Trapdoors

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I did things a bit backwards and came into a trapdoor that was modified to a hunting rifle that I got for a price I could not refuse. It had a shortened barrel replaced sights no collector value at all. So I did my research after the fact. Turns out that it was a sound gun and I shoot BP loads through it. One book that I recommend is Loading Cartridges for the 45-70 Springfield Rifle by J.S and Pat Wolf. It has a lot of information of how to duplicate the orig military loading used in these rifles as well as the history and what to look for when buying one. Since I got the rifle I've had the opportunity to see other trapdoors at gun shows and shops and their condition varied from ones that I would shoot to others that I wouldn't let near a loaded round. The one thing common about all of those guns were that they were asking $750 and up for them.