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The Springfield Model 1882 Short Rifle was a trapdoor rifle based on the design of the Springfield Model 1873. It is usually referred to as a short rifle but is sometimes called a carbine.The Model 1882 was an experiment by Springfield Armory. Its main goal was to combine the carbine and rifle into a single arm which they called the short rifle (a concept which the U.S. Army would not accept until the adoption of the M1903 Springfield).