FIX BAYONETS!!! Show your firearms with bayos

[Emptymag]

I don't think there's a bayonet thread yet, so I figured "why not start one?"

As this is in the "gun pics" thread, I'd prefer to see pics of bayos on guns, preferably in the "fixed" position.

Hmmm... this is embarrassing. I can't find the photo I was going to post.
Unfortunately, I sold the only rifle I owned with a bayo.

I did find one photo with it extended on the day I brought it home, still caked in cosmoline... (Yugoslavian SKS)





Fix bayonets! "Let's go!"

[xflyboy]

the only pic i have with bayonet fixed.

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[sksmith75]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...00000000413847

M1 Garand - Manufactured April 1943
16 Inch Bayonet - Manufactured 1942

This picture was taken in my back up kitchen. If you are REALLY serious about something, and I like to eat, you need to have a back up.

Makes sense for guns, makes sense for kitchens, but, I'm not dumb enough to press the concept with women. The Hippy Chick would shoot me dead!

[Emptymag]

Wow. The bayo on the Garand looks like it's 3' long!

I've not done much research on them, so I don't know if they were made in different lengths. I have one that my father in law had brought home after WWII... I'm going to go and measure it.

(Also have 2 Mauser bayos he brought home.)

[brian]

Wow. The bayo on the Garand looks like it's 3' long!

I've not done much research on them, so I don't know if they were made in different lengths. I have one that my father in law had brought home after WWII... I'm going to go and measure it.

10 and 16"
it uses the same bayo as the '03 series of rifles.
the first world war saw bayo's as a very real weapon, by the time first world got around to act two, the bayo was still a front line weapon, but was on it's way out.
so instead of issuing bayo's almost a foot and half long, they reduced the length to a still very menacing 10"s.....many of the 16 inchers were later cut down to ten inches.

as a side note, the bayo(or rather butter knife) issued for the m16 is almost the same bayo designed for the m1carbine.....designed some 25-30 years prior.

[sksmith75]

Wow. The bayo on the Garand looks like it's 3' long!

I've not done much research on them, so I don't know if they were made in different lengths. I have one that my father in law had brought home after WWII... I'm going to go and measure it.

(Also have 2 Mauser bayos he brought home.)

I did a little research before I bought my bayonet. From what I read, the 16 inch bayonet was originally made for the 1903 Springfields and then when the Garand entered service, it was designed to use the same one.

About midway through WW II, they determined that 10 inches was a more effective length and changed the design of the new production, as well as began reworking the 16 inch units, cutting them down to 10 inches.

As a result, the remaining 16 inch bayonets are somewhat rare, making them more expensive. That's why I wanted the 16 inch. I gave around $200 for it a few years ago and the 10 inch ones could be had for around $100.

Every time I pick that rifle up, I am humbled and awed by the men that carried that weapon and what they did with it. I consider the rifle and bayonet one of my most cherished firearms.

[Emptymag]

Thanks for the info and yes, I'm humbled as well.

Since I don't have a rifle to attach it to, I did the next best thing, and pulled out my father in law's army uniform to use as a backdrop for an impromptu photo shoot...






















I believe I read somewhere that you can tell which bayonets were cut down by noting that the "blood groove" extends the length of the blade. (Indicating it was once a longer blade)


More photos, including the German (K98) bayos here:
http://s886.photobucket.com/albums/a...Stuff/Bayonet/

[pac444]

While we're on the subject, can someone identify this bayonet?
My girls grandfather gave it to me because he knew I was into guns, but I have yet to find any surplus rifles it actually fits on and he couldn't identify it himself, he brought it home from the Rhodesia conflict in the late 60's to early 70's.
Some extra details, it has a checkered grip, is a little over 15 inches long, and it has markings but they're indistinguishable because it hasn't been kept in very good shape, the number on the blade is 3218U.

[thebearpack]

While we're on the subject, can someone identify this bayonet?
My girls grandfather gave it to me because he knew I was into guns, but I have yet to find any surplus rifles it actually fits on and he couldn't identify it himself, he brought it home from the Rhodesia conflict in the late 60's to early 70's.

I think that might be a Spanish 1913 Long bayo for a Short Mauser. If you've got the time you can dig around here:

http://arms2armor.com/Bayonets/bayonets.htm

Or go straight to this link to see yours:

http://arms2armor.com/Bayonets/span1913.htm

[pac444]

I think that might be for a Spanish 1913 Long Mauser. If you've got the time you can dig around here:

http://arms2armor.com/Bayonets/bayonets.htm

Or go straight to this link to see yours:

http://arms2armor.com/Bayonets/span1913.htm

Thanks!
That looks like it's mine.