called "The Armorer" which must be VERY scarce as I have found virtually NO information via any of the common search engines. I suspect that William's group pic comes from that publication.

Chuck - if you ever turn up any references to that magazine, I'd be grateful if you made me aware of same. Thanks.