Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard - dated 1897 Gun Parts and Selfridge

and Selfridge

but oxidation or blade shortening could have removed it

with some large missing parts and more cracking and age

I eventually located the army transportation

Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard - dated 1897 Gun Parts and SelfridgeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This a very nice late Victorian Era British Pattern of 1888 bayonet, made originally to fit the Magazine LeeMetford (MLM) rifle, first introduced in 1888. This rifle had been designed to use a . 303 Black Powder cartridge, however smokeless powder was later introduced for a new . 303 cartridge, and the Metford rifling proved to be wholly unsuited for the more powerful propellant. As such, a new rifle was introduced