Differences in mid-war Trapdoor Springfield and post-war Trapdoors?

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I know that post-war trapdoors were converted to .50 and centerfire, but did the actual trapdoor mechanism (aside from the striker placement) change between mid-war and post-war?
 
I know that post-war trapdoors were converted to .50 and centerfire, but did the actual trapdoor mechanism (aside from the striker placement) change between mid-war and post-war?
You will see some trapdoors with a 1863 date due to the fact that they converted 1863 Springfields muskets to trapdoors after the war.
 
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Notice in the listings of longarms for sale, Al Frasca has all his items photographed on the identical (lighted from underneath as well as above) table, and the photos for each arm are identical views. This means that is you are wanted to see a particular area, by looking at each listing, you will see multiple photos of exactly the same area, lighted the same and photographed the same. Comparing auction listings, you get various photographers taking images of differing quality, lighted differently, at strange angles, and sometimes missing a photo of the area you want to see.
This may sound confusing, but take take a look at some listings of his rifles for sale, and you will see how helpful it is to have this sort of images taken just alike for each rifle.
 
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