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<blockquote data-quote="scottb42" data-source="post: 2962230" data-attributes="member: 27603"><p>Based on the worldbayonets.com link and the latest photos, I'm calling the triangular-bladed bayonet a Pattern 1876 for use with the British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martini%E2%80%93Henry" target="_blank">Martini-Henry rifle</a> chambered in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.577/450_Martini%E2%80%93Henry" target="_blank">.577/450</a>. Could very well be wrong, but here is what jumps out at me (from worldbayonets): "Alterations [from a Pattern 1876 to 1895] include compressing the socket to the smaller diameter, filling the original mortise, and <strong>cutting a new mortise 90 degrees from the original to allow the bayonet to hang underneath the barrel when fixed</strong>. A filled portion of the original P1876 mortise is visible under bright light."</p><p></p><p>Based on the channel cut into the socket, it looks like the triangular-blade bayonet will be offset to the right (from the shooter's point of view) when fully installed, not underneath.</p><p></p><p>I'm still of a mind that the second (cruciform) bayonet is an 1871.</p><p></p><p>Sadly I'm not the old bayonet guru you asked for in the thread title, just an interested bystander. But I'm rapidly getting the "old" part down though...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scottb42, post: 2962230, member: 27603"] Based on the worldbayonets.com link and the latest photos, I'm calling the triangular-bladed bayonet a Pattern 1876 for use with the British [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martini%E2%80%93Henry']Martini-Henry rifle[/URL] chambered in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.577/450_Martini%E2%80%93Henry'].577/450[/URL]. Could very well be wrong, but here is what jumps out at me (from worldbayonets): "Alterations [from a Pattern 1876 to 1895] include compressing the socket to the smaller diameter, filling the original mortise, and [B]cutting a new mortise 90 degrees from the original to allow the bayonet to hang underneath the barrel when fixed[/B]. A filled portion of the original P1876 mortise is visible under bright light." Based on the channel cut into the socket, it looks like the triangular-blade bayonet will be offset to the right (from the shooter's point of view) when fully installed, not underneath. I'm still of a mind that the second (cruciform) bayonet is an 1871. Sadly I'm not the old bayonet guru you asked for in the thread title, just an interested bystander. But I'm rapidly getting the "old" part down though... [/QUOTE]
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