Original British P-1842 Socket Bayonet for use with Lovell Catch French Machine Guns WWII Issued basket belt drum

WWII Issued basket belt drum

The early blade is the style without a motto

Thousands of these pinfire revolvers were imported for use by US troops

with belt sizing strap in center of back

principally by the British Martini-Henry

Original British P-1842 Socket Bayonet for use with Lovell Catch French Machine Guns WWII Issued basket belt drumOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a hard to find bayonet typically because people do not know what to look for. It was introduced in 1842 because complaints were made that the standard Hanovarian catch bayonet was shaking lose under fire, the vibration resulting in the bayonet's rear rim jumping out from the "S" shaped spring catch. Even the Duke of Wellington got involved and suggested the addition of a socket ring, not previously adopted by