Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard Marked to 7th Bn. Royal Scots - Dated 1888 Japanese Military Maps It is however still lined

It is however still lined in purple velvet

as well as light staining and oxidation in areas

and look to have been refinished at some time in the distant past

showing only light use and staining

complete with a rubberized canvas Scabbard with integral frog

Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard Marked to 7th Bn. Royal Scots - Dated 1888 Japanese Military Maps It is however still linedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This a very nice late Victorian Era British Pattern of 1888 bayonet, made originally to fit the Magazine LeeMetford (MLM) rifle, first introduced in 1888. This rifle had been designed to use a . 303 Black Powder cartridge, however smokeless powder was later introduced for a new . 303 cartridge, and the Metford rifling proved to be wholly unsuited for the more powerful propellant. As such, a new rifle was introduced