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Rather a strange bayonet without a muzzle ring or slot for the lug. But that's what they called them. Also a pioneer cadet saw back "walking out sidearm". Officer candidates were required to have a sidearm when walking out. No handguns in general use then, so a short sword/cutlass was carried when off duty for the weekend at the academy. Since these were pioneers, the sawback represented the need to cut beams and timbers... just not with this.
Notice also the muzzle ring but lack of bayonet lug slot... which makes the bayonet lug spring entirely useless. And wouldn't I like to find a junk 71/84 bayonet from which I could "acquire" the spring. It would complete this otherwise quite scarce "sidearm". The same style sidearm but lacking the sawback was for infantry cadets and is fairly common.
I meant to post images of the fireman's long sawback cutlass I just got, but alien archaeologists have taken my battery charger back to the mother ship. Again. More on that later. Might have to fire up the big Canon for that.
Now I see it's rather a shabby image, and 2 overall pics were out of focus... because of the very low battery? That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it! More pics later. SW
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Notice also the muzzle ring but lack of bayonet lug slot... which makes the bayonet lug spring entirely useless. And wouldn't I like to find a junk 71/84 bayonet from which I could "acquire" the spring. It would complete this otherwise quite scarce "sidearm". The same style sidearm but lacking the sawback was for infantry cadets and is fairly common.
I meant to post images of the fireman's long sawback cutlass I just got, but alien archaeologists have taken my battery charger back to the mother ship. Again. More on that later. Might have to fire up the big Canon for that.
Now I see it's rather a shabby image, and 2 overall pics were out of focus... because of the very low battery? That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it! More pics later. SW
IMG_0685.jpg
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