Fencing Musket Mark X Bayonet Practice Rifle

Fencing Musket Mark X, Bayonet Practice Rifle. Wooden half stock with a steel tube barrel that has a retracting, spring loaded button ended rod as the bayonet. The wrist of the stock is checkered, the butt plate is from a Lee-Enfield rifle and there is a brass hand guard where the breech would be located. The barrel is attached to the stock with two brass barrel bands and the fore end has a brass end cap.

This type of rifle was used for training soldiers in bayonet fighting.