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Location: SW Cheese Country
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fred cook
The reason for the tri-form (3 sided bayonet was because it made a wound that was slow to heal. By the time of the Great War of Secession, they had been in use for about 200 years. The Remington rifles however, used a very long and wicked bayonet that looked like a short sword! That one was pretty intimidating also!
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Reminds me of the old saying: Chest wounds suck, if properly inflicted.
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