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    well

    I am Irish and I was thinking... "POTATO!"

    heh in the first photo, what is the legnth on those bayonets? Scary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan R Porter View Post
    ... in the first photo, what is the legnth on those bayonets? Scary.

    Dan,

    The technical term for that length of bayonet is "Scary lethally long"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panache View Post
    Dan,

    The technical term for that length of bayonet is "Scary lethally long"

    Cheers

    Jamie
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    Colour Sergeant Bourne: It's a miracle.
    Lieutenant John Chard: If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point 45 caliber miracle.
    Colour Sergeant Bourne: And a bayonet, sir, with some guts behind it.

    ith:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan R Porter View Post
    I am Irish and I was thinking... "POTATO!"

    heh in the first photo, what is the legnth on those bayonets? Scary.
    They are fixed on the Martini-Henry, alittle over 18 inches.
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