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The irony in this bayonet thread is that if you loook at thread 18, photo 5, you'll see just how far the catch protrudes from the side of the bayonet. Now look at the same plan view of an UN-modified L1A1 or L1A2 bayonet and you'll see the stupidity of the L1A1-A2 bayonet modification to L1A3-A4 spec. It was done '..... to prevent the loss of bayonets due to the excessive protrudence of the catch when the bayonet is fixed to the rifle'. Strange that the even more protruding catch of the No5 bayonet on the No5 rifle and L2A3 SMG didn't cause concern. And that it didn't cause concern for Australian
L1A1 bayonets either!
And while I'm here, the catch on the L85 bayonet protrudes a fair bit too! Such is life I suppose
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05-13-2014 01:32 PM
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Regripped at last!
Well, the last bits from Mr. Laidler thru Brian at BDL lTD, showed up last week! I finally assembled the grips onto the N187. Definitely looks a lot better! Thanks for all the suggestions and coordination on the bits to do this correctly! Some last pictures of the endeavor enclosed. The first picture is a comparison of the P07 screws vs No.5 screws & nuts. The rest are of the regripped No.5. Its been fun and entertaining, now for another milsurp adventure!
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Looks good. I'd have asked Brian to phosphate and paint the bayonet too while he was at it. It'd look new then.
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Thanks for the reply! I have a few other bayonets that I will have him look at and see what he can do later, this one will be be included. I'll just have to remove the grips. I figured it would give me something to look at until then.
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Well done Patt, you've inspire me to repair my own WSC example. Mine has had the muzzle ring removed as well as the grips so I need to make a new cross piece and then disassemble/reassemble.
Top of the photo. I wonder how a SLR bayonet would look with wood grips?
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Love the ones with the shot muzzle rings. Haven't seen those in a while. I always wondered, after seeing those...how you could possibly do that? Either your bayonet is on or not...
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I assumed they had been chopped on purpose to kind of de militarise them.
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Originally Posted by
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chopped on purpose
Possible, but I've seen my share of them. In a minute we should have feedback from some of the armorers. I've seen enough of them and the men at the time told me they had been hit by a bullet. Hard for me to grasp how.
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The only way I saw any shot off an L1A1 was when the flash eliminators split but that was VERY rare as you never shot with the bayonets anyway as shooting with the bayonet the bayonet badly affected your score. Plenty from the little L85 though!
You'll have to fully strip the pommell and crosspiece BP. I have one if you want to copy it.
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Brit Plumber, I think the wood grips would look good on your no.5, maybe even on one of those slr bayonets too. Looks like a challenge ahead to refurb them (I believe there is a post archived on this same subject of it being done to a couple of no.5's). Maybe an SLR letter opener like they did to some no.5's? Just a thought. I have a Pool No. 5 that happened too, which I picked off of gunbroker awhile back. The thin tempered blade is definitely nice and springy! You can tell it was carefully ground down by hand.
Had to look for the link, on Big Duke's thread,
Jungle Carbine Bayonet Repair
Jungle Carbine Bayonet Repair
Hope this helps
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