Krag Bayonet part

[Major 2]

Here is hoping

I purchased a Krag Bayonet and need the cross pin keeper assembly with spring and button
Any chance someone has an old beater for a donor ?



BE's Bolo project photo borrowed for example

[Pitspitr]

Dusty Tagalon and Niederlander both shot the ring off of one IIRC. 

You might check with them.

[Major 2]

I'll try that

[Dusty Tagalon]

Transferred the part to my replacement which was missing it.

Dusty

[Major 2]

Thanks for the reply ...I assume the button just unscrews     

[Niederlander]

Yes, it unscrews, but I recommend you use Kroil on it for a few days.  They've been on there a long time!  By the way, I compared the Krag button to the 1917 bayonet catch, and it looks very similar.  I don't really want to pull my Krag bayonet apart to try it, though.  May be worth a try.

[Major 2]

So far appears the part is made of unobtanium 

I've bid on a few donor candidates only to be snipped in the last hour minutes. Krag Bayonets in fact 03 and 07 bayonets seem to be hot collectors' right now.

Almost any Bayonet , US , British , German  Etc., are bringing premium prices

[Baltimore Ed]

I plan on attending the Md Antique Military show [mid March] again the year so if you haven?t found your part be then maybe I can find it there. Still got a pile of old stuff that I?m still trying to get rid of from last year.

[Major 2]

That would be great , much appreciated

The best show we have , other all the black gun stuff, is the Winter Melbourne show ( that is where got the Constellatory Krag. )

I saw a box of cut down 05 Bayonets ( WW2 & post Garand  prolly imports back from Greece )  and a few  odd foreign examples ...nothing Krag

[Major 2]

Missed out  (well out bid ) on a shortened reground Krag bayonet I wanted to harvest the part from....
I just had set # I could pay before it was just stupid money for the part.

Somewhere there is a donor   

[Major 2]

still looking

[Niederlander]

I checked the parts for a 1917 Enfield bayonet.  Unfortunately, while they look very similar, the measurments I took say it won't fit a Krag bayonet.  Sorry.

[Major 2]

Thanks for trying, I have one for my 1917 too ..and had tried it ,  BOB was not my uncle..

I've written to several parts dealers , I keep and eye on eBay looking for a bubba'ed bayonet.

The parts if they are out there is on someone's else's blade I'm afraid.

[Major 2]

Got lucky this morning ...
I found a donor bayonet on eBay made an offer and won it.

Got it for 1/2 what most are selling for and looks pretty good

[Baltimore Ed]

Glad you found a donor Major. Nobody made it to the big Bal'mer show this year.

[Major 2]

I figured ....  I paid $5 more for this one over the cut off bubba'ed one I made a offer on month or so ago .

and it has this much more blade 

[Coffinmaker]

   Nice Find.  Happiness is being able to reach out and POKE someone 

[Major 2]

   it may be a bit frivolity ...but its something to do 

I like tinkering and its a light project

[Baltimore Ed]

 Confucius say,  'In life always better to be the poker than the pokey.'

[Major 2]

Transplant was successful, patient is back up on display , alert and doing fine. 

Donor is a tad lighter and back on the auction block