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1853 Socket bayonet
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:04 pm
by Dave 101
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I have just bought this bayonet its for the Enfield 1853 muzzle loading musket . Now is all I need is the rifle to go with it . Its not in the top quality bracket but its all there and the scabbard looks in good condition for its age . It could do with a good clean up but how far do you go with these things
Dave
Re: 1853 Socket bayonet
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:09 pm
by ovenpaa
Very nice indeed!
It looks to be in very condition as it is and I would not clean it at all Dave, a light oiling would be as far as I would go.
Re: 1853 Socket bayonet
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:20 pm
by Doz
ovenpaa wrote:Very nice indeed!
It looks to be in very condition as it is and I would not clean it at all Dave, a light oiling would be as far as I would go.
Seconded! :)
Re: 1853 Socket bayonet
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:16 pm
by AL8
Thats nice Dave, if you bring it along thursday you can try it on my p53
Re: 1853 Socket bayonet
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:31 pm
by Dave 101
AL8 wrote:Thats nice Dave, if you bring it along thursday you can try it on my p53
I wish I could be there unfortunately I have to work , Thanks for the offer though .
Dave
Re: 1853 Socket bayonet
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:49 pm
by enfielddream
Great 1853 Bayonet! If it were mine I would use oil and 0000 steel wool on the bayonet which would get the rust speckles off. On the scabbard leather I would use a semi-rough cloth and Pecard's leather dressing. Most of us here in Yank-land clean up the rust ( it's like cancer for guns ) when we buy a new firearm or bayonet.
Re: 1853 Socket bayonet
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:17 am
by Tower75
Like it. Most people buy the rifle first :lol:
Are you looking to get an original or a repro?
Thats nice Dave, if you bring it along thursday you can try it on my p53
Ok, how many other people from HESA Ltd. are on here? Own up
Re: 1853 Socket bayonet
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:38 pm
by Dave 101
Tower.75 wrote:Like it. Most people buy the rifle first :lol:
Are you looking to get an original or a repro?
Thats nice Dave, if you bring it along thursday you can try it on my p53
Ok, how many other people from HESA Ltd. are on here? Own up
Primarily Iam bayonet collecting again after selling my collection many years ago and regretting it , but at the time I needed the money . But I have also now been trying to reduce the number of .22s I have , so Iam thinking of getting into other forms of shooting .
I gave the bayonet a good clean today got all the dry looking crud off of it and gave it a good wipe down with oil . I found some numbers stamped on the muzzle ring , I also gave the scabbard a wipe down with some dubbing and found some numbers stamped on it , a bit to faint to tell exactly what they are .
Came across this on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NIz_622iTU
Dave
Re: 1853 Socket bayonet
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:43 pm
by AL8
HESA
Re: 1853 Socket bayonet
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:35 pm
by bobbob
Dave 101 wrote:I found some numbers stamped on the muzzle ring , I also gave the scabbard a wipe down with some dubbing and found some numbers stamped on it , a bit to faint to tell exactly what they are . Dave
Try taking some macro pictures of the numbers, load them onto your computer, crop the bit you want and enlarge. You might see them better.