Description
The frame and barrel are a great mustard color
certainly one the nicest we've seen
spread-out over a radius of some 20 m
as well as oxidation in the grooves
They did not stop marking serial numbers on the cylinders of this model until 1883
Original European Early 18th Century Silver and Brass Mounted Plug Bayonet Category_Martini-Henry Rifles The frame and barrel areOriginal Item: Only One Available. This lovely example of a plug bayonet dates back to the early 17th century, circa 1700 to 1730s. We believe this bayonet to be of either Spanish or German origin from its design, but could very well be English or American, which during this time would have been nearly identical. This type of bayonet was used exactly how it sounds, by plugging the barrel of the musket, turning it into essentially a spear. The first