N187 No.5 Bayonet Rebuild

[Peter Laidler]

Fitting actual No5 grips to an L1A1 bayonet is a real pig because the grip screw holes are incorrect and drilling new through the tough steel is a real pig and will eat centre drills for breakfast. Best make new grips as I had to do rather than use No5 grips. I seem to remember that one of the new holes runs into the existing hole - or am I mistaken there. Anyway. like selling a car, original is ALWAYS best. Just my opinion

They didn't make wood grips on the production L1A1 bayonets because the muzzle blast just chopped the xxxt out of the top edges of the wood. Later the design of the flash eliminator was changed to prevent this plus the top anges of the steel grip sides