Clean your bayonet after use!

[jmoore]

I was at the range w/ my favorite 91/30 a recently, firing a variety of surplus ammo, mostly w/ the bayonet attached, since the sights are much better regulated w/ it on, and it doesn't seem to hurt accuracy much, if at all. Anyway, removed the sticker for transport, but left it in the vehicle for a week or so, when it was "discovered".

Just forward of the base of the blade the finish had turned rather brown in the shape of the blast cone! Seems the potassium choride salt residue carries all the way out the barrel upon firing. Whoops.

So, there you go, something else to "hose off" after a day at the range.

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