Matching rifle and bayonet thread

[Horilka]

Let's see some matching rifles and bayonet pairs.

This one might not be classical matching rifle as all G96/11 are reworks from G96. Also G96/11 never have matching rear sights as they were manufactured separately and bear "assembly number". Also barrel bands could be unnumbered or mismatched from factory. Bayonet was factory renumbered when this G96/11 was put together. Still she is good as 96/11 could be.
































Now let's see your rifle/bayo matching pairs. What else can be found in Canada - Brazilian Mausers, Portuguese K98k's, K31's?

 

[Eaglelord17]

My Mosin Nagant M91/30 is a matching bayonet and rifle, though I don't really have time to dig it out for a photo op (and odds are not exactly what you were thinking).

 

[tiriaq]

My Mk. III Ross - one of the ones transferred to the RN after being withdrawn from front line infantry service, and issued aboard HMS Canada, is accompanied by a bayonet with RN modifications to the blade and RN frog. Rifle and bayonet have matching serial numbers from when HMS Canada went to the Chilean navy.
Some time after I acquired the rifle, the bayonet turned up, and I was able to reunite them.

 

[Horilka]

My Mk. III Ross - one of the ones transferred to the RN after being withdrawn from front line infantry service, and issued aboard HMS Canada, is accompanied by a bayonet with RN modifications to the blade and RN frog. Rifle and bayonet have matching serial numbers from when HMS Canada went to the Chilean navy.
Some time after I acquired the rifle, the bayonet turned up, and I was able to reunite them.

Reuniting rifle and bayo is quite a story. Do you have pictures to share? 'Coz you know - "pictures or it never happened".

 

[polaris]

Rifle with serial number matching bayonets:

• 1908 Brazilian Mauser
• 3x 1935 Brazilian Mauser
• Persian Mauser 29/98
• 2 Swiss K31

sorry, no pictures at this time.

 

[Tinman204]

I have a Turkish 88/05/35 that is all matching and appears unfired. It also has the matching bayo.

 

[Horilka]

Persian and Turk surprise me, I would have not expected to find them with matching bayonets. Post your pictures when you have time, it would be nice to see all those rifles.

 

[donor]

I have a Turkish 88/05/35 that is all matching and appears unfired. It also has the matching bayo.

That I would love to see.Turks usually put their rifles thru hell and back judging by shape they are in. Pics please!

 

[Horilka]

Here's another one. Portuguese Mauser 1904/m39.

 

[swiss1911]

Horilka, do you know what the number means on top of the butstock? My 96/11 has the same thing exept its from Basel Stadt (city). Btw, very nice 96/11.

 

[Horilka]

Horilka, do you know what the number means on top of the butstock? My 96/11 has the same thing exept its from Basel Stadt (city). Btw, very nice 96/11.

Canton and Zeughause (arsenal) inventory number of the rifle.

 

[Eaglelord17]

That M1904/39 is a rare one to find all matching like that. Most of them are mismatched on the safety, let alone having the matching bayonet. Awesome example.

 

[Tinman204]

That I would love to see.Turks usually put their rifles thru hell and back judging by shape they are in. Pics please!

If I can ever get home from work before dark I'll snap some shots.

Have some on photobucket but non on my new hosting service.

 

[bearhunter]

That M1904/39 is a rare one to find all matching like that. Most of them are mismatched on the safety, let alone having the matching bayonet. Awesome example.

This is true. I knew a fellow that spent hours in the basement of Alan Lever's store back in the sixties whose job was to strip out the hinged triggerguard/floorplate assemblies and replace them with VG or better K98 triggerguards/floorplates. Alan could get almost as much for the M1904 hinged assemblies as he paid for the rifles. None that I saw, that went through the conversion to 8x57, had matching bayonets.

That 1904/39 all matching is as rare as hen's teeth and should command a premium price.

 

[boltaction]

I have an 1889 Swiss Schmidt-Rubin with a matching M1892 cruciform bayonet, with its scabbard attached by a special frog to a sawback Engineer's sword. Can post pictures in a while.

Ed

Link to photo folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g6v5jtfckmi34dm/AACRI1RAEpooSNKxoZgspcJKa?dl=0

 

[polaris]

Here is one:

 

[Horilka]

That's a beautiful Mauser, thanks for sharing.

 

[polaris]

here is another one (got 3 of those in same condition):

 

[Horilka]

Chuck Norris approves!

 

[polaris]

here are a few more: