Hoo Boy Howdy, Pig Stickers!

[dave_person]

Hi,
Just got these in the mail from TRS. The top one is for a Ferguson rifle, the next for early pattern Besses, and the bottom for later pattern Brown Besses

I have this overwhelming desire to go out and stab something. Maybe I will find somebody's pumpkin. Heh, heh, heh....

dave

 

[TheSpamPotential]

If you live in the Southern USA, you should have no problem finding a feral hog or a coyote to stab.
If you don't live in the Southern USA, you can come down here and stab some feral hogs and coyotes.
Stab all you want. We won't miss them.

 

[Sam squanch]

here I am!

 

[Artificer]

Hi,
Just got these in the mail from TRS. The top one is for a Ferguson rifle, the next for early pattern Besses, and the bottom for later pattern Brown Besses

I have this overwhelming desire to go out and stab something. Maybe I will find somebody's pumpkin. Heh, heh, heh....

dave

Hi Dave,

Is the alloy of those castings the sort where they can be hardened/annealed like an original bayonet, realizing only the blade and arm of originals were steel and the sockets Iron?

Gus

 

[Treestalker]

Hi,
Just got these in the mail from TRS. The top one is for a Ferguson rifle, the next for early pattern Besses, and the bottom for later pattern Brown Besses


I have this overwhelming desire to go out and stab something. Maybe I will find somebody's pumpkin. Heh, heh, heh....

dave

Just the thing to discourage dogs from getting in your trash and keeping miscreant children at bay on Halloween night, LOL!

 

[dave_person]

Hi,
Dogs in the trash don't bother me but miscreant kids? Now there's a thought, hmmmmm.

Gus, I believe they are 4140 steel. They can be hardened and tempered. To be honest, I don't know what the temperature parameters were for hardening and tempering the original bayonets. My suspicion is they were done like swords but the edges don't need to hold an edge so they may have been treated more like springs.

dave

 

[Sam squanch]

I would think you would want your bayonet to bend a little instead of break, you could always hammer it straight after the battle (if you survived)

 

[dave_person]

Hi Sam,
Yeah, and after roasting your mutton on it over the fire, the original temper was probably toast anyway. Actually, I think there were regulations against doing that.

dave

 

[sackettboys]

Is the Ferguson bayonet a repro?

 

[SDSmlf]

Hi,
Just got these in the mail from TRS. The top one is for a Ferguson rifle, the next for early pattern Besses, and the bottom for later pattern Brown Besses

I have this overwhelming desire to go out and stab something. Maybe I will find somebody's pumpkin. Heh, heh, heh....

dave

Would not be sticking piggies with one of those mounted on a gun that shoots accurately. If things get aggressive you may find yourself needing to bend your barrel to get it shooting back to its point of aim.