Original British .303cal Martini-Enfield Rifle 1876/95 Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No or if there is likely

or if there is likely to be metallic contamination on the surface

painted black overall and reissued after WW2 as Drill Purpose

It was replaced in the British Army as the section LMG by the L7 general-purpose machine gun (GPMG)

the same company that produced the Sterling submachine gun

Original British .303cal Martini-Enfield Rifle 1876/95 Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No or if there is likelyOriginal Item: Recovered from the Egyptian Citadel armory in the 1970s, these are 21 inch triangular bladed 1876 Martini Henry Rifle socket bayonets, converted in 1895 to fit . 303cal Martini Enfield rifles. The conversion from the original . 450 . 577 Martini Henry caliber allowed both the rifles and therefore the bayonets to see further service in the empire, utilizing the modern . 303 British ammunition. Internal diameter of the socket is