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 Laidlericon 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

T
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