Embedded Files
Shawn Gibson Collection
Information about this bayonet
This bayonet has a typical Collins style long hilt. The smooth ribbed brass hilt is 122 mm long and has 14 ribs. The muzzle ring is flush to the hilt flat and the inside diameter is 23.0 mm. 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 and spring are typical Collins construction. The center of the cross guard has a steel rivet through the blade.
Shawn Gibson Collection
The lug slot is chamfered around the top edge and there is a 16 mm guide slot. There appears to be an insert into the lug slot to shorten the slot length by 3 millimeters. The only example recorded has a two digit number stamped horizontally on the hilt flat in front of the guide bar slot in a small font.
Shawn Gibson Collection
The yataghan blade is 502 mm long and has unstopped fullers. The only example recorded is marked COLLINS & CO / HARTFORD / CONN in three straight lines on the left ricasso and dated 1861 on the right ricasso.
Shawn Gibson Collection
Information from other sources
Speculation and questions
The insert into the lug slot appears to be a modification similar to that found on Reference #217. The muzzle ring diameter and the numbering on the hilt flat are also similar but without more details it is uncertain if it was modified for the same rifle.
Example Reference # 5013
Example Reference # 5013
Note! All measurements are in millimeters
Note! All measurements are in millimeters
Muzzle Ring Diameter -------- 23.0
Overall Length ---------------- 626
Hilt Length -------------------- 122
Blade Length ------------------ 502
Blade Width ------------------- ?
Blade Thickness --------------- ?
Lock to Muzzle Length ------- ?
Press Stud Spring Length ----- ?
Guide Slot Length ------------- 16
Lug to Stop Length ----------- ?
Lug Slot Width --------------- ?
Lug Width -------------------- ?
Lug Thickness ---------------- ?
Lug Depth -------------------- ?
This bayonet is numbered 78 on the hilt flat in front of the guide bar slot in a small font. There is also a heart shaped stamp on the hilt flat close behind the muzzle ring. There is a wedge inserted into the lug slot reducing the stud -to-lock length by several millimeters and increasing the guide slot from 13 mm to 16 mm. The left ricasso is marked COLLINS & CO / HARTFORD / CONN in three straight lines and the right ricasso is dated 1861.
Shawn Gibson Collection
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse