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#BAYONET FOR 1891 ARGENTINE MAUSER CARBINE FREE#
It comes from a pet free, smoke free home, veteran's home.This example would make a very nice addition to your collection.Please see my other bayonets and bayonet book listings The scabbard has a non matching number but it is the proper and correct scabbard for this bayonet fadding bluing with a small dent and usual handling marks, might have tiny bruises.MORE INFO ON THE WEBSTER BOOK AND "BAYONETAS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA".A very rare example of the FIRST MODEL 1891/31 ENGINEER"S CARBINE BAYONET/SCABBARD WITH RA MARKING on the blade very hard to find. The brass handles in good shape with shallow tiny nicks/handling marks with the rivets in good shape and the locking mechanism in good working condition. The blade is bright with a crisp deep circle RA marking and the SN on the other side exhibiting handling scratches/marks and some shallow marking were somebody attempted to sharpen the edge without success. Overall in very good condition as this type were well used as I have not seen a mint example yet. Strange and unique mounting systems are a common characteristic of bayonets made for rifles that weren't originally intended to mount a bayonet.First picture show how the bayo is mounted on the carbine for illustration purposes. The unusual trapezoidal muzzle ring is unique to this bayonet. The scabbards were shortened by cutting a section out of the middle and brazing the two ends together. Modifications to the bayonet included shortening the blade, cutting off the muzzle-ring, and replacing the muzzle-ring with the trapezoidal wedge, which slides into part of the carbine's bayonet mount. 5,000 cavalry carbines were converted by the Argentine automobile maker HAFDASA - Hispano Argentina Fabrica de Automoviles Sociedad Anonima (Spanish-Argentine Automobile Factory, Incorporated).
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It was modified into its present configuration in 1931, when Argentina added a bayonet lug to the M1891 Mauser Cavalry Carbine for use by military engineers. The bayonet is a modified M1879 sword bayonet, formerly used with the 11.15 mm. Kirschbaum of Solingen, Germany and modified in Argentina.
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Some has the BIS marking after the number.This example was originally made by the firm of W. Some have the following markings on the blades: WKS, (most common) Marca de Fabrica and RA. FREE SHIPPING OFFEREDIn my years of Collecting I have observed different markings/varinats of this 1rst Model Engineer's Carbine Bayonet. 1891/31 FIRST MODEL ARGENTINE ENGINEER"S CARBINE BAYONET/SCABBARD WITH CIRCLE RA MARKING FOR REPUBLICA ARGENTINA LESS THAN 5000 MADE OF THIS VARIANT for use with the 7.65 mm.