M1842 bayonet

RSMorris

First Sergeant
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Is there such a thing as a M1842 bayonet? I have a M1835 bayonet for my M1842 H.F. The Reilly book doesn't mention a M1842 but the Horse Soldier website has two M1842 Bayonets for sale. I'm sure they mean it fits a M1842 but calling it as such doesn't make sense. So is there a m1842 bayonet?

 
https://worldbayonets.com/Bayonet_I..._States__19th_Century_/us_19th_century_2.html
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M1835/42 Musket Conversion​
Socket bayonet for use with .69 caliber U.S. M1840 and M1842 muskets that were updated by rifling the barrels and, in the case of the flintlock M1840, converted to percussion ignition.
The M1840 was the last U.S. military flintlock musket. The M1842 was the first U.S. military percussion musket and the last U.S. infantry musket to be made as a smoothbore.

A clone of the M1835/42 socket bayonet, made after M1835/42 production had ceased at the national armories in Springfield, Illinois, and Harpers Ferry, Virginia. This example is identical to the M1835/42 bayonets made from 1839–1855, except for its tapered blade shoulders. Period M1835/42 bayonets had scalloped blade shoulders, like the M1816 bayonet pictured above. Tapered blade shoulders were not introduced until after 1855. The socket length is 2.625 in. (67 mm.).

Perhaps this bayonet was made 1856–59 when existing M1840 and M1842 muskets were rifled at the national armories; or early in the Civil War, when the converted M1840 and M1842 Rifled-Muskets were pressed into service.​
18.00​
457​
20.625​
524​
.845​
21.5​
Ricasso: "U.S."​
 
The M1835 is actually a M1840. Apparently the M1835 is considered as a prototype and has slightly longer blade but they were finally designated the M1840 for the M1840 musket.
 
The M1835 is actually a M1840. Apparently the M1835 is considered as a prototype and has slightly longer blade but they were finally designated the M1840 for the M1840 musket.
The Reilly book is calling it a M1835/M1840 because the final design was accepted in 1835 and was first used on the M1835/M1840 Musket(again for the same reasons)
 
https://worldbayonets.com/Bayonet_I..._States__19th_Century_/us_19th_century_2.html
M1835/42 Musket Conversion​
Socket bayonet for use with .69 caliber U.S. M1840 and M1842 muskets that were updated by rifling the barrels and, in the case of the flintlock M1840, converted to percussion ignition.
The M1840 was the last U.S. military flintlock musket. The M1842 was the first U.S. military percussion musket and the last U.S. infantry musket to be made as a smoothbore.

A clone of the M1835/42 socket bayonet, made after M1835/42 production had ceased at the national armories in Springfield, Illinois, and Harpers Ferry, Virginia. This example is identical to the M1835/42 bayonets made from 1839–1855, except for its tapered blade shoulders. Period M1835/42 bayonets had scalloped blade shoulders, like the M1816 bayonet pictured above. Tapered blade shoulders were not introduced until after 1855. The socket length is 2.625 in. (67 mm.).

Perhaps this bayonet was made 1856–59 when existing M1840 and M1842 muskets were rifled at the national armories; or early in the Civil War, when the converted M1840 and M1842 Rifled-Muskets were pressed into service.​
18.00​
457​
20.625​
524​
.845​
21.5​
Ricasso: "U.S."​
Error in this guide: The U.S. national armory was in Springfield, Massachusetts, not in Illinois.
 

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