Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard - dated 1895 Category_MG 42 Accessories It is designed to run

It is designed to run off gasoline

R & HCHICAGOSPEC

On 26-July-1942 the Group moved to Will Rogers Field

most likely having been broken during service

The butt stock and fore end are in NEAR FINE condition and are solid without any breaks

Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard - dated 1895 Category_MG 42 Accessories It is designed to runOriginal Item: Only One Available. This a very nice late Victorian Era British Pattern of 1888 bayonet, made originally to fit the Magazine LeeMetford (MLM) rifle, first introduced in 1888. This rifle had been designed to use a . 303 Black Powder cartridge, however smokeless powder was later introduced for a new . 303 cartridge, and the Metford rifling proved to be wholly unsuited for the more powerful propellant. As such, a new rifle was introduced