Australian L1A2 Bayonets-Short & Long
Article about: These are both L1A1 SLR bayonets as made by the Lithgow small arms factory-one of bayonet collecting little jokes they have no serial numbers, proof marks, makers name or stock codes-the com
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Re: Australian L1A2 Bayonets-Short & Long
gday lithgow, i love these bayonets they are really well made, mine is the same as yours unissued with the green webbing frog.
i think these are a must for any lithgow collector.....it would be good to have the rifle to go with it but they are too difficult to find and register in this state. Guess i will just make do with the bayonet
regards Paul
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Re: Australian L1A2 Bayonets-Short & Long
Hello 4md-no semi auto rifles at all in WA-you can have a deactivated SLR if you can find one and that at about $3,500! Luckily the bayos are relatively cheap and available but I do consider myself lucky to have got the exRAAF parade bayo for $60.
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Re: Australian L1A2 Bayonets-Short & Long
thats a great buy for $60, i didnt know about the short point /long point... i will keep an eye out for a short point one now
regards paul
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Re: Australian L1A2 Bayonets-Short & Long
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lithgow
These are both L1A1 SLR bayonets as made by the Lithgow small arms factory-one of bayonet collecting little jokes they have no serial numbers, proof marks, makers name or stock codes-the complete absence of markings tells you they are the Australian model. ...
Yesterday I received this SLR bayonet, I think, it´s an Aussie L1A2 bayonet, but, I recognized a digit, ( a " 2 " ? ), marked upon the crossguard, alo the mark of a punch, (a hardness test ?).
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overall lenght: ca. 290 mm
blade lenght: ca. 190 mm
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Excellent pictures/examples of these Bayonets, I never realised there were so many variants of these so I have definitely learned something new today, thanks for posting them up,regards Opex.
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Opex-if you're keen on collecting them, I'd recommend getting a copy of Ian Skennerton and Robert Richardson's 'British and Commonwealth Bayonets'-many different SLR bayos from the different countries (mostly relatively small variations but that's what gets collectors excited!). One I bought 18 months back is a repackaged British example 'mummy wrapped' for long term storage-ironically I'll never actually see the bayo as it'll stay in the packaging...
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Hi, mates !
Sunday´s flea market -find, the "long" version !
Bayo´s in good, worn, condition and I also think, the painted scabbard is quite legit in it´s condition.
AFAIK Aussie manufactured sheath´s were black painted also actually.
The blade´s well greased.
I´m curious, if both version´s, ("long", and / also, "short" bladed), saw action in NAM ?
Last edited by Reibert; 08-02-2016 at 07:15 PM.
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Reibert
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I´m curious, if both version´s, ("long", and, "short" bladed), saw action in NAM ?
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See also this thread:
L1A2 for the SLR L1A1 Aussie in NAM ?
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