Original British .303cal Martini-Enfield Rifle 1876/95 Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No Outside the top cover is

Outside the top cover is a very long 44-inch strap also for securing equipment at the top of the rucksack

Original WWII production

while the M1940 designation were given by collectors

Although still in use in some Constabularies most have been superseded by the "Ball Top" and then the "Comb Top" models

producing the most advanced artillery of the day

Original British .303cal Martini-Enfield Rifle 1876/95 Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No Outside the top cover isOriginal 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