Dating a Trapdoor Angular Bayonet?

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Hammer
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Re: Dating a Trapdoor Angular Bayonet?

Post by Hammer »

I actually had to go back and delete some pictures from earlier posts Id done in order to free up posting space for my new post :lol:

Are your two US stamps the same size and style? The two that are on mine are different sizes and look to be a different style at least on the S that I can see.
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Re: Dating a Trapdoor Angular Bayonet?

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I think I can post it for you. That’s a cool double strike. yours looks like the smaller style one on my bayonet.
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kenneth
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Re: Dating a Trapdoor Angular Bayonet?

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Let me ask one. Did Springfield do the cold shrinking or was that contracted to Pratt & Whitney?
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Re: Dating a Trapdoor Angular Bayonet?

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kenneth wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:38 am Let me ask one. Did Springfield do the cold shrinking or was that contracted to Pratt & Whitney?
"Reilly" doesn't say, just that the concept was credited to Col. Benton, who was employed at SA. Interestingly the process was done "over a mandrel". I always think about mandrels as a way to enlarge something. That tooling must have provided quite a squeeze!
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Re: Dating a Trapdoor Angular Bayonet?

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Here's another interesting bayonet.
I recently acquired this one for my 1870 dated M68 Made by Collins & Co.
I believe just over 10,000 were made.
This one fits my 1870 dated rifle perfectly.
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