Orignal 61 Springfield bayonet problem

[Doug Potter]

I have wanted to get an orginal 61 springfield bayonet but eveyone I have tried would not fit my Euroarms springfield the barrel diameter is to large,
anyone else had this problem.

[Mike Thorson]

Good question Doug  , moving this to Civil War reenacting........now moved. Someone else here Im sure has had this problem and can help.

[Bill Zuelsdorff]

:-/I don't know if this is appropriate or not,  I used a Dremel tool to "widen" the bayonet to fit on my 1861 repo Euroarm Springfield.  Worked fine.  I also have a repo bayonet (I too am looking for an original), so maybe the Dremel idea might scare you off with an original.

[John Wedeward]

Just a note:  the Idea of "interchangable parts" was great, but did not always work.  I own about 30+ original Springfields or contracts and not all my original bayonets fit each original musket.  I usually use an original musket when renacting, and the first thing I have to do is make sure the bayonet I'm taking fits that particular musket I'm using.(For example on my 2 original '42s, I have 1 bayonet that fits both and 1 bayonet that fits only 1 of the 2) (I do have bayonets for every musket).  So, the best bet would to look around and try to find an original bayonet with a slightly larger diamater for the socket, as they are all not the same. "The Horse Soldier" in Gettysburg has boxes of original bayonets to play and try to fit with. JMW

[Doug Potter]

Does the horse soldier have a web site or phone number
Thanks
Doug Potter

[John Wedeward]

Sorry Doug, I missed your last post. If you just go to a search engine like metacrawler and put in "the horse soldier" you will find their web site JMW