BAYONET FOR THE MODEL 1835/40 .69 CALIBER MUSKET

BAYONET FOR THE MODEL 1835/40 .69 CALIBER MUSKET

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$225.00

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Item Code: 1284-50

The bayonet for the US M1835/40 flintlock musket essentially set the pattern for socket bayonets for the rest of the century. This pattern of socket bayonet was adopted in 1835, with the submission of the Model 1835 sample muskets, and remained in service for the finally approved US Model 1840 flintlock musket, which is sometimes referred to as the M-1835/40 by collectors, as well as the later US Model 1842 percussion musket. This bayonet was designed for use on the new generation of US .69 caliber muskets with a bayonet lug mounted on the bottom of the barrel. It was the first US socket bayonet to incorporate a locking ring into the socket design and was a nearly identical copy of the French Model 1822 socket bayonet.  The musket went into production at Springfield in 1840 and in addition to other innovations introduced a socket bayonet with a locking ring to keep it on the barrel (something long used by the French) and a long, precisely ground flute on the face of the blade, both of which continued in use on all subsequent US socket bayonets. The M1835/40 musket was soon outmoded by the percussion M1842, but the socket bayonet remained unchanged until the introduction of the 1855 series of arms. This has the early form of the blade with scalloped shoulders rather than shoulders that taper like the 1855 series. The metal of both socket and blade is smooth. The blade shows as muted silver gray with some darker gray shadowing. The socket is correctly mortised for a bottom mounted bayonet stud. The locking ring is complete and functional. The blade is stamped "US" on ricasso flat. [pe][ph:L]

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