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|  6th November 2006, 12:15 AM | #8 | 
| Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent 
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			It makes sense that the tube was cut off. If the 'socket' (of the bayonet)was to be bent down ....(so as to be straight to the blade)....it would need high localised heat which would affect the temper of the blade....almost certainly to its detriment.
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