Original British .303cal Martini-Enfield Rifle 1876/95 Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No Although still in use in

Although still in use in some Constabularies most have been superseded by the "Ball Top" and then the "Comb Top" models

These 9-lbs are excellent examples of "Studded" Shells of the same type as the ones currently on display in the WEST POINT MUSEUM and are referred to and illustrated on pages 335/336 of the excellent work "Artillery and Ammunition of the Civil War": by Warren Ripley

while the M1940 designation were given by collectors

Original WWII production

3) One row of proof marks under barrel

Original British .303cal Martini-Enfield Rifle 1876/95 Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No Although still in use inOriginal Item: Recovered from the Egyptian Citadel armory in the 1970s, these are 21 inch triangular bladed 1876 Martini Henry Rifle socket bayonets, converted in 1895 to fit . 303cal Martini Enfield rifles. The conversion from the original . 450 . 577 Martini Henry caliber allowed both the rifles and therefore the bayonets to see further service in the empire, utilizing the modern . 303 British ammunition. Internal diameter of the socket is