pictures of the MLE bayonet
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Topic: pictures of the MLE bayonet
Posted By: Big B
Subject: pictures of the MLE bayonet
Date Posted: February 10 2021 at 10:19am
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Guys does anyone have a picture you can share for the MLE Long Lee bayonet with the hole for the cleaning rod up close? I am trying to find out what it looks like for my search. specifically the latch and the hole for the rod. I may have found one, but I want to make sure I am looking at the right one. there are lots of different ones for sure. thanks again.
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 10 2021 at 2:14pm
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see this for the exterior appearance you requested - https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C226181 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C226181" rel="nofollow - Lee Metford Pattern 1888 Sword Bayonet and Scabbard ...http://www.armsregister.com/arms_register/arms_register_documents/nzar_52_pattern_1888_bayonet.pdf http://www.armsregister.com/arms_register/arms_register_documents/nzar_52_pattern_1888_bayonet.pdf" rel="nofollow - 1888 Mk I and Mk I - New Zealand Arms Registeri cant find a quick look at the clearing rod hole , if you have access to "the lee enfield story" by skennerton , you will see an illustration of it on page 45 ,
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Posted By: FNQ303
Date Posted: February 10 2021 at 5:11pm
gday all haven't been around for a while so hope everyone is well. Hope this helps!! Edited to say sorry I read ya post in a hurry and just realised ya wanted the bayonet
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Posted By: Big B
Date Posted: February 11 2021 at 7:39am
| hahahahaha no worries, thanks for trying. Good looking gun. |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: February 11 2021 at 8:17am
It is a rifle.
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Big B wrote:Posted By: terrylee
Date Posted: February 11 2021 at 8:19am
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Rear of pommel for Pat. 1888 Mk I/2 showing mortist slot and extension bore to accommodate head of clearing rod.  |
Posted By: devrep
Date Posted: February 11 2021 at 9:42am
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that a bad ass double edge. ------------- double gun |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 11 2021 at 4:02pm
| yes one of the more elegant IMHO , as well as the rifles , but then i tend to the craftsmanship of the past - my kentucky rifle is one of my dearest , but black powder and flint are not my best area , american frontier cartridge is what im active in , |
Posted By: FNQ303
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 1:14am
No worries B ...here's the rest of it just cause 🤣ðŸ»
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Posted By: FNQ303
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 1:43am
And yet here's my "Rifle" sitting in a "Gun Rack"  (Not trying to be a smarta##e just having a chuckle over the vagaries of language
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 8:02pm
| nice 0 got your reloading setup in a shed ? or is that something else ? |
Posted By: FNQ303
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 9:31pm
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gday A square Yep that's the cleaning reloading and minor smithing bench in the shed out the back. Over here we can't store firearms in a rack on the wall unless they are chained and the room itself is basically a vault so I only use this one when I get home from a hunting trip etc and have a couple of rifles to clean or work on
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 10:09pm
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yes , i hear that , i like your arrangement tho , i wish i could have my stuff in a separate facility , i like that you have the rack - and use it it reminds me of growing up , we had two rifles and shotguns hanging on the fireplace upstairs and down , we had four of them in the dining room , and i had four of them them in my bedroom , there were handguns in the closet and headboards of the bed , i had one hanging on my bedroom wall , its not that we were all that into guns , its more like they were just part of life , i had a civil war heavy cavalry saber hanging on my wall as well , not acceptable today ....but everything changes with time , we may see that become more the norm someday in the future ,
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Posted By: Big B
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 6:19am
| that is weird, I can’t see my picture of the bayonet? Werid! |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 9:06am
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I don't see any either. How did you post them, I don't even see a link to them? ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Big B
Date Posted: February 14 2021 at 10:22pm
| yah too bad, I guess I am going to have to take my MLE and No4s to the story I found and see if the bayonet fits on the MLE and I’d the bolts work for the No4.s I will take pics and let you know. |