Bayonet query

[JackADriscoll]

Query for the group. This is 21 inches long. It is too big for my 1861 and too small for my 1842. Any guesses?

 

[JOHN42768]

U.S. 18th and 19th Century Bayonets

Pictures and descriptions of U.S. 18th and 19th Century Bayonets.

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[JackADriscoll]

Bayonets of the world is my first check always. Barring that I go to my jantzen book. It's got the exact measures of an 1861 but is just too big for the barrel

 

[OldSarge79]

The first thing you need to look at is the socket size. The interior diameter at the bore end will tell you a lot. There is a substantial difference in that of a 1861 and 1842. And it could even be for something else.