spring-assisted bayonet

[frou frou]

I noticed most antique english short blunderbuss have a spring-assisted bayonet.

Anyone handle one before? Does the spring assist in closing (snaps shut), or does it assist in opening (like a switchblade).

Hope it's the first option because the second option is probably illegal.

Anybody know someone who can make one?

 

[wallgunner]

The spring snaps the bayonet open. Usually locks open on a stud. If you want to make one, I belive Peter Dyson over in England has a variety of sizes you can use to recreate such a weapon. Had to have gotten you attention when such a weapon was pointed at you! :surrender:

 

[Mike Brooks]

Anybody know someone who can make one?

I can. Got a gun to attatch it to?

 

[trent/OH]

It's not related to 'buss bayonets, but I was just reading about the lead-up to Bunker Hill today, (Thomas Fleming's "Now We Are Enemies")and he lists the weapons turned in to Thomas Gage after Lexington/Concord. "...they promptly deposited 1,778 muskets, 634 pistols, 973 bayonets and 38 blunderbusses."
Either BB's were very scarce, or Bostonians didn't turn them in, perhaps because they were considered prized weapons for urban fighting?

 

[frou frou]

It will take a few months to finish building. Then I'll probably ask you to help put a bayonet on it. Knowing there are gunsmiths out there that can do it is great.

I belive Peter Dyson over in England has a variety of sizes you can use to recreate such a weapon.

Thanks for pointing it out. I've been to the site but was looking for something else and didn't find it. They do have those bayonets for sale.

 

[frou frou]

I think blunderbuss just weren't popular in the states. The range made it extremely unattractive. It's a special purpose weapon.

 

[Coot]

The blunderbuss was not a frequently used weapon in North America. In England (where many common folk could not legally hunt), most were for home or personal defense. The Crown used them for guards on Royal Mail coaches, for 'last ditch' defense of artillery and on ships. In the US Navy, the 1777 "Memo of Sundry Stores for Ship Raleigh" (32 guns) listed 400 small arms (muskets) 80 pairs pistols and 12 blunderbusses. The 1797 requisition for the federal frigates (including the USS Constitution) listed 400 "Muskettes", 250 pair Pistols and 44 Blunderbusses.

 

[Parzifal]

Hey there sir!
I have a blunderbess, and one of those spring mounted bayonets shure would be AWESOME on it!

Could you perchance build a "kit" of sorts for the owner to install and fit themselves??Or perchance you may know the contact info for the aforsaid parts kit.

I am fairly handy in all sorts of things..

Thanks sir.

 

[frou frou]

The link mentioned above about Peter Dyson in England is here

Probably better to call or email and gett exact specifications.

 

[Parzifal]

Thanks there Frou frou, I sent a email , but am unsure if it went through??Ill find out soon enough, the prices on his sits seem fair and it all looks good!

Cheers

 

[Parzifal]

I did get a reply today from the Dyson clan, and was told that unfortunatly they cannot help me with my request at the moment.

Rob.

 

[frou frou]

What reason did they give? What did you ask for, an entire kit or just the blade? It looks like they would have all the parts.

Another company to try is[url] http://www.blackleyandson.com/ http://www.blackleyandson.com/acatalog/Spring_Bayonets.html[/url]
Not sure if they will have the other parts required. You may have to ask Mike Brooks or another gunsmith to fabricate the missing parts.

 

[Parzifal]

I did not really ask for anything major, some springs and parts to even roughly finished pretapped threded holes for spring attachment, bag of the correct screws and maybe the locking mechanism and whatnot? Maybe I was just asking for to much without a proper introduction. I have a way with folks it seems.


Rob

 

[mazo kid]

Here is a photo of a blunderbuss that was for sale a few months ago. I kept the picture so (someday...) I may try my hand at making one. There is a sliding "keeper" that holds the bayonet in folded position. Pulling it back releases the spring loaded bayonet and it flips forward and another latch holds it open. Emery

 

[Mike Brooks]

Make sure you have a good hold on those things when you let loose the bayo release, they'll about jump right out of your hands!