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Site	Topic	Description
.303 British.com	Lee-Enfield Rifles	Site dedicated to shooting and maintaining the .303 British caliber Lee-Enfield rifles.
7.62 x 54r	Mosin-Nagant Rifles	Comprehensive site dedicated to Mosin-Nagant rifles from around the world. Excellent reference on 7.62 x 54R ammunition identification not found elsewhere on the web.
Abbrevations used in the World War One Medal Cards	British Regimental Unit Abbreviations	The best publicly-available reference for deciphering British regimental & Corps unit abbreviations. Courtesy of the UK National Archives.
Antique and Collectable Firearms and Militaria Headquarters	Collectable Firearms, Bayonets, and Militaria	John Spangler’s site with lots of stuff for sale, a Q & A page where you can search for answers or submit your questions, and links to many good research sites. John also has an excellent research site of his own, called Arms Collectors.com.
Arms2Armor	Collectable Rifles, Bayonets, Swords, etc.	Militaria dealer with a nice reference page to help in identifying old rifles and bayonets.
Banzai	Japanese Militaria	Home page for Banzai, a monthly newsletter on Japanese militaria. The site has a considerable amount of reference material publicly available. Banzai has been in publication since 1982 and is a must for the collector focused on Japanese militaria. If you have a Japanese military rifle, please consider submitting a data sheet to help further their research projects on Japanese rifles.
Battle Rifle: The M-1 Garand	The M-1 Garand Rifle	Reference site for determining which parts are the historically “correct” ones for your M-1 rifle.
The Bayonet Connection	Bayonets	Shawn Gibson’s bayonet sale site. Shawn is a leading collector/dealer specializing in rare bayonets from around the world.
The Bayonet Trader	Bayonets	Ron Riede’s bayonet sales site. Ron also offers a bayonet research/reference database by subscription.
Bryan Brown’s Home Page	Rifle and Bayonet Markings	Excellent compendium of markings, including: German codes, Japanese rifle and bayonet markings, British and Commonwealth bayonet markings, and Schmidt-Rubin rifle and bayonet information.
Carbines for Collectors	Bolt-Action Military Carbines	Reference page on bolt-action military carbines. Lots of pictures.
Carcano Homepage	Italian Carcano Rifles and Bayonets	THE web reference on Carcanos. Excellent.
Collecting and Shooting the Surplus Military Rifle	Military Rifles, Pistols and Bayonets	A huge site, jam-packed with historical and how-to information. Excellent forum for discussing milsurp firearms. Very well moderated.
Dennis D. Ottobre’s Militaria Site	Bayonets & Militaria	Otto is a full-time bayonet and militaria dealer and author of the groundbreaking books, Observations on Turkish Bayonets and Bayonets of Afghanistan.
Dutch Bayonets	Dutch Bayonets	Erwin Muetstege's site dedicated to collecting Dutch bayonets. Info on Dutch bayonets has been scarce on the Web until this site was launched.
Enfield Stuff Home Page	Lee-Enfield Oilers	A unique site with in-depth reference material on the oilers that store in the buttstock of the Lee-Enfield rifle. You will be amazed at how much information is available on this obscure subject.
The German Codes Page	WW II Mauser Kar 98k Rifle Markings	WW II German rifle maker markings and Waffenampt reference.
Gunboards	Military Rifles, Pistols and Bayonets	The largest firearms forum on the web, with over 1 million posts. If you can’t find the info here, it probably doesn’t exist.
House of Karlina	Swedish Mauser M1894 & M1896 Rifles	THE web reference on Swedish Mauser rifles.
John C. Denner Co.	Rifles, Bayonets, Swords, and Books	Canadian dealer of antique arms and militaria.
The Johnson Rifle Site	The Johnson M1941 Rifle and Bayonet	Site dedicated to the Johnson rifle. Excellent page on the Johnson bayonet, with a detailed article on identifying repros.
Karkee Web	British Web Frogs	20th Century British and commonwealth web equipment.
