The U.S. Enfield Bayonet - Book

Description

This book is the most complete review of the U.S. Enfield bayonet ever assembled.
The study also includes the development of the P1913, P1914, and M1917 rifles and the many shotguns retro-fitted with the bayonet attachment.
There are full chapters
on subject: bayonets, scabbards; new information from a proprietary database on scarcity and markings (contains information on 2,166 bayonets); mechanical drawings on the M1917 and M1917(Vietnam) bayonet models; pictures and information regarding R.O.T.C., National Guard, Home Guard; guidance on how to Collect/Record/Value/Sell a bayonet; chapters devoted to Bayonet Training, Fakes and Reproductions, Finishes; Related Accessories; Miscellaneous/Oddities; Bayonet Conversions to Fighting Knives; details on Bayonets and Frogs of WWII Lend-Lease.
The book contains 494 visuals.
These include production drawings, manufacturing tables, bayonet markings, scabbard markings, period photos, period cartoons, etc. etc.
The U.S. Enfield rifles (.303 and .30-06 calibers) were issued by more than thirty countries.
They were used by the U.S. in WWI, Siberia, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Granada, the Gulf Wars and more. U.S. Enfields were also used between the wars by many countries from Ethiopia to Goa, Mexico, and Japan.
The book was written for bayonet collectors, U.S. Enfield rifle collectors (Remington and Winchester), combat shotgun collectors, fighting knife collectors, sellers, museums, libraries, weapons researchers, re-enactors and students of military history.
An outstanding publication, heralded by experts. Books have been already sold to individuals in sixteen countries ranging from Australia to Serbia.
Second Edition, 450 pages, b/w.