They have been forged for durability so as not to break when twisting; this was often the problem with long and slender socket bayonets.

Soon "socket" bayonets would incorporate both ring mounts and an offset blade, keeping the bayonet well away from the muzzle blast of the musket barrel.

Henceforward, the socket bayonet became, with the musket or other firearm, the typical weapon of French infantry.

The socket bayonet had by then been adopted by most European armies.

While the British Army eventually discarded the sword bayonet, the socket bayonet survived the introduction of the rifled musket into British service in 1854.

That such bayonets were far heavier than standard socket bayonets was not a disadvantage since they were rarely fixed.

He wondered how soon he could get socket bayonets, unknown here-and-now, produced.

Because it was so short, its socket bayonet seemed the longer.

The Springfield Model 1861 was equipped with a triangular socket bayonet.

Infantry and dragoon rifles were issued with quadrangular socket bayonets.