Lee-Enfield Rifle Markings	Lee-Enfield Rifles	Markings used on Lee-Enfield rifles.
The Lee-Enfield Rifle	Lee-Enfield Rifles and Related Bayonets	Canadian web site with historical and identification info. on things Lee-Enfield.
Leger Museum Netherlands	Dutch Mannlicher Rifles & Bayonets	The official Web site of the Dutch Army Museum. In Dutch language, but pages can be translated using Babelfish.
Militaryrifles.com	Non-US military rifles 1865-1888	Excellent site for identifying and researching foreign military rifles. Has info on lots of oddball rifles not covered by other sites.
Frank Trzaska's U. S. Military Knives	U.S. military knives and bayonets	This leading author’s web page is loaded with research material on U.S. military knives and bayonets. He also has a for sale section.
M9 Bayonet.com	U.S. M9 Bayonet	Reference site dedicated to the history of the M9 Bayonet and it’s many production changes.
Manowar’s Hungarian Weapons	Hungarian Small Arms 1854-present	An excellent reference on all manner of Hungarian small arms.
Mauser Central	Mauser rifles	A site dedicated to collecting and shooting the Mauser rifle. Technical info., articles, and forums too.
The Model 1888 Commission Rifle	Model 1888 Commission Rifle	This excellent site, dedicated to the Model 1888 Commission Rifle was gone for a while, but is back again.
Mosin Nagant Page	Mosin-Nagant Rifles	Reference site on Mosin-Nagant rifles affiliated with Gunboards.com, the largest collectable firearms forum on the web.
Mossberg Smallbore Page	Mossberg .22 Caliber Rifles	Excellent, and growing, reference on Mossberg .22 Caliber rifles, including the military models.
Old Bayos	Bayonets	An outgrowth of the well-established OldSwords.com Web site, hosted by Mark Cloke in the UK.
Per Holmback’s Bayonets of Scandinavia	Bayonets of Scandinavia	THE site for research on Scandinavian bayonets. Also has a for sale section.
rec.guns on the Web	Firearms	The modern evolution of the old rec.guns newsgroup. Lots of information on military rifles and related subjects.
Reproduction Bayonet Frogs	Bayonet Belt Frogs	An excellent reference and source of faithful reproductions of otherwise unobtainable belt frogs.
Rifle Slings Home Page	Military Rifle Slings	An excellent reference site on military rifle slings from around the world.
Rifle Slings of the World	Military Rifle Slings	Another excellent reference for identifying military rifle slings. Part of the Carbines for Collectors site listed above.
Society of American Bayonet Collectors	U. S. Bayonets	Bayonet collecting organization specializing in U.S. bayonets and foreign bayonets used in the United States. Site has an extensive bibliography of bayonet books, although it hasn’t been updated since 2002.
Spanish Mauser Page	M1893 and M1916 Spanish Mauser Rifles	Site dedicated to identification of the early Spanish Mausers.
S & S Firearms	Antique Rifle Parts and Accouterments	Business specializing in parts and accouterments for the Civil War reenactors. Lots of original stuff and some reproduction pieces too. Very up-front about which is which. I’ve bought lots of small items from them over the years. Wouldn’t be without their catalog on my bookshelf as a reference.
Surplusrifleforums.com	Military Rifles, Pistols and Bayonets	The new surplusrifle.com forums.
Swiss Rifles	Swiss Rifles and Bayonets	Comprehensive reference on Swiss rifles and bayonets, from the Vetterli to the Sturmgewehr. Has an excellent forum dedicated to Swiss rifles.
U.S. Springfield Rifle Information Center	Trapdoor Springfield Rifles	THE site for information on Trapdoor Springfield rifles and carbines.
Turkish Mauser Page	Turkish Mauser Rifles	Site dedicated to the Turkish Mauser rifle.
Vi Shooter’s M1903 Page	U.S. Rifle M1903	Very detailed research material on the U.S. Model 1903 rifles. The best M1903 resource on the Web.
Wikipedia	Bayonets	Wikipedia encyclopedia page on bayonets.
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