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  • JBinIll
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2010
    • 5608

    #1

    Trapdoors in pictures…...

    ……..these guys have some serious bedrolls.IDed as 1st California Infantry circa 1898-1900-

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    A man with a sword may talk of peace.A man with out a sword may talk of peace,but he must talk very fast indeed.
  • 45govt
    Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 83

    #2
    The "Corbusier" in the photo is likely Frank Corbusier son of Fanny Dunbar Corbusier and William Corbusier who was an Army Surgeon and served among other places in Arizona in the 1880's during the Apache hostilities
    The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms....

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    • psteinmayer
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2011
      • 1527

      #3
      What an interesting time that was. Not that I don't appreciate modern times, but I would also love to be able to time travel and visit these eras as they were happening!
      "I was home... What happened? What the Hell Happened?" - MM1 Jacob Holman, USS San Pablo

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      • blackhawknj
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2011
        • 3754

        #4
        They will soon leave those pack behind and wear blanket rolls. Looks like they have M1884s, they are carrying socket bayonets.

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        • IditarodJoe
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2009
          • 1529

          #5
          Cute puppy.
          "They've took the fun out of running the race. You never see a campfire anywhere. There's never any time for visiting." - Joe Redington Sr., 1997

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          • mr.j
            Senior Member
            • Feb 2012
            • 141

            #6
            scouts1900.jpg Question about the rifles in picture, Can anyone tell what they are? I'm guessing trapdoor carbine's with the metcalf attachment on side of them. They are Apache Scots holding the rifles.

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            • Tom Trevor
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2009
              • 566

              #7
              Krag carbines.

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              • Dick Hosmer
                Very Senior Member - OFC
                • Aug 2009
                • 5993

                #8
                They are Model 1896 Krag carbines in .30-40 - so photo was taken at some time later than 1897 - not "trapdoors" at all.

                FWIW, the 1000 Metcalfe devices made in 1876 were not (aside from 2-3 test pieces) ever used on carbines.

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                • butlersrangers
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2012
                  • 533

                  #9
                  Dogs of War?

                  I could not help myself!

                  dogs of war.jpg

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                  • psteinmayer
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 1527

                    #10
                    LOL Chuck
                    "I was home... What happened? What the Hell Happened?" - MM1 Jacob Holman, USS San Pablo

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