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Authentic Original Rifle & Musket Bayonets of .58 Caliber
Authentic Artifacts from the Revolutionary War Era thru About 1840 |
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Original Arsenal Brown Model 1816 .69 Caliber Springfield Pattern Musket Bayonet
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This is a great looking bayonet. It is the .69 caliber bayonet that was designed to go on the Springfield or contract maker muskets of the model 1816 pattern. There were many of these bayonet used by soldiers on both sides of the Civil War since it is what many of the arsenals had on hand when the war broke out. This one has a beautiful full-length 16 inch blade with a nice tone tone all over. One thing that makes this one special is that it still retains a fine amount of the original Arsenal Browning finish. Most of the time this is missing in action. The bayonet has the large "US" stampings on the base of the blade as well as the deep "11" Stamped into the metal on the socket side of that. The socket is in fine shape and is nice enough to be put back onto a gun today. As you can see the surface of the bayonet still retains a fine amount of the original factory Browning with some pitting on the shank. This is a fine bayonet from all angles. Item #: B8078 (Sold)
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