In effect your bayonet was a british P13 one diverted to the US Army as others from the contract of September 1917. They did cancel british acceptance markings and added the big US. God knows how it did arrive in England. The pic below is from the big US bayonet guru Gary Cunningham who is pointing ...

Attention PeterN2, your bayonet is not for an US M1917 rifle but for the british P14 then you dont need an US scabbard with the 1910 hook. It's quite easy to detect these bayonets, the ones for the P14 bears the double date: 1913 for the model and 1917 for manifacturing whil US Armi ones bears only ...

It could be also too light bullet crimping. When the round is slammed into chamber, the case will rest on chamber shoulder and the bullet go ahed until is catched by rifling. Try use a stronger crimp tool.

There is a WWI aussie machinegunner (first left) with a Colt 1917 revolver which fit perfectly in an open top Webley holster

No Tom. The problem is in the pics, the first one I did before treating the textan 42 with saddle soap so in the next the textan appears in its original russet colour. I'll try to post the old ebay pics. As you can see this holster itsn't butchered and it's really identical to US 1942. hat is strang...

Another one. Don't you mind for bad quality pics, look at the shape

One more pic: on the left Textan 42, on the right Bonney&Clarke

This is a real oddity I bought at Australia ebay. It's an holster made for the US revolvers M1917 following the US 1942 production. Its maker is Bonney & Clarke (a well known aussie leather maker) and carefully scratched on leather it bears R.F.Feethers name. I start investigations and the only ...

Many thanks Tom. I have another quiz for you about an australian made copy of US hoster for M1917 revolvers. I'll post it soon.

There are pictures. As you can see it's a regular 1916 holster. I cannot say WWI or WWII. My interest is to know what mean "H" and G.P.&S.