RARE EARLY EXAMPLE of the U.S. MODEL 1816 BAYONET & LEATHER SCABBARD w/ FROG

Description: ( CELL PHONE USERS PLEASE CLICK THE "SEE FULL DESCRIPTION" LINK BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS AND PHOTOGRAPHS! ) Rare Example of a U.S. Model 1816 Bayonet and Leather Scabbard with Frog! Click images to enlarge Description Up for Consideration is a Beautiful, Early Example of a U.S. Model 1816 Bayonet and Leather Scabbard with Frog! This is an original triangular socket bayonet with rare leather and brass scabbard with frog made for the US Model 1816 Flintlock Musket longarm. In time, the M1816 was converted to a percussion musket and the accompanying accoutrements could also be affixed to the newer conversion. The M1816 bayonet was the first American bayonet to include a uniformly ground flute and the first bayonet to employ the “T” mortise in the socket. This Model 1816 bayonet and scabbard is in beautiful bright condition. It shows a US/TA inspector’s mark on the face of the blade at the base, a mark listed by Reilly among inspector stamps. The socket also bears an alpha-numeric stamp that is likely a batch code, though with two letters: “1” over an “B.” A small “84” at the rear of the mortise might be an individual workman’s number. Reilly felt alpha-numeric codes for batches of 2,400 bayonets indicated manufacture at Springfield or Harpers Ferry. The model 1816 bayonet is a collecting category of its own, measuring 19 inches overall with a 3-inch socket and 16-inch blade with a blunt “slash” point, its production extended into the 1840s and its use extended well into the Civil War, with some replacements made even then. There were variations in the presence or absence of face flutes and the shape of the point up to about 1822, but the pattern is readily recognizable by the T-shaped bayonet lug mortise (which may have started about 1813) and integral bridge, that would keep the bayonet on the muzzle of the musket even if pulled forward when withdrawing the blade from a target or jarred by the recoil of discharge. They were generally finished in the bright, with some possible browned exceptions from 1822 to 1831, and a few tinned examples. Careful inspection resulted in high degree of uniformity, but there is a lot of variety in blade markings, where in addition to a “US,” the initials of an inspector, maker, or state may be found. Size: 19.0 inches overall with 16.0 inch blade and 3.0 inch socket .Scabbard is 18.0 inches with a 4.0 inch frog. Total length of Bayonet with attached scabbard is 21.0 inches long. Condition is wonderful with a bit of rubbing to the black leather scabbard, blade is bright and clean with very little ware. Please note all images. This is an Ex-Museum Piece which had previously been on display in a Private Collection in Worcester, Massachusetts for many years! A Scarce and highly collectible Piece of History. 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Price: 450 USD

Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

End Time: 2024-09-04T22:39:59.000Z

Shipping Cost: 16.95 USD