[MGWLLW]

Guys -

I'm not really a bayo person and most of the ones that I have came as a package deal with the rifles that I have purchased. However, on a whim, I ended up buying a bayo for my '38 K-98. I know that you can buy reworked bayonets from SAMCO, but I was trying to get one that was "original". I ended up finding one that was in good condition, although the scabbard is not matching.

Please tell me what I have and if everything looks original (like I think it is). Thanks!

Mike

 

[Stede]

Very nice, and not a re-worked piece. What about that catch piece though, guys...?

 

[marysdad]

Overall, a very nice example. I concur with stede. The press stud doesn't seem right. Perhaps, post a close-up of the other side.

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[MGWLLW]

Overall, a very nice example. I concur with stede. The press stud doesn't seem right. Perhaps, post a close-up of the other side.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Now that I look closer, these parts do not appear to be made for a K98. Are they from some other type of Mauser bayonet, perhaps? Would I be able to order the K98 parts from somewhere?

I still haven't had the chance yet to see how the bayo seats on the bayonet lug of my '38 Erma. Looks like it would work, though .....

 

[AndyB]

Its probably a reworked czechoslovak Vz.24 lock nut.

 

[bayonet1234]

Good bayonet agree on the press stud Andy. MGWLLW remember as a proud owner of a K98 be sure to keep it happy by a light coat of oil and play a little Wagner once in a while it calms their nerves ;-)

 

[Rusnak]

Just stay away from The ride of Valkyries, they can get a bit excited.

 

[mrbentwrench]

Rusnak,
That's about the only Wagner I listen to...and they seem to vibrate with excitement. Maybe the volume is too loud?

 

[James N.]

Try instead the overtures to Tannhauser ( "All hail the Fatherland - the Fatherland all hail!" ) or the very stately Miestersinger; that ought to cheer them up!