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1873 SPRINGFIELD .45-70
Manufactured in 1882, the bore is very good, the wood has the usual dings and scratches. There is a Buffington rear sight. The metal has turned a dark patina. No FFL required to ship. $700.00 If interested email me at douglasmbowseryahoo.com

sir you may want to research the no FFL required part. it shoots current manufactured ammo. jm2c.

It was made before 1898. No FFL required per federal law.

read the whole law. if it uses current manufactured ammo it is not exempted by age.
flame on

Would need C&R, at minimum, I believe?

26 U.S.C. § 5845(G)

For the purposes of the National Firearms Act, the term “Antique Firearms” means any firearm not intended or redesigned for using rim fire or conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898 (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system or replica thereof, whether actually manufactured before or after the year 1898) and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.

That is for an NFA firearm. A trapdoor Springfield is not an NFA item. NFA would be SBR, SBS, AOW or machinegun.

According to the above list from Empire Arms, there are a lot more exempt firearms than I thought.

Just for example the Turk Mausers!

Looks to me like that Trapdoor is not considered to be a firearm requiring paperwork.

Something to think about I guess