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Posted: 6/24/2006 11:44:03 PM EDT
After info I got on a previous post, I found out that I have three bayonets without rifles to go with them. Bummer huh?Anyway the three bayonets are 1. 10inch Garand (I`m working on getting another Garand) 2. Cetme (I`m debating getting one or selling the bayonet) 3. The bayonet that has been sitting in the garage forever, The Ross Rifle Bayonet. My question is are these rifles rare? (I`ve probably walk past a million over the years at gunshows.) How much do the go for? Are they still able to be fired? From what I gathered, it wasn`t a very dependable rifle. So let me know what`s up with these guns. Thanks |
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I presume that your bayonet is for the M1910 Ross Rifle. The Rifle was great on the range and still is, if you have the confidence in your own or your gunsmith's ability to PROPERLY re-assemble the bolt and bolt head. If not properly assembled a discharge can shoot the bolt assembly through your head. It has happened! The machining on the bolt head is complex and it gummed up with Flander's mud very quickly in WW1 combat. Canadian soldiers died from this failure, just as GIs and Marines died with early M16s in Vietnam. I have heard that the Ross was pulled from regular combat service in 1915 or 1916. It may have been used by some snipers after that. They have three places where serial numbers may be found: rear of bolt handle, side of receiver and on the buttstock. The rifles and bayonets are fairly rare, especially in good condition and with all matching parts. The few I'vw seen, including my own M1910, run from $1,000 to $1500 US. Hope this helps! Ogtree |
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