1837 NEPALESE
BRUNSWICK SWORD BAYONET
This 1837
Nepalese Brunswick Sword Bayonet my Good Sister found for me!
Made for the .704 caliber Brunswick Rifle was Britain's first percussion rifle, replacing the Baker flintlock rifle. Originally designed with two-groove rifling that required a special round ball with a raised "belt." The Brunswick rifle entered production in Britain in 1836. The Nepalese Brunswick rifles and bayonets likely date from the mid-19th Century 1840–1860. The bayonet is crudely modeled on the Pattern 1801 Baker Sword Bayonet. Several hilt styles are encountered, including a steel-hilted variant.
Like the other Nepalese bayonets in the collection, it came from the 43-ton cache of weaponry recently removed from the Royal Nepalese Armory, Lagan Silekhana, in 2003. In Kathmandu, the Armory housed more than 50,000 firearms; over 150 ancient bronze cannon; tens of thousands of bayonets; and all manner of tools and accessories. My friends went on a mission trip last year to Nepal, I should have gone with them as a baggage boy! Great Sister I have also eh?
Made for the .704 caliber Brunswick Rifle was Britain's first percussion rifle, replacing the Baker flintlock rifle. Originally designed with two-groove rifling that required a special round ball with a raised "belt." The Brunswick rifle entered production in Britain in 1836. The Nepalese Brunswick rifles and bayonets likely date from the mid-19th Century 1840–1860. The bayonet is crudely modeled on the Pattern 1801 Baker Sword Bayonet. Several hilt styles are encountered, including a steel-hilted variant.
Like the other Nepalese bayonets in the collection, it came from the 43-ton cache of weaponry recently removed from the Royal Nepalese Armory, Lagan Silekhana, in 2003. In Kathmandu, the Armory housed more than 50,000 firearms; over 150 ancient bronze cannon; tens of thousands of bayonets; and all manner of tools and accessories. My friends went on a mission trip last year to Nepal, I should have gone with them as a baggage boy! Great Sister I have also eh?
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