RIFLES looking for Bayonets

[herbert rogers]

Any Pattern 1893 bayonet would fit this rifle. Rifle is one of the Martini Henry rifles which was converted to .303 British and renamed Martini Metford. Dave

Hello Dave,

This is one of the scarcest of the Canadian military bayonets, that for the Martini Henry Rifle Mark VI in .303 British. The rifle pattern designation was subsequently amended recording both the designer of the action and the barrel rifling to Martini Metford Rifle Mark 11.

The Martini-Metford was a totally new manufactured weapon in .303 British caliber with the model markings struck on the right hand side of the receiver and introduced into service in 1889, using Metford barrels which were more than suitable for the first black powder .

With the introduction of the Martini Henry Rifle Mark VI, Canada ordered a new pattern bayonet. It would appear that a sample or pattern bayonet was produced at Enfield in early 1893, and six rifles and bayonets were sent to Canada for approval. A production run of 1000 bayonets was made by Wilkinson of London. This pattern is exclusive to Canada and is a combination of the Pattern 1888 double-edged blade with the Pattern 1887 Mark 111 hilt cross guard, but with wooden slab grips. The pommel shape is similar to the Pattern 1887 Mark 111 style or the later Pattern 1903. An Enfield catalogue of bayonets lists patterns with both the wood and leather grips, so leather grips such as found on the Pattern 1887 bayonets were considered, and may have been samples in the batch of 6 sent in early 1893. In fact, the leather gripped version of the 1893 bayonet is similar to the British trials 1888 bayonet.

If you do find one then expect to pay about two to three times what you would pay for the rifle.

Cheers
Herb Rogers

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