British Bayonet bought for $10.00 at yard sale

[greg23]

I dont know too much about it,but for $10.00 I was not gonna be fussy with the price Grin . Any info would be appreciated.

HH

Greg

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Greg23 wrote:
> British bayonet bought for $10.00 at yard sale. Any info would be appreciated.

Definitely British. Note the famous British "Broad Arrow" marking. Your yardsale-bargain bayonet appears to be a Martini P-1876 socket-bayonet, for use on the Martini-Henry breechloading rifle (made famous to us Americans in the excellent Historical movies "Zulu" and "Zulu Dawn"). Your bayonet's locking-ring is missing. The scabbard you bought with it appears to be the Mark-III version, which is correct for use with the Martini P-1876 bayonet.

 

[diggummup]

TheCannonballGuy is correct. See your "garage sale finds" post.

 

[greg23]

Thanks very much guys for the help.Do you have any idea on the value of it?

 

[uglymailman]

Looks like it was worth at least 10 bucks to somebody.