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Original Seminole War relic US 1816 type socket bayonet
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Original U.S. STYLE OF 1816 SOCKET BAYONET similar to: Reilley # B64 ...........U.S. M1816 variant This Relic bayonet looks like a variant of the Model 1816 U.S. Socket Bayonet and is very similar to Figure B64 in: American Socket Bayonets and Scabbards , by Robert M. Reilly, which he describes as "The bayonet depicted strongly resembles the standard Model 1816 in all but one small but very important detail: the far smaller than usual mortising. Its bore diameter is .830 which falls within the nominal range of the musket bayonets, but the small mortising precludes any possibility of its fitting the musket. The blade is 16-1/16 X 29/32 inches and includes an 8-3/16 inch face flute....The firearm for which this bayonet was intended is unknown, but may be for one of the early contract rifles.. ...", p.45 It differs from the description above in the following ways: The blade is only 15-15/16" long, X 26/32"at the shoulder, with a 9" well-defined face flute; the overall length is 19-1/16" & the socket is 3-3/16" long with a 1-1/2" muzzel length. In addition the shank is 1-1/2"& the bore diameter is .812 inch. T are several markings on the blade flat, including a deeply struck "US" over indecipherable inspector's initials. Some variations from B64 are due to loss of metal caused by erosion, others, obviously, are not. This Relic Bayonet is a Marion County, Florida Find. Florida relics are often in good shape, if buried in the sugar sand, and this example though encrusted in old rust, is intact to the extent of visible US ownership markings. It looks to have been varnished for display at some time in the past. Second Seminole War M1816 bayonets sometimes have been found sticking out of the ground, but such finds generally have eroded or nearly missing points, especially when found in mesic to hydric hammocks. Since this has the small mortise : (@5/32") listed in Reilly as B64, as well as the short left branch of the "T" mortise, as he pictures, it may have gone to a State Contract musket brought to Florida during the 1835 to 1842 War. Guaranteed to be original & as described...A really neat piece! |
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