Trapdoor Rifles

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

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.

I think I can post it for you. That’s a cool double strike. yours looks like the smaller style one on my bayonet.

Let me ask one. Did Springfield do the cold shrinking or was that contracted to Pratt & Whitney?

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!

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.