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An easy whatziss.

By The Armorer on January 6, 2012 | | Comments (16)
Well, easy if you know your firearms or are a skilled search-engine user.  It's Friday, second-lowest traffic day of the week anyway - so, from the vault:

[This pic embiggens]
What do we have here?

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By John (Not The Armorer) on January 6, 2012 9:51 AM
The Steyer AUG's great grand daddy!

Those early cartridge guns were pretty innovative and show an amazing variety of approaches to the concept of breechloading.
 
By The Thomas on January 6, 2012 10:49 AM
I clicked on the embiggen and didn't see any blood on the pointy part.

This has to be a photoshop.
 
By PrimEvil on January 6, 2012 10:54 AM
I found it with some searching, but I won't spoil the fun yet. It's mid-nineteenth century, of a certain central/eastern European empire. I had to hit the books on this one, it looked awful familiar, but just couldn't put a finger on it. Oh, well. They say the mind is the first to go. 8^)
 
By John of Argghhh! on January 6, 2012 10:55 AM
Considering that it's longer than I am tall, and that I've never bayoneted myself with a bayonet actually *attached* to a rifle... what's yer point?

Pllppppptttttt!
 
By PrimEvil on January 6, 2012 10:57 AM
PS.
John, do be careful with that bayonet. };^)
 
By Neffi on January 6, 2012 11:23 AM
Howzabout a pic of the important bit? You know, the bayonet...
 
By badjohn3 on January 6, 2012 12:56 PM
it looks European designed  by the lock beint used.
looks like a conversion of a musket to a single shot rifle.
a french tabatiere conversion?
 
By og on January 6, 2012 1:26 PM
yeah, I would say tabatiere but the lock looks wrong.
 
By Quartermaster on January 6, 2012 2:48 PM
 Not a Tabatiere. I think it is an Austrian product, but not too sure about that.

 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:French_Tabatiere_carbine_1867.jpg
 
By Neffi on January 6, 2012 2:59 PM
That does look like a ball atop the muzzle-ring so I'm saying it's a M1867 Werndl bayonet (with it's holder)
 
By Raging Tachikoma on January 6, 2012 3:09 PM
Austrian Wrendl Model of 1867 I think.
 
By og on January 6, 2012 6:29 PM
Yeah, I see it now, werndl  67, nice.
 
By Casey on January 6, 2012 7:22 PM
Oh, darn. I actually figured one out and Neffi (and RT) beat me to it.

...Kept fixating on searching rolling-block breechloaders, instead of rolling-breach. :)


 
By Rich in KCK on January 7, 2012 4:34 AM
And here I thought our host was asking about the weather station set up behind the fine example of European weaponry :-)

Whats up with the blue tint to everything, inquiring minds and all that

Regards

Rich in KCK




 
By John of Argghhh! on January 7, 2012 7:46 AM
 The blue tint is because the pictures are taken during the transition from morning nautical twilight to full dawn, and is an artifact of the qualities of the available light at that point.  

That's the color-corrected version...

This time of year I get home after the sun goes down, I go to work as the sun comes up.  I've got a small window to work with!
 
By Rich in KCK on January 7, 2012 8:17 AM
I suspected the tint was from the lighting.

As for the going to work bit, for at least another month I will be going to work in the dark and getting home in the dark :-(  At least I only have a 5 minute commute, if I take the long way!

Reagrds

Rich in KCK