Bayonets
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Collector Carl Panak demonstrates the bayonet thrust with his M1917 Enfield rifle and bayonet attached. Courtesy of Carl Panak
M1905 Bayonet with M1905 Scabbard
This 1908 dated Springfield Armory 16 inch bayonet was used with the M1903 Springfield Rifle. The scabbard is the leather M1905 which used a swivelling hanger that clipped to the cartridge belt. Many of these were still in service by National Guard soldiers on the Mexican Border.
This photograph shows how the hanger to the M1905 Bayonet Scabbard was attached to the cartridge belt.
M1905 Bayonet with modified M1905 Scabbard
The M1905 Scabbard was modified post 1910 by the removal of the swivel hanger and then replaced by the 1910 type wire hanger- this is the scabbard seen here, dated 1906 with 1906 dated bayonet. The bayonet was also carried in the M1910 scabbard which was distinguished by it's canvas cover with leather tip.Carl Panak Collection
Detail of the 1910 modification to the M1905 Bayonet. Carl Panak Collection
Springfield Armory M1905 Bayonet, dated 1918
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