Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1918 Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles as the model 1880's retaining

as the model 1880's retaining mechanism had proved to be problematic

Cattaneo observes that bombs could have been carried instead of leaflets

Browning Automatic Rifle Parts Set reassembled onto an Aluminum Display Receiver complete with the "left over" Internal Parts and an original BAR Blank Firing Attachment included

but there are replacement lenses in the case

Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1918 Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles as the model 1880's retainingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1918, originally made towards the end of WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle, which was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle. It is fitted with a WWII Issue M3 scabbard. The Garand was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles.