WW1 US PATTERN 1913 BAYONET BY REMINGTON
History
The Pattern 1913 bayonet was designed to be used with the experimental Pattern 1913 Enfield. The Pattern 1913 bayonet's only functional difference from the Pattern 1907 bayonet was a longer cross guard for the muzzle ring, to fit the Pattern 1913 Enfield rifle. Upon the outbreak of World War I the British authorities adapted the Pattern 1913 Enfield to the .303 British cartridge, creating the Pattern 1914 Enfield rifle, and contracts were awarded to the United States arms manufacturers Winchester, Remington and Eddystone for the rifle's production. To accompany those rifles, Remington manufactured the 1,243,000 Pattern 1913 bayonets and Winchester produced 225,000.
The Pattern 1917 bayonet cannot be fixed to the Lee-Enfield rifle (because of the different muzzle ring heights), so to avoid confusion with the Pattern 1907 bayonet, two deep vertical grooves were cut into the wooden grips of the Pattern 1913 bayonet.
Item Description
This bayonet is in excellent condition and shows little or no use at all. The blade has a sharp point and all of the factory edge still remains with 100% of the bluing still remaining. Excellent grips with the scabbard leather in perfect condition.
The Ricasso bears the issue stamp of 5 17 (May 1917) and the Remington stamp. The reverse of the Ricasso shows British Issue marks which have been over stamped and a US stamp applied. This means that the bayonet was destined for British issue then re-assigned for US issue.
You would not get a better example of this bayonet.