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British B.S.A. Pattern 1876 Martini-Henry Socket Bayonet
Guns International #: 102358733 Seller's Inventory #: 45788
Category: Bayonets - Edged Weapons Pre 1900
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
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About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
This is a pattern 1876 socket bayonet made for the Martini-Henry, also known as the common long 1876. This bayonet is in very good condition with a socket that has browned to a nice patina and a blade that has some age soiling and a mottled pattern on the surface with a good deal of the blade left in the white. It is marked B.S.A. with an over-all length of 25 1/4" with a 21 5/8" blade, .71" socket. According to Skennertons book, British & Commonwealth Bayonets, of the approximately 500k 1876's that were made, about 10k made by B.S.A were rejected for "water reins" a minor flaw. Later some of these rejects were sold to the colonial governments and the rest scrapped. That being known this bayonet is mark as a B.S.A., year 1877 manufactured bayonet but has no proofs or British military acceptance marks and the only other mark is a 2 on the rifle side of the socket.
SOLD