AMERICAN JUKENJUTSU: Bayonet Reference Catalog

The length and configuration of a bayonet influences its employment, and is therefore important to understanding the system in which it was used.  The following reference catalog may be of assistance in making extensions to the currently available wooden training rifle/bayonet combinations to accurately simulate the length of the combined weapons system.  This catalog is not exhaustive, and is not intended as a scholarly coverage of bayonet variants.

This table continues under construction.  Last update 2011-01-18.

Country Year Nomenclature Rifle/Musket Type Length

Argentina

1879

 

Remington Rolling Block 1280 mm (50.4 inches) knife 465 mm (18.3 inches)
Argentina 1891   Mauser (approximately 49 inches) knife 400 mm (15.75 inches)
Argentina 1909 Modello Argentino 1909 Mauser (approximately 49 inches) knife 400 mm (15.75 inches)
Argentina 1953 Type A FN FAL 1090 mm (42.9 inches) knife 202 mm (7.9 inches)
Argentina 1961 Type C FN FAL folding stock 998 mm (39.3 inches) socket 162 mm (6.4 inches)
Australia 1907 PO7, No. 1 Mark 1 Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mark III 1130 mm (44.5 inches) knife 435 mm (17.1 inches)
Australia World War II Owen Mark 1 9mm Owen submachinegun 806 mm (31.7 inches) knife 254 mm (10 inches)
Australia   L1A2 L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle 1125 mm (44.3 inches) (FN FAL variant) knife 198 mm (7.8 inches)
France 1866 Mle. 1866 Baionnette Chassepot Fusil modelle 1866 1310 mm (51.6 inches) sword 571 mm (22.5 inches)
United States 1816   Springfield Model 1835 Musket 1473 mm (58 inches) socket 393 mm (15.5 inches)

Notes:  Length data is blade length unless otherwise noted, with the assumption that a grip or hilt is mounted in such a way as to effectively be included within the length of the musket or rifle. Inch measurements are rounded off.  Rifle/musket length data is gathered from a variety of sources, and given differences in models for a particular weapon, should be considered only representative.

Sources:  Brayley, Martin J.; Bayonets: An Illustrated History; [book]; Iola, Wisconsin, United States of America; kp books; 2004.