REMINGTON ZOUAVE BAYONET AND SCABBARD

REMINGTON ZOUAVE BAYONET AND SCABBARD

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$450.00

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Item Code: 2025-687

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This is a very good example of the brass-hilted sword/saber bayonet, with its original scabbard, for the “Remington Model 1862 US Contract Rifle” in Moller’s terminology, the “Model 1863 Contract Rifle” in Flayderman’s, but best known among collectors as the “Remington Zouave,” drawing a parallel between colorful zouave uniforms and the color case-hardened locks, blued barrels and brass trim of the guns, which blended elements of the Model 1841 and 1855 rifle.

The blade is full length, with good edge and point, smooth metal showing some light rubs, and a few small gray spots near the guard and some polishing marks in the fuller and onto the lower edge, near the lower edge. The brass hilt has a mellow, patina, with just a few small, brown age spots, very light handling marks, and no dings or deep scratches, with the locking spring and button in place and showing some faint, rubbed blue.

The scabbard is very good, with both throat, with button, and drag in place. The throat showing some age stains, and the drag a tad brighter, with one small ding on the reverse. Both are secure. The rear seam is good. The black finish of the leather is good, showing just minor handling marks and some rubs from the edges of either mount. The obverse shows some slight wrinkles and a crease below the edge of the throat. The reverse shows a shallow crease about half-way down.

As is correct, the bayonet is marked with some small assembly, factory inspector’s or individual maker’s marks - a small “C” on one side of the guard, an “L” on the other, and an “S” on the left blade about halfway between the unstopped fuller and the guard. The grip flat shows the expected “BH” stamp of Benjamin Hannis, a U.S. sub-inspector of contract arms who inspected, among other arms, the Remington zouave rifles and accompanying bayonets. Interestingly, and unusually, there is a second set of initials, “J.J.D” just below Hannis’s initials. These seem to be less carefully applied with separate letter stamps- the first letter does not line up with the last two and there seem to be two small periods at about the middle of the letters. These are likely later inspector or ownership marks applied by state or private parties. This is a guess, but makes sense of that marking. We do not find those particular initials in our list of US inspectors and Hannis’s stamp usually appears alone.

This is a nice example of the bayonet for one of the most visually appealing U.S. longarms.  [sr] [PH:L]

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