Item Description
Original Items: Only One Set Available. It is very difficult to date early Colonial Period bayonets. They were made in small numbers by local blacksmiths, without the benefit of gauges and other production tooling common to European manufacture. As a result, no two are alike.
Colonial Militias began forming in the 1730s. Because early militias focused primarily on defending settlements against Indian attack, the production and procurement of bayonets was spotty, at best. The more established militias, such as in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, are documented as having bayonets by the 1750s. However, by 1775, when the Revolutionary War began in earnest, only about half of Massachusetts Bay Colony muskets were equipped with bayonets.
This socket bayonet is for a .75-80 caliber flintlock musket. The blade features a forward sweeping shank, flat triangular blade profile with the socket appearing to be applied after the blade portion was constructed. There are no markings visible, but this was common with the “locally made” examples or with war time examples that had to be made at a rapid rate to outfit militias and the Continental Army. The rarest feature of this set is the fact it still retains the original blackened leather scabbard with brass round frog button. The frog itself was stitched to the belt, but over the last few hundred years the leather became brittle and the frog itself tore away and is no longer attached. This is original to the belt as the torn ends match up perfectly and could be repaired if you would wish to do so. The belt is in the same similar shape as the scabbard and is rather hard with a significant amount of crashing present in the finish. The buckle appears complete and is a lovely hand forged iron example with surprisingly minimal oxidation present.
A lovely example ready for display.
- This product is available for international shipping.
- IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms. No FFL, C&R or any license is required to posses, transport, sell or trade Antique guns. All rifles and muskets sold by IMA that were manufactured prior to 1899 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms). Therefore, all of IMA's Antique guns may be shipped to all US States and most nations around the world.
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Pre-1899 Manufacture, no licenses required, allowed to ship to almost any deliverable address across the globe.
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