Bayonet find, need help with ID

[coinhound1983]

THe shaft is triangular, the entire object is exactly 21" long. Base of shaft is 3/4" wide. It has is stamp no serial number or any other marks

 

[nhbenz]

Springfield model 1873, perhaps? Item:10251417 U.S. Springfield Model 1873 45-70 Socket Bayonet For Sale at GunAuction.com
-These actually predate my area of better knowledge, so it would be good to have this confirmed.

 

[coinhound1983]

That looks about right actually. I appreciate it.. Still waiting for confirmation though.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I've been told that the simplest way to tell whether a bayonet is a US Model-1863 (or earlier) Springfield bayonet or a Springfield Model-1873 bayonet is to see if a penny will fit into the bayonet's socket-hole, or not. The Model-1873's hole is smaller, because it fit onto a .45-caliber rifle's barrel, and the Model-1863 was for a .58-caliber rifle

 

[coinhound1983]

The penny fits inside.. Cannonball guy can you pls give me a quick breakdown like. Was it used for union or confederate troops. Was it used in the cw at all? Even a quick link, whichever helps me best.. Thnx so much

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Besides your bayonet's blade and socket having the EXACT shape of the US version of socket-bayonet during the civil war, yours is clearly stamped US. Therefore, it is absolutely a yankee-made one. I cannot tell you whether or not yours actually got USED in the war, because it is not an excavated one (meaning, dug out of the ground at a battlesite or army campsite). So, there's no way to know for sure whether yours actually got issued to a soldier (and was brought home as a souvenir), or was an un-issued "leftover" from wartime manufacturing. Since you asked for an Educational link, go here:
Bayonet, socket, model 1855, 1861 & 1863

To learn about other civil war (1861-65) models, and pre-civil-war models, and the 1866, 1867, and 1873 models, go here:
Socket Bayonets

 

[coinhound1983]

Perfect and thank you!!