An extremely early date (1913) Remington made model P13 bayonet c/w correct scabbard in near mint condition. This bayonet is, I believe, of great significance and profusely ordnance marked also January (1) 1916 and on pommel 14 crowned stamping Remington trademark to ricasso of a fine near mint blade with fewest spots light discolouration - comes with leather scabbard and stitching perfect, except for two small scuffs at rear near chape. Price includes postage and reflects my sure belief a most highly collectible and historically significant bayonet to be paired with a mod 13 Enfield.
This bayonet was manufactured for the experimental P13 rifle of 1910 design - an experimental sniper weapon loading the radical (for it’s time) .275 Enfield high velocity. Drawing from experience in second Boer war where British troops encountered devastating long range sniping from boers armed with the Mauser rifle (7x57Rimless) the Enfield arsenal developed in 1910 a rimless magnum round (.7x60mm/.276Enfield) which wrung the best in accuracy from the p13 with its floating barrel in contrast to fixed. Barrel of SMLE prone to vibration (harmonics as they’re termed) yet when war came logistics rendered this round non-viable for mass production and the p14 became the model of the Great War with a million and a quarter produced between. 1915 and 1917 loading the service round .303 British (7.7x56R) a rimmed round slimmer also longer than the fatter and stubbier - hence rimless .276 Brit itself more akin to the late nineteenth. Century. ,”Express”, hunting rounds of the African savannah (though not in a big game calibre more an impala round) Thus the P14 was issued for sniping and rear line troops in whose case their weapons were less exposed to damage so valuable an accurate weapon did the army hold them.