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Special Interests - Groups & Societies => The Barracks => Topic started by: Major 2 on January 20, 2020, 04:40:32 AM
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Here is hoping
I purchased a Krag Bayonet and need the cross pin keeper assembly with spring and button
Any chance someone has an old beater for a donor ?
BE's Bolo project photo borrowed for example
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Dusty Tagalon and Niederlander both shot the ring off of one IIRC. :o
You might check with them.
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I'll try that
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Transferred the part to my replacement which was missing it.
Dusty
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Thanks for the reply ...I assume the button just unscrews :-\
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Yes, it unscrews, but I recommend you use Kroil on it for a few days. They've been on there a long time! By the way, I compared the Krag button to the 1917 bayonet catch, and it looks very similar. I don't really want to pull my Krag bayonet apart to try it, though. May be worth a try.
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So far appears the part is made of unobtanium :-\
I've bid on a few donor candidates only to be snipped in the last hour minutes. Krag Bayonets in fact 03 and 07 bayonets seem to be hot collectors' right now.
Almost any Bayonet , US , British , German Etc., are bringing premium prices
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I plan on attending the Md Antique Military show [mid March] again the year so if you haven?t found your part be then maybe I can find it there. Still got a pile of old stuff that I?m still trying to get rid of from last year.
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That would be great , much appreciated
The best show we have , other all the black gun stuff, is the Winter Melbourne show ( that is where got the Constellatory Krag. ;D )
I saw a box of cut down 05 Bayonets ( WW2 & post Garand prolly imports back from Greece ) and a few odd foreign examples ...nothing Krag
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Missed out (well out bid ) on a shortened reground Krag bayonet I wanted to harvest the part from....
I just had set # I could pay before it was just stupid money for the part.
Somewhere there is a donor :-\
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still looking
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I checked the parts for a 1917 Enfield bayonet. Unfortunately, while they look very similar, the measurments I took say it won't fit a Krag bayonet. Sorry.
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Thanks for trying, I have one for my 1917 too ..and had tried it , BOB was not my uncle..
I've written to several parts dealers , I keep and eye on eBay looking for a bubba'ed bayonet.
The parts if they are out there is on someone's else's blade I'm afraid.
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Got lucky this morning ...
I found a donor bayonet on eBay made an offer and won it.
Got it for 1/2 what most are selling for and looks pretty good
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Glad you found a donor Major. Nobody made it to the big Bal’mer show this year.
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I figured .... I paid $5 more for this one over the cut off bubba'ed one I made a offer on month or so ago .
and it has this much more blade :)
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:D :D :D Nice Find. Happiness is being able to reach out and POKE someone ;D
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:) it may be a bit frivolity ...but its something to do
I like tinkering and its a light project
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Confucius say, ’In life always better to be the poker than the pokey.’
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Transplant was successful, patient is back up on display , alert and doing fine. :)
Donor is a tad lighter and back on the auction block
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Glad you found what you were looking for. During cleanup today, came across 1 I forgot I had. I have a 1902 without scabbard, 1 side of handle stamped H9, other side 31. I thought maybe, 9th Infantry, company H, but as late as the 9th entered WW1, I doubt they would have been carrying Krag. Taking a 2nd look, invert it, & you get 6th Infantry, co H makes more sense, unit in front of company. The 6th was involved in Cuba & Philippines.
The 6th US Infantry was rolled into 1st Armored Division, would be tempted to send it to their museum, but in looking at their museum, their is no place for a 6th infantry bayonet.
To me this is a historical piece belongs in a museum. The 6th infantry was Rolled into 1st Armored Division Ft Bliss, do they have a place for it?
Dusty
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Well could be I suppose ... M1892 Krag bayonet will fit the M1903 Springfield
won't fit the M1917 though.
BTW ...the Donor sold on eBay