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BrianB KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 16 Location: Jacksonville, FL Joined: Jan 26^th, 2019 Gender:	Bayonet help please Jan 26^th, 2019 at 8:26am	Print Post
	I have recently become the proud owner of a very original M1912/18 Krag, and I'm really looking to get a proper year bayonet for it. I've been sort of joking with myself about the possibility of finding a bayonet with the serial number matching my rifle, which led me to the question: were bayonets serial matched to specific rifles? And what is the proper bayonet for my model? Any and all information would be greatly appreciated!


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Local Boy KCA Forum Member KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 462 Location: Mat-Su Valley, Alaska Joined: Sep 24^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #1 - Jan 26^th, 2019 at 8:19pm	Print Post
	Hi BrianB, Welcome to the forum! Pictures of your 1912/18 sure would be nice if your up to it. Here's some websites that might be of interest: (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) None of my references mention anything about matching the bayonet to the rifle, however, The World of Bayonets displays a bayonet with a serial number corresponding to a M1894 rifle made in 1917... your guess is as good as mine?


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BrianB KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 16 Location: Jacksonville, FL Joined: Jan 26^th, 2019 Gender:	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #2 - Jan 26^th, 2019 at 8:29pm	Print Post
	Thank you thank you! I will take some pictures tonight!


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BrianB KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 16 Location: Jacksonville, FL Joined: Jan 26^th, 2019 Gender:	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #3 - Jan 26^th, 2019 at 11:34pm	Print Post
	Here's some pictures I just took. All parts are number matching, serial number 18462, EXCEPT for the rear sight, which is composed of two different, non numbers matching parts.(.415 and .689 if you're curious.)


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BrianB KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 16 Location: Jacksonville, FL Joined: Jan 26^th, 2019 Gender:	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #4 - Jan 26^th, 2019 at 11:40pm	Print Post
	Left side


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BrianB KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 16 Location: Jacksonville, FL Joined: Jan 26^th, 2019 Gender:	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #5 - Jan 26^th, 2019 at 11:40pm	Print Post
	Right side


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BrianB KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 16 Location: Jacksonville, FL Joined: Jan 26^th, 2019 Gender:	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #6 - Jan 26^th, 2019 at 11:40pm	Print Post
	Stock serial


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BrianB KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 16 Location: Jacksonville, FL Joined: Jan 26^th, 2019 Gender:	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #7 - Jan 26^th, 2019 at 11:41pm	Print Post
	Proof marks


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #8 - Jan 27^th, 2019 at 5:42am	Print Post
	A very nice looking Norwegian model 1912 Karabin. (BTW - The three digit numbers on your rear-sight parts are the last three digits of non-matching serial numbers). It is likely your carbine was issued originally with a matching numbered model 1916 Norwegian bayonet. Overall length was 19.17 inches and blade was 14.45 inches.
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BrianB KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 16 Location: Jacksonville, FL Joined: Jan 26^th, 2019 Gender:	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #9 - Jan 27^th, 2019 at 2:19pm	Print Post
	Thanks!


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #10 - Jan 28^th, 2019 at 11:30pm	Print Post
	Photo of the Lang Bajonett M/1916, (long bayonet model 1916), intended for the Karabin model 1912. Haunting training photo, circa 1935, of Norwegian Soldiers advancing through a smokescreen and armed with model 1912 carbines.


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BrianB KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 16 Location: Jacksonville, FL Joined: Jan 26^th, 2019 Gender:	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #11 - Jan 29^th, 2019 at 5:01am	Print Post
	Ah, interesting! I am searching for one for sale, but it seems I may need to wait a little bit for the right one!


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Local Boy KCA Forum Member KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 462 Location: Mat-Su Valley, Alaska Joined: Sep 24^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #12 - Feb 2^nd, 2019 at 12:58pm	Print Post
	Hi BrianB, Look what showed up on Ebay: (You need to *Login* to view media files and links)


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #13 - Feb 2^nd, 2019 at 1:21pm	Print Post
	Oh No! The famous "gray blanket". (Item is likely to go for top dollar in the last moments of the auction).


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Local Boy KCA Forum Member KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 462 Location: Mat-Su Valley, Alaska Joined: Sep 24^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Bayonet help please Reply #14 - Feb 4^th, 2019 at 5:26am	Print Post
	Yes, I to have heard the Sirens of Eisel sing their song and crashed upon the rocky shores of Gray Blanket island… Such as with this Stormy Kromer meets Krag Chromer rifle I won that was offered, at auction, by the 'Gary Blanket' folks.
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