In just a few decades, the U.S. Army would see itself go from a single-shot, blackpowder design in the form of the Trapdoor Springfield to a modern, semi-automatic fighting rifle in the M1 Garand.

The U.S. Army would enter the 19th century equipped with a smoothbore flintlock musket that differed little from the designs of the past, and it would exit the century with a modern, bolt-action, ...

Springfield Armory Model 1898 Krag-Jorgensen Bolt Action Rifle National Museum of American History ...

Object Details licensee Krag, Ole H. J. Springfield Armory Credit Line Lt. Col. George C. Shaw 1894 associated date 1894 ID Number AF.307377 catalog number 307377 accession number 67947 serial number ...