In the British manuals of old, it wasIt's actually "affix" bayonets. But a lot of stuff gets lost in translation,
Lol…@Old Sandman 71
Why is there a person in a wetsuit hanging from your wall?
Do you know a guy named Maynard?
My buddy was an M47 commander in the '50s. He said they had so many Carbines with bent barrels that they developed a special tool (basically a .30 cal. aluminum rod) to gauge straightness and they would just keep bending them back until the rod went straight down the bore to the breech. He blamed repeated bayonet drills and soft steel for the tube damage.My reserve unit was on standby one time for riot duty in Wash. DC in the late ‘60’s.
We were told to make sure we were issued a bayonet for our M-1’s and Carbines and did training with them.
Thankfully, we weren’t deployed.
The private.
Wow, she looks fantastic!The Lee-Enfield #4 Mk1* I mentioned back in post #57 got photographed with its bayonet for the first time today. Got the bayonet a few years ago when I was converting this rifle back to original after being sporterized for almost 25 years. Nothing was drilled or tapped and I still had all the original matching numbers parts. Had to purchase a couple small parts from Numrich and figured this would be a good time to get a bayonet, too. The de-sporterizing project was covered here on this site back in Jan. 2020 in a thread entitled, "Old Firearms Projects In Limbo". Now I finally have photos of the bayonet on the gun after being reminded by this thread. View attachment 1166428..View attachment 1166429.. View attachment 1166430. Here's what it formerly looked like; View attachment 1166431..
I was focusing on the cat playing dead lower left.