PLYMOUTH WHITNEY M1861 NAVY RIFLE SABER BAYONET BY COLLINS

PLYMOUTH WHITNEY M1861 NAVY RIFLE SABER BAYONET BY COLLINS

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Item Code: 2026-1232

This is an example of the saber (or sword) bayonet issued with the US Navy’s Model 1861 rifle. Developed by John Dahlgren in the late 1850s, and nicknamed for the USS Plymouth, on which the ordnance trials were conducted, 10,000 of these rifles were produced on contract by Eli Whitney, Jr., and delivered from mid-1863 to mid-1864. The short, .69 caliber rifles were issued with these saber bayonets having long, 22.5 - inch blades, to put them on an equal footing in close-in fighting against longer rifle muskets.

The brass hilt has an untouched attractive mellow patina showing none of the typical heavy dings or battering. The locking spring and button are in place and function perfectly. The pommel bears the “F.C.W.” navy inspector’s initials of Franklin C. Warner. These bayonets were mated to the rifles by serial number stamped next to the long guide stud groove - this one is numbered 6034.  The blade is bright and smooth with scattered spots and areas of light pitting. Collins and Company of Hartford is stamped on the ricasso.

A solid and honest Civil War bayonet for the rare and underappreciated Model 1861 Navy Rifle.  [cm][ph:L]

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