COLLECTING

As items to collect the Type 56 bayonets are cheap and relatively common but get confused with the carbine design. One was sold by Barnes Hampton Littlewood (with two other bayonets) for £45 in May 2019. Before lockdown they were £25 to £60 at shows. Unless you have the correct licence in the UK, current-specification deactivated Type 56 rifles with bayonets are an option, as listed by Arundel Militaria for £350 and the Albanian Automatiku Shqiptar tipi 78-1 from World Wides Arms at £495. Type 68 bayonet and rifles are rarely found. Poly Tech Industries sells bayonets for $109. Solely Outdoors sells the Type 81 bayonet for $99.99.