Buckmaster Wire Cutter

The original M9 bayonet as manufactured by Phrobis III weighed 1.8 pounds. This Buckmaster weighs more than that. Not something you'd want to be humping around all day.
 
Explains why it was never adopted into the service and therein remained a rare prototype.
Wonder if such an attempt was made with the M9?
 
porterkids said:
The original M9 bayonet as manufactured by Phrobis III weighed 1.8 pounds. This Buckmaster weighs more than that. Not something you'd want to be humping around all day.
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The M9 I accumulated a couple weeks ago is not something I'd want to carry any day...I swear it weighs 4 pounds...and what would I want with a pistol magazine pouch???...And the "quick release" clip...doesn't... :rolleyes:

If I'd have my druthers (being a REMF truck driver anyway), I'd rather have that prototype wire cutter...Save my 3-prong flash hider for more important work...than cutting C-rat case wires... ;)

(Yeah, I know...I'm old...) :D
 
GIRLYmann said:
Explains why it was never adopted into the service and therein remained a rare prototype.
Wonder if such an attempt was made with the M9?
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Phrobis developed a similar scabbard system for the M9 bayonet for the 1986 Trials. The scabbard and bayonet together exceeded the weight limit specified by the Army so it was never submitted. There are some photos of this scabbard at the quaterbore site. The scabbard shown there does not have the front pouch on it.
http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/showthread.php?t=31
 
"porterkids"
Thank's for the "heads-up"!
The slot on the blade system (as utilized by the M9 today, thanks to the AK bayonet), may save weight; but I suspect that it would make the current bayonet blade structurally weaker.
Also that the slotted bayonet wirecutter would not be as hard as a dedicated razor concertina wirecutter.
 
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