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For the Red Dead Redemption 2 variant, see Springfield Rifle (RDR 2).

Indian Wars era military rifle. Powerful and accurate, but slow to fire and only holds a few rounds.

In-game Description


The Springfield Rifle is a weapon featured in Red Dead Redemption.

Acquisition[]

Single Player[]

Undead Nightmare[]

  • The player receives it after saving Ridgewood Farm from an Undead outbreak.
    • Alternatively, the player may come across a Springfield during a Stranded Camp or a Bolter Banquet in which the weapon can be found next to one of the dead bodies.

Multiplayer[]

Tactics[]

  • This rifle is a powerful weapon, with a single torso shot often killing a target that would otherwise require multiple shots from a repeater or handgun. As it is available early in the game, this makes it ideal with Level 1 Dead-Eye Targeting, although care must be taken at short range due to its limited ammo capacity and rate of fire.
  • Using this weapon against more than five targets can be dangerous, because after each shot Marston stays standing for about three seconds, and it is easy to die in that time at later levels in the game.
  • It should be noted that while firing this weapon from cover, Marston will have to cycle to the next shot before he is able to return to his cover position.
  • Always remember that the player may only have a four round capacity for the player's rifle, so act carefully when there are more than four enemies to deal with, but also remember with the high damage that the player might not have to shoot or mark the same target twice.
  • This rifle is very useful to unlock the Xbox 360 and PS3 sombrero avatar award, due to the good accuracy of the rifle.
  • This weapon has the fourth highest damage for Rifles/Repeaters.


Trivia[]

  • In real life the Springfield Model 1873 "Trapdoor" Carbine was a single-shot, breech-loading rifle.
    • To reach the ammo capacity of four, Marston holds each bullet in between his fingers, a common practice for real life users of single-shot rifles.
  • Anyone shooting out of cover with the Springfield Rifle will stay standing until they have finished reloading the weapon, afterwards they will pop back into cover.
  • After using the Springfield for a while, the player's first shot causes them to pull the action very slowly both in singleplayer and multiplayer.
  • In multiplayer, the Springfield is popular among NPC gang members who defend the many gang hideouts across the map. Players often refer to Springfield wielding NPCs as "snipers". Sniper NPCs are a leading cause of player deaths in gang hideouts. Some infamous sniper NPCs are Link Huston (Twin Rocks), Slink Bradshaw (Fort Mercer), Gus Ballard (also Fort Mercer), and Fletch Hillard (Gaptooth Breach).
  • In the Gunsmith description, it states that the rifle dates back to battles with Native American tribes; this is correct, since the various models of "trapdoor" Springfield were the US Army's standard-issue rifles from 1866 to 1892, the period of the Indian Wars.

Gallery[]

Achievements/Trophies[]

The Springfield Rifle can be used to unlock the following Trophies/Achievements:

Bullseye
20 gamerscoregamerscore
Bronze bronzebronze
Get 250 headshots in any game mode.

Thegunslinger1
5 gamerscoregamerscore
Silver silversilver
Get a headshot while in Expert Mode in Singleplayer.

Longarmofmarston
20 gamerscoregamerscore
Silver silversilver
Kill 500 enemies with any rifle, repeater, or shotgun
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