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"model" 1884?

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Isn't it supposed to be capitalized as "Model 1884"? I've never seen it written as "model 1884". They don't call it an m1884, it's an M1884. It looks weird written with a lowercase (same goes for the Model 1873, etc). On the Page on the Springfield M1903, they call it the "Model 1903". Why would one gun be a "model" and the others are "Models"? And properly, the title would be "Springfield Model of 1884", or "Springfield Rifle, Model of 1884", not "model 1884". I believe that's what the Army called them, anyway. I also question the "serrated" trigger...how is it "serrated"? I look at the picture, and it appears to be checkered, which is a common machining operation on firearms, but even if it only had horizontal grooves machined into it, I wouldn't call that "serrated" necessarily. AnnaGoFast (talk) 21:24, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]