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Honkytonk
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Posted: November 13 2022 at 3:10pm |
Actually, maybe the rear sight is calibrated for 75 yards when all the way up!
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terrylee
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Compared to a Martini Henry with a similar bayonet. Designed for for those equipped with the carbines to withstand a cavalry charge. |
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Honkytonk
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Pull the trigger, thrust blade... steel and lead probably hit the target at the same time! Be tough to turn around in doorways!
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A square 10
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or using volley sights ?
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scottz63
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That would be akin to lobbing a grenade over a high wall. Lol!
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britrifles
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A bit of an overly optimistic rear sight!
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terrylee
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After more than two months I feel that we could do with another change! Not an Enfield, but a British long-reach carbine with its bayonet. A Jacobs Rifle and sighted up to 2,000 yards! |
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i guess that makes sense
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Zed
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There are various other bits of metal sticking out of the wall as well.
I suspect it was probably just to hang a net of hay for the horses.
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It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice!
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Shamu
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We kinda sorta did this a while back. Whosoever shall pull this bayonet from the barn shalt be proclaimed pure of intent & trusty of heart & shall rule the kingdom! (unless he posesseth upon his person WD 40!)
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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its fun when these come back areound - ZED , why is it in the wall ? was there a reason it got selected for the purpose ?
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LeadKisses
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Wow, neat collection!
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Zed
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I bought a slightly rusty 1853 type bayonnet for 3 Euro's a couple of years back.
This was at a local village brocante. It was attached to a broom handle; and a guy was looking at it and asked the price. 3 Euros says the seller; " I'll give you 2" says the guy. "No" says the seller (Meanwhile I'm sorting 3 Euro in change in my pocket). 2.50 says the guy; "No it's 3 Euro's" says the seller. As soon as the guy turns away; (probably expecting the seller to say OK 2.50. I step forward " Here's 3 Euro" and off we walk with the bayonnet; just as the other guy was turning back! I gave it to a neighbour who's in to the local history of the 1870 Prussian war; of which the region was heavily involved. In particular the 18th October 1870 battle of Chateaudun. Here's the one in the wall! |
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paddyofurniture
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I never see these spike bayonets here in the States.
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Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts.
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scottz63
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Very nice collection!
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terrylee
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The .450 Martini Henrys and their (chronologically) sequenced bayonets: Mks. I, I/II, II, III, AC, CC, IVa, IVb & IVc.
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