Pattern 1860 bayonet

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Pattern 1860 bayonet

Post by joseyclosey » Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:11 pm

This bayonet belongs to one of our club members who bought it to go with his .22 conversion of a Martini Henry and he very kindly let me photograph and do a little research on it.

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What we have as far as I can ascertain is a Pattern 1860 Yataghan bayonet originally designed for the Pattern 1856 rifle. This particular bayonet being converted in the 1890's to be used as a shortened bayonet for the boy's of the cadet force.

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The original ricasso marks have unfortunately been mainly removed leaving only later conversion dates. The crown 58E is the Enfield inspectors stamp.

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Many Patt 1860's and earlier Yataghan bayonets had a bushed muzzle ring fitted in the 1870's to allow fitment to the Martini Henry rifles.

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No idea what the W and GT signify??

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The original Patt 1860 was considerably longer and obviously the scabbards were cut down to suit.

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:14 am

Excellent post Joe, thanks.
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Post by dhtaxi » Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:21 pm

Thanks for that Joe interesting.
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Re: Pattern 1860 bayonet

Post by A square 10 » Sun Dec 22, 2013 11:48 pm

interesting piece , id love to find an example of the 22cal conversion as well ,
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