High quality bayonet?

gamma_nyc

gamma_nyc

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Anyone know of a high quality version of the m1 bayonet?

Looking for good high carbon steel…did Ontario make one?
 
gamma_nyc said:
Anyone know of a high quality version of the m1 bayonet?

Looking for good high carbon steel…did Ontario make one?
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Are you meaning a "bayonet for an M1 Garand"?
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I've never seen one of those made by Ontario.
 
gamma_nyc said:
Anyone know of a high quality version of the m1 bayonet?

Looking for good high carbon steel…did Ontario make one?
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There are some acceptable repros of the M1 bayonet (yeah, the bayonet was designated M1, as were the rifle, the carbine, the helmet, the breakfast cereal, etc.) but they can be dodgy and hard to fit. You'll want to have a Dremel to make some alterations to the bayonet to fit it to your rifle.

Original M1 bayonets are expensive, but they will fit. For much less money, you can buy an original M5 bayonet and sheath and it will also fit your rifle. They are 3.5" shorter in the blade (M1 is 10", whether cut down from a 1905 or made from scratch) and they feature a stud that locks into the gas plug rather than the muzzle ring of the M1 and M1905. (The M5 is ostensibly of Korean War vintage, but it is adopted in early '53 and fighting stops close to August of that year, so I suspect nearly all troops carried M1s, purpose-built or cut-downs).

Are you kitting out an M1 as a WWII gun? If Army, go with M1 of any variety (cut down spear point or bowie or purpose-built). If USMC add M1905 to your options. If collecting all possible accessories for the rifle, start with any of the above and include the M5 and even the various Danish and Greek bayonets. Some of these were built from Mauser 98k bayonets! Tell us about your rifle!

I am keen to put a massive 16" M1905 bayo on my six-digit Springfield M1 because it's awesome! The rifle has all correct drawing numbers so it goes back to 1942, but it also features a Korean export/import barrel stamp, so it must have been reissued to ROK troops in the '50s and would have been fitted with an M5 at some point. I will probably buy a repro M1905, dremel it to fit, and impress everyone at the range 😄. (I'd love an original, but ammunition is a better investment for me.)

At some point the CMP sold M1s and M5s. You can check there, too.

Good luck!

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