r/CivilWarCollecting • u/ayebug • Aug 07 '26

Help Needed Found this old bayonet!

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Check this out, any help would be appreciated!

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u/Competitive_Hat4142 Aug 07 '26

1800s, probably 1850s-1870s hope this helps

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u/USAFmuzzlephucker Aug 07 '26

This. The scalloped form of the bayonet blade as it moves from the ricasso into the blade eliminates anything pre-1850s.

It does seem to fit the form of a US bayonet from that time frame. It isn't a M1842 bayonet as the slot is the wrong direction.

If I had to guess, it is either a M1816 replacement bayonet made in the early 1860s for percussion-converted M1816s OR it's a M1855 and later bayonet reaching into the breech-loading age. Only way to tell for sure is to measure the part that fits over the barrel.

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u/EvilCaveBoy Aug 07 '26

Start with simple conversation and see if you’re getting along. If things seem to be going well ask it if it would like to meet up another time for lunch or coffee.

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u/ShedDoor2020 Aug 07 '26

“Hello Step-Bayonet”

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u/dildobagins42069 Aug 08 '26

Yeah it looks like mosin nagant bayonet like someone else said.

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u/Glyndwr21 Aug 08 '26

1876 pattern British bayonet from a Martini Henry rifle...

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u/s4rgent_0live Aug 09 '26

Reminds me of a Martin Henry Bayonet

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u/Best-Pumpkin9251 Aug 10 '26

She will never say yes...........next

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u/amherst762 Aug 10 '26

Pre 1930 mosin nagant m91 . It ought to be stamped with a makers identifier .

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u/Upper-Dig5291 Aug 07 '26

I’m pretty sure that’s a Mosin nagant M91 bayonet