Soldiers practice a bayonet stab with their krag rifles. The krag bayonets were adopted and used by the us army in the late 19th century up to the mid 20th century. The krag jorgensen bayonet is in respectable shape with no rust or pitting. Sellers often have this arrangement forsale and it is bogus. Us krag bayonets by presented donald hartman collectors. Read the history of the krag bayonet as used at west point from 1895 1963. This was before they used a medicine ball or did crunches. Krag collectors association forum bayonet trivia from.
Hartman and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. He and his wife wrote the us krag bayonets book in which you can purchase through his website or on. Despite this finding, the swedish weaponhistorian josef alm repeated the rumour in a book in. Ned butts, tom butts, kca forum admin previous topic next topic. Frank mallory, in his book the krag rifle story states that bayonets were sent from west point to frankford arsenal in 1929 and in 1935 1,400 in that year to be plated. Frank mallory, in his book the krag rifle story states that bayonets were sent from. German pre wwi, chilean contract m1895 mauser bayonet. The m1895 cavalry carbine and m1897 mountain artillery and engineer. Howser, doug image of rifle with belt and bayonet, and image of ammuniton. This is the krag jorgensen bayonet used on the model 1892 krag rifle. Bayo points 12 us military knives bayonets machetes.
Krag bayonets were never carried in leather picketpin cases. The weapon, unlike the kragjorgensen rifle of the time period, was not. Springfield model 189299 news newspapers books scholar jstor september 2007. Top krag bowie bayonet with scabbard, middle wwii krag cutdown bayonet, bottom krag bayonet. Kragjorgensen springfield rifle m1895 lee navy rifle. Soldiers train with bayonets and the krag during wwi. Basically a m1899 carbine fitted with a full length stock and a bayonet lug. Furthermore, a number of the current books with information on the krag bayonet are somewhat limited with. Shop for winchester rifles 1895 parts today with numrich gun parts. Bayonets other stewarts military antiques military antiques. Discover the officers feelings about the experimental bowie and bolo bayonets by reading the almost ninety reports of the trials of these bayonets. This was the first book on collecting american bayonets, published in 1964, and.
From my experience, krag bayonets are a lot more common than the scabbards to hold them. Please enter a serial number and click the submit button. The kragjorgensen is a repeating bolt action rifle designed by the norwegians ole herman. View and learn about several experimental bayonets utilizing the krag style hilt. The chromed krag was used with the model 1903 rifles and the m1 rifle as it handled and balanced well on them, and looked good on parade. Krag collectors association forum krag bayonet tips. Springfield model 1895 krag 3040 krag 20 barrel walnut stock front blade sight redfield rear peep sight leather slin for sale by white river firearms on gunsamerica 948268094.
To date this book is the most definitive publication ever written on krag bayonets. The us krag bayonetshistory, variations and modifications. Here is a bayonet from my collection i thought some of you may enjoy taking a look at and discussing. A presentation of the us krag bayonets by donald hartman. Remington made all the bayonets for the 6mm winchesterlee 1895 rifles, but. I am currently looking at what i think is a very nice krag build in 1902 based on the serial number. Krag bayonets is a must for all military and bayonet collectors.
Austrian m1895 mannlicher bayonet steyr csz s lion mo on. Read the history of the krag bayonet as used at west point from 18951963. Unfollow krag bayonet to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. M1892 us springfield krag jorgensen rife bayonet with scabbard dated 1895 rare. Military krags bayonet trivia from 1895 report moderators. Over three years of research has produced a complete history on the development. This was changed in july of 1895 to a rectangular opening that allowed the. The springfield model 189299 kragjorgensen rifle is a norwegiandesigned boltaction rifle. The 1895 mannlicher was the largest used bayonet in wwi and was used both before and after the war by countries of the austro hungarian empire and the post wwi eastern european countries. History, variations, modifications 9780982302101 by donald j. The kragjorgensen is a repeating bolt action rifle designed by the. The main distinguishing feature of the bayonet was its edge up design, which place the sharp edge of the blade on the top. By its appearance i believe it is a krag rifle bayonet although it does not have the typical markings of us on one side and 1898 on the other. This one is somewhat unusual configuration in the combination of buttstock, handguard and rear sight.