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Information about this bayonet
The very large single piece cast brass hilt is 140 millimeters long and has a feather or scale pattern on the sides and bottom of the grip. There is a forward swept round finial on the bottom of the guard and no finial on top of the muzzle ring. The press stud spring is rather large. There is no blade rivet in the center of the cross guard. The muzzle ring inside diameter is 18.1 millimeters and it stands 5.5 millimeter above the hilt flat. The lug slot's top edges are straight and unchamfered. There is no guide slot.
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This side-by-side shot shows the similarities between this bayonet and the Turkish Model 1874 bayonet. Both bayonets are interchangeable on the Peabody Martini Type B Rifle.
The large yataghan blade is 576 millimeters long and has unstopped fullers.
Information from other sources
Edward Hull, "Peabody Firearms, Plate25-7, Hull states that the observed brass hilted bayonets have a style of fish-scale grip that was commonly used by the Ames Manufacturing Company on bayonets it manufactured in the 1880 period and a blade style that is identical to the Peabody Martini Model 1874 sword bayonet. The purpose for which Ames made these bayonets is unknown; they may have merely been samples of what could be made, for use on either the Peabody Martini or Martini Henry rifle.
See Unknown Peabody Martini Bayonet Type 1 for more details.
Speculation and questions
The connections to the Peabody Martini rifle and Ames Manufacturing Company are pretty strong but the purpose and numbers produced are still uncertain. If its purpose was for sales samples then the numbers produced would be very limited.
Example Reference # 5039
Example Reference # 5039
Note! All measurements are in millimeters
Note! All measurements are in millimeters
Muzzle Ring Diameter -------- 18.1
Overall Length ---------------- 714
Hilt Length -------------------- 140
Blade Length ------------------ 576
Blade Width ------------------- 33.0
Blade Thickness --------------- 8.6
Lock to Muzzle Length ------- ?
Press Stud Spring Length ---- 57
Guide Slot Length ------------ None
Lug to Stop Length ----------- ?
Lug Slot Width --------------- ?
Lug Width -------------------- 11.1
Lug Thickness ---------------- 5.3
Lug Depth -------------------- ?
This bayonet is totally unmarked. The muzzle ring is 5.5 mm above the hilt flat. The steel mounted black leather scabbard appears to be a typical scabbard that is found on the Turkish Model 1874 Peabody Martini sword bayonet.
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