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Sling swivels on the left side for carrying with flat side of rifle against shoulder. Some have been found with the wood worn down to the metal from being carried this way. There are drain holes under the stock between the housing and middle band for drainage.
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Safety is bright with the short tang of the early style. Inside of action is polished bright. Sight is graduated to 2000 meters.
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Note the groove in the stock for the bayonet to lie in folded so as not to interfeer with holding of the rifle or snagging the hand. Wood to metal fit is flawless.
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Type 44 along with the mum is stamped on top of the receiver. Bolt is bright, spring under rear sight, trigger and floor plate release are strawed.
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Bayonet folds under and is of the epee or triangulary type and is 16" long from hinge pin to tip. It is releasd by pushing a tab on the left side.
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Bayonet in its folded postition. Note the middle band is formed to the contour of the bayonet blade. You can see the knob that releases the bayonet on the bottom side in this picture. Also the hook that is used to stack rifles as well as hold the opponents bayonet in hand to hand combat.
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Bayonet in its extended postion. Same latch holds it in either mode. You can see better the triangular shape of the bayonet in this picture.
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Close up of the hinge and locking mechanism of the the folding bayonet. You can also see the evident clearance between the barrel and nose shroud to make the barrel free floating.
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With the use of the rim of a cartridge the gate will swivel opening the storage in the butt plate.
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Gate opening for the two jointed cleaning rods, unique tab on right side opens it.
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First variation is on top. Notice the short housing for the bayonet. Also the shroud that fit around the barrel was tight and touched the barrel. Accuracy was hindered because of this and the short housing did not have sufficient strength to support the bayonet. The middle is the second variation. The housing was made longer for strength and the hole in the shroud was made larger inside thereby free floating the barrel. Accuracy improver. Bottom is the third variation, the added tabs on back of housing to give yet more strength. Stocks are slightly different on each rifle at the bayonet housing, everything else is the same.
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