Hi there,
last week I stumbled across this socket bayonet. As it was supposed to be from M/49, I really wanted to have it. Examining it at home, I found this "M" mark, and my first thought was: what would the "Maltby-M" do here?? This "M" reminded me very much of the Maltby-M as a Maltby-made No 4 was the first gun I owned. Then I did some further research and discovered, that Peter Laidler brought up the question some years ago, if those M/48, M/49 and M/50 marked bayos were really from some little metal working shops or from ROF Maltby in 1948 - 1950. I don't know what the community says know, so I wanted to share my new find with you all and learn something about its history.
Bayo didn't see much service for sure and was refurbished at some time.
Many greetings
TInformation
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