SA80 Bayonet

Hi Guys.

Here's an SA80 Bayonet from my collection,this particular example sit's in a 90 Pattern PLCE/OG Frog, it would be great to see other examples,so feel free to show yours

Youre missing the plastic scabbard Gary.

Unlike other bayonets,say like the L1A1 which were made in different types by different makers etc the SA80 bayonets are pretty much boring as for some bizarre reason they(only the trials ones apparently)werent stamped so apart from the different scabbards and frogs the bayonets themselves are pretty much the same.

There is a scabbard or two on ebay at the moment.

Many thanks for posting your example filupe, great to see what the complete package should look like, nice one Mate

that is one mean looking bayonet gary i wouldnt like to be on the recieving end of that ,can i ask what the keyhole cutout is for on the blade i havent a clue mate :oops:thanks for sharing and i hope you pick up the missing part you need to complete cheers james

The cutout in the end of the blade is to fit the bayo onto the scabard to turn the into a wire cutter.

thanks graham ,now i know cheers james

Easy Gee wrote:Many thanks for posting your example filupe, great to see what the complete package should look like, nice one Mate

No problems, mate. Luckily I already had the pics somewhere on my portable HD for a past presentation on modern bayonets I did for the military collector's club I'm part of.

jaycee wrote:that is one mean looking bayonet gary i wouldnt like to be on the recieving end of that ,can i ask what the keyhole cutout is for on the blade i havent a clue mate :oops:thanks for sharing and i hope you pick up the missing part you need to complete cheers james

Cheers James, I am on the look out for a cheap scabbard right now!!

filupe wrote:

Easy Gee wrote:Many thanks for posting your example filupe, great to see what the complete package should look like, nice one Mate

No problems, mate. Luckily I already had the pics somewhere on my portable HD for a past presentation on modern bayonets I did for the military collector's club I'm part of.

Nice one ,thanks again Mate, great photo's which clearly show the features of these bayonets

Gulf91 wrote:
... the SA80 bayonets are pretty much boring as for some bizarre reason they(only the trials ones apparently)werent stamped so apart from the different scabbards and frogs the bayonets themselves are pretty much the same.

You're right. Not one marking of any kind on my example. I would've thought at least perhaps a broad arrow or a maker's mark. At first I thought I might have some sort of rip-off for the airsoft market! I'd be interested to know what sort of markings (and where) other SA-80 bayonet owners may have.

filupe wrote:

Gulf91 wrote:
... the SA80 bayonets are pretty much boring as for some bizarre reason they(only the trials ones apparently)werent stamped so apart from the different scabbards and frogs the bayonets themselves are pretty much the same.

You're right. Not one marking of any kind on my example. I would've thought at least perhaps a broad arrow or a maker's mark. At first I thought I might have some sort of rip-off for the airsoft market! I'd be interested to know what sort of markings (and where) other SA-80 bayonet owners may have.

I must have had 10+ of these bayonets over the years and no markings whatsoever which is surprising,like yourself I thought when I bought my first one that it was a repro or something.

The scabbards arent marked either only the frogs.

Here's mine in a selection of frogs and my scabbard which is unfortunately lacking in metal fixures:

WORLDWIDE ARMS have stock of the bayonet with the infantry scabbard but to me unless the design has changed I dont like the look of the wire cutter attachment.

You're right. Not one marking of any kind on my example. I would've thought at least perhaps a broad arrow or a maker's mark. At first I thought I might have some sort of rip-off for the airsoft market! I'd be interested to know what sort of markings (and where) other SA-80 bayonet owners may have.


No markings on mine what so ever, strange the SLR bayonets have a plethora of stamps,wonder why it was decided not to mark these!!

Maybe because the SA80 is the worst bullpup design rifle EVER,why make the bayonets any better!!!!

Apparently the bayonets arent much cop and prone to snapping.

Another one to the thread.

Here mine (again) but this time in an MTP frog.

Whats the square plastic piece with the male fastex buckle in some of the pictures above for?

PS: Who is going to be the first to post a pic of the Virtus frog

Raptor wrote:Whats the square plastic piece with the male fastex buckle in some of the pictures above for?

PS: Who is going to be the first to post a pic of the Virtus frog

They were so that the bayonet and scabbard could be worn without the need for a frog(or so I was told!!)

Been meaning to ask this question for a while now but always forgot.

Im not into modern British stuff(Post 1991) and have had my Infantry bayonet and scabbard for a good few years now but have noticed that WWA have had some for sale for a few years now with a different wire cutter attachment so question is this a current/more modern version or WWA have been accused in the past of apparently faking items,adding WW2 German stamps to non WW2 items etc so wonder if they have had these attachments made to fit loads of non infantry scabbards that they had?

This isnt me accusing them of anything,just a question,thought.

http://www.worldwidearms.com/b158-british-sa80-front-line-bayonet/p644