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  • PhillipM
    Very Senior Member - OFC
    • Aug 2009
    • 5937
    #1

    Bought a 1905 today

    I bought this at the gunshow today to go with my early 1903. The serial number is 149995. I'm out of my depth with these early bayonets so I have a couple questions. What finish is it supposed to have? It has 620 stamped in the wooden grip, does that signify anything?


    Last edited by PhillipM; 01-15-2011, 01:27.
    Phillip McGregor (OFC)
    "I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthur
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    • IditarodJoe
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2009
      • 1529
      #2
      From what I've been told, it's supposed to have exactly the finish that yours has. In 1906, the blades were left bright (polished bare metal) and the rest of the metal was nitre blued but not highly polished. That looks to me like a very nice bayonet. Congrats!
      Last edited by IditarodJoe; 01-15-2011, 03:07.
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        • PhillipM
          Very Senior Member - OFC
          • Aug 2009
          • 5937
          #3
          That is good news! I thought it had been polished somewhere down the road.
          Phillip McGregor (OFC)
          "I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthur

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            • Dan Shapiro
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2009
              • 5864
              #4
              Same finish on my 1908 dated blade. Ser # 275166
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                • Larry G.
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 153
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Dan Shapiro
                  Same finish on my 1908 dated blade. Ser # 275166
                  ....and same finish on my 1906 dated RIA.
                  " THE STRONGEST REASON FOR PEOPLE TO RETAIN THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS IS, AS A LAST RESORT, TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST TYRANNY IN GOVERNMENT." THOMAS JEFFERSON

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                    • Johnny P
                      Senior Member
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 6260
                      #6
                      The blade is suppose to be bright, but normally it will show some blue out on the blade.

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                        • PhillipM
                          Very Senior Member - OFC
                          • Aug 2009
                          • 5937
                          #7
                          Very nice, Mr. Peppers. Is it known how many 1905's survived the WWII shortening program?
                          Phillip McGregor (OFC)
                          "I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthur

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                            • Johnny P
                              Senior Member
                              • Aug 2009
                              • 6260
                              #8
                              Originally posted by PhillipM
                              Very nice, Mr. Peppers. Is it known how many 1905's survived the WWII shortening program?
                              Probably only those that had already left the military, and the ones they missed. As far as an actual number, we will probably never know.

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