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It was one of the rarer manufacturers, Radcliffe 'N187'. I have several, including a Radcliffe, I've just never seen such a light colored wood. Wondering if that's what drove the price to that extreme? Here's the link:
eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace
Cheers, Don
yeah ,a lotta rich folks out there, I woulda got a whole rifle instead:D
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4 mosins?
I apologizes, my link doesn't seem to work. The item number of the bayonet on Ebay was 330592247659. Cheers, Don
I was watching that, it's crazy. I paid less for my carbine than that.
I found mine a few months ago for $55, with a banged up scabbard with no guts. I had to come home to verify that it was an N187, then went back and got it.
Here's a direct link to the auction -
Rare Maker N187 Jungle Carbine Bayonet No.5 | eBay
I have been trying without success to get one at a reasonable price for about 6 months. From what I've heard, these aren't exactly all that uncommon, at least not to the level to justify the prices they are bringing on sites such as ebay. There is rusted one on there without the grips or any of the other parts and with what appears to be a broken tip that is over $50 already with several days to go.
Thanks for the correct link Harlan. Limpetmine, does your Radcliffe have similar light colored grips? I guess you know of war time production Radcliffe (N187) only produced 75,000, compared to Wilkinson's production of 188,354. There were other manufacturers as well. I wonder if there was a shared source for the wood grips, or if Radcliffe perhaps sourced their own lighter colored grips? Cheers, Don
The later grips through the Ordnance system were all that light coloured beech/birch type wood. Nothing unusual about the grips. I've got a big box full of them. We certainly didn't polish them to a shine though - or varnish them. Good condition though. Made good, matched off and a couple of hours in the hot linseed is all they got from us.
Thank you Peter, just the answer I was looking for. Cheers, Don