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R Fox
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 Posted: Mon 02 Jun, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject: British "spring clip" bayonets |
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I'm trying to compile a reliable history of the bayonet and acccording to the Encyclopedia Britannica John Moore introduced a "spring-clip" in 1805. I wondered if anyone else knows anything about this innovation, if it was one.
I hope this forum caters for those interested in bayonets as well.
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D Critchley
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| Posted: Mon 02 Jun, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: British "spring clip" bayonets |
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| R Fox wrote: | I'm trying to compile a reliable history of the bayonet and acccording to the Encyclopedia Britannica John Moore introduced a "spring-clip" in 1805. I wondered if anyone else knows anything about this innovation, if it was one.
I hope this forum caters for those interested in bayonets as well. |
I think it is just an adoption of an existing EIC pattern, it certainly wasn't widely adopted on the Peninsular
http://www.jeffreyhayes.com/bayonets/4inchspring.htm
David C
"The purpose of the cavalry on the battlefield is to give tone to an event that otherwise might be considered a common brawl"
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R Fox
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That's very useful, thank you. j
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Russ Thomas
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| Posted: Wed 04 Jun, 2008 4:58 am Post subject: Re: British "spring clip" bayonets |
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| R Fox wrote: |
I hope this forum caters for those interested in bayonets as well. |
It certainly should do ! I for one, as a former collector of bayonets, are still extremely interested in them. Unfortunately, I am not particularly knowledgable on them and do not , at present, have a single book on them in my library  But i still have the interest, if not the collection! 
Any other bayonet enthusiasts out there ??
Regards as ever,
Russ
PS. Probably the book to look up would be R.J.Wilkinson -Lathams book on bayonets of the British army. He is also a moderator on the SFI if I recall correctly?
R.
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero !
http://www.living-history.no
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