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Anyone ever heard of one? I have one. Looks to be an arsenal job with new wood. Blade is original finish with blueing about half an inch from the cross guard. Scabbard shows extensive pitting and the cross guard has some pitting. Markings are all clear.
Wood is VERY grainy, meaning it isn't smooth and the grain is deep. Looks unsanded but looks like it belongs.
I found nothing on this so suspect it may be a bubba special but if it is, it's a very good job.
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You guys are going to force me to load photos before you make an opinion aren't you?
It's a standard 1914 Swedish carbine bayonet that has pitting that looks like it went through an arsenal rebuild and was parkerized and new wood handles put on. None of my books mention anything but bluing and nothing about parkerizing.
Bid on a Swedish bayo last nite, with frog and hanger $36 (sold) should have watched closer.
If it was the standard bayonet, that's not a big deal. They don't sell for much. More than $36 but $45 is pushing it. The carbine bayonets are two to four times that much. I got it for what I felt was a decent price. The photos were crappy so I took a chance. Not particularly happy to find it parkerized.
My bayonet list is now down to three. Polish Wz22/29, US M4, and Canadian Ross. All of which I currently do not have a rifle for anyway. I picked up three semi difficult ones over the past couple of weeks, two have not yet arrived. This Swedish 1914, a Turkish 1890 uncut and a Finnish M27. Only have the rifle for one of those too. Unfortunately I still have 15 rifles on "The List".
If it isn't in Dana Jones "The Crown Jewels", it probably wasn't done by the Swedes. Knowing how picky they were about the rifles, with those disks, they would surely just have binned a rusty or pitted bayonet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aragorn243
I don't have "The Crown Jewels" I have the "For Collectors Only" book. I thought of something last night, it might be spray paint. Appears after a test that is what it is. My bad. Easy solution to spray paint. I like projects anyway. It's really not in that bad of shape. The pitting is minor and the blade is bright. It's just the scabbard and the handle parts.
Photos? I'm a visual learner.
I'm too lazy to post photos for this. Maybe when the Finn and Turk bayonets show up I'll take pictures of all three. The Turk bayonet looked pretty rough finish wise but didn't appear to be rusty and has all it's markings.
That photo will be worth the wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aragorn243
The Turk is coming from Europe. The Finn is in Texas, just purchased it yesterday.
I got the paint all off the scabbard and bayonet and put some oil on the wood. Doesn't look bad at all. Next time I'll know to take it out in some natural light where I can see it better. Really did look and feel like a parkerized finish here in the office.
The Finn arrived today. Still waiting on the Turk.
Turk arrived today. It isn't pretty, but it is uncut and still has it's markings. I'm good with it. I'll try to take some photos over the weekend. Rifle season just started and I'm a bit busy at the moment. I love working with the kids but the first week is extremely hectic. I only have 11 returning and 15 first year shooters this year. Graduated 9 last year.
Happy hunting! Photos when you can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aragorn243
Not hunting. I'm the head coach for my local high school rifle team. 2nd year so I'm still in the learning curve. I have 26 kids, of which only 12 have fired these rifles before and only 11 are returning from last year. Plus they started the actual season a week earlier this year which gives me one full week, three days before Thanksgiving and three days after to get 9 kids ready to shoot competitively. I have two seniors and three juniors. Only one sophomore has varsity experience. I had nine seniors graduate last year. 8 of them were regular match shooters. Only three of my team this year were regular match shooters last season. One of them is currently ineligible.
It could be a long season. I think we will be OK however. First couple of matches are going to be rough but with a couple extra weeks I have 5 first years that show real good promise.
High school rifle team,,,Now that's not something you hear everyday!! There is hope....
ditto!Quote:
Originally Posted by warpig1976
We have 7 teams in the league with an 8th looking to join. The 7th joined three years ago. JR ROTC program. The 8th is starting a JR ROTC program. The other 6 schools are normal high schools and it's just been a very long standing sport. There were two other schools considering but with the various shootings, they backed off for a time.
They used to be in all the local schools using 22's but then the Feds got involved with lead standards and shut the entire league down maybe 15 years ago. The alternative was to switch to air rifles and at $1200 each then only six schools made the switch. Each team bought 10 rifles so it was a pretty big initial cost. The ROTC programs are in the larger cities and they don't have anyone to compete with other than big "encampments" a couple times a year so it's a natural for them to join our league. They are high schools and the sport is open to non-ROTC students too but the ROTC is supposed to do it.