How did mail order guns work?

My grandfather, born in 1892, and his brother saved up and bought an 1873 springfield trapdoor rifle with bayonet thru mail order when they were both in their teens. I don't know the exact year, but it cost them a grand total of $1.98. They used it to shoot woodchucks. He never told me what they used the bayonet for. I have both of them and still shoot the rifle but I've never used the bayonet either.LOL.
 

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