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M1900 |
Sword bayonet for use on 7 mm. M1895 Mauser rifles that Uruguay purchased from FN in Belgium.
This bayonet was incorrectly identified in some early bayonet books as being for use on the 6.5 mm. Mauser-Daudeteau conversions of the M1871 Mauser done for Uruguay by the French firm, Dovitis. The Mauser-Daudeteau rifle does not have a conventional bayonet lug, so cannot mount this bayonet. The bayonets supplied with Mauser-Daudeteau rifles look just like the French M1886 bayonet, except they have a depression in the left grip for the Mauser-Daudeteau's cleaning rod. The Uruguayan M1900 bayonet appears to be a Mauser-Daudeteau blade, re-hilted for use with the Mauser M1895 rifle. A picture at left, shows the Uruguay M1900 bayonet mounted to M1895 Mauser rifle. The scabbard is identical to the French M1886, but is unmarked. |
20.50 |
520 | 25.375 |
645 | .610 |
15.5 | Hilt: "1950" |
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M1908 | Knife bayonet for use with the 7 mm. M1908 Mauser Infantry Rifle and Short Rifle used by Uruguay. These rifles were made by DWM and were identical to the Brazilian M1908, save for markings.
My identification of this piece as Uruguayan is somewhat speculative. Both of the above references identify a bayonet identical to this as used by Uruguay. However, I haven't found any documentation of a Mauser export pattern bayonet marked "V.C.S." on the ricasso; or that the German firm of Victor Christian Schilling & Co. produced these bayonets and for whom. The meaning of the "S.M.B." marking on the crosspiece is also unknown. Ball's book, Mauser Military Rifles of the World (4th Ed) has images of Uruguay M1908 rifles dated 1908 and 1909 on the receiver ring. Production would have ceased no later than 1914, with the outbreak of World War I. |
11.00 | 279 | 16.125 | 410 | .620 | 15.7 | Ricasso: "V.C.S."
Crosspiece (left): "S.M.B." Crosspiece (right): "4949" |
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