Does your "weapon of war" have a bayonet lug on it?

[Manonthestreet]

Saturday I picked-up a BOC (manufactured between '62 and '69) M7 bayonet for my Mossberg 590A1.

It came in a late WW-2 era M8A1 sheath. $25.00.

That's good in case I find a M1 Carbine bayonet or M3 fighting knife I will have a proper scabbard for it.

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LOL.....I bought a pre-ban STG-58 last week thinking I already had a socket bayonet for it. I slipped it over the flash-hider and it would not lock in.

Come to find out the Austrian STG was never intended to use a bayonet unlike the G-1 (German) which had a slot cut in the flash hider for a socket bayonet.

Would that fit a 590S

 

[GLASNOST]

That's just the standard M8A1 sheath that went to all the Vietnam War era M7 bayonets. It also fits post-war bayonets like the M4, M5/M5A1, and M6 The bayonet I have is marked "BOC", which was in production from 1964-1969.

Thank you. That explains a lot but I still have to find my bayonette to at least identify it.

 

[1srelluc]

Would that fit a 590S

yes

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

American military definitely don't want to get involved in hand to hand combat against Russians and Chinese soldiers.
And of course haven't done so for generations.

I think that the OP's problem could be mental illness just as easily as trolling. In any case my reporting same isn't being acted upon.

The Army's hand to hand may be crap, but the Marines MCMAP is one of the deadliest martial arts in the world.

 

[toobfreak]

American military definitely don't want to get involved in hand to hand combat against Russians and Chinese soldiers.

You must be thinking of Joe Biden's DEI military.

I think that the OP's problem could be mental illness just as easily as trolling.

I'm still trying to figure out how an OP trolls his own thread in the relevant forum? Who has the mental illness here I wonder?

In any case my reporting same isn't being acted upon.

No, it is being acted on. All of the mods are probably all looking at your "complaint" right now howling their asses off.

 

[GLASNOST]

That's just the standard M8A1 sheath that went to all the Vietnam War era M7 bayonets. It also fits post-war bayonets like the M4, M5/M5A1, and M6 The bayonet I have is marked "BOC", which was in production from 1964-1969.

Thank you. That explains a lot but I still have to find my bayonette to at least identify it.

FOUND IT on Google! My memory was right - Navy issue. This is the exact kinfe and sheath I had. USN Mark 1

 

[1srelluc]

That's just the standard M8A1 sheath that went to all the Vietnam War era M7 bayonets. It also fits post-war bayonets like the M4, M5/M5A1, and M6 The bayonet I have is marked "BOC", which was in production from 1964-1969.

Your sheath is like mine.....Late WW-2.

You can tell because it has the small snap and no metal tip protector as the later Vietnam era M8A1 sheaths did.

Vietnam era M8A1 sheath.

Note the larger button on a strap that crosses from left to right. The earlier sheath crosses from right to left.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

American military definitely don't want to get involved in hand to hand combat against Russians and Chinese soldiers.
And of course haven't done so for generations.

I think that the OP's problem could be mental illness just as easily as trolling. In any case my reporting same isn't being acted upon.

that is because again you are the troll here not him.

 

[Donald H]

You must be thinking of Joe Biden's DEI military.


I'm still trying to figure out how an OP trolls his own thread in the relevant forum? Who has the mental illness here I wonder?


No, it is being acted on. All of the mods are probably all looking at your "complaint" right now howling their asses off.

Let's tag it as mental illness that's motivated by bloodlust.

 

[whitehall]

Why would you want to say "fuck you" with a bayonet at the end of a rifle?

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Why not have both the bayonet and the backup arm? Maybe you don't realize what a useful and versatile tool a bayonet is, from a can opener, fork and knife to feed yourself, to a silent way of quieting those you come upon so they don't give your position away. That bayonet might save your life.

I'll carry something a bit shorter than a bayonet as a cutting tool. I'm not as athletic as I use to be don't get me wrong I'm as strong as I was in my 20's I just don't move as fast or bend that well anymore. If I have to use a bayonet as a defensive tool I'm screwed.

If I have a choice I'll do my combat at range.

 

[toobfreak]

If I have to use a bayonet as a defensive tool I'm screwed.

Why not an offensive tool? You can take a bayonet off and it becomes a knife.
For thousands of years, all man had to defend himself was the knife, sword and axe.

If I have a choice I'll do my combat at range.

That's just it--- best to plan for when you DON'T have a choice.
No one ever lost a battle from being too well prepared.

 

[1srelluc]

Why would you want to say "fuck you" with a bayonet at the end of a rifle?

Well, it's one of those unspoken type of things.

Nothing quite says FU like a 12ga with a bayonet attached.....And a man with some guts behind it.

 

[GLASNOST]

That's just the standard M8A1 sheath that went to all the Vietnam War era M7 bayonets.

It's amazing. After 60 years I still have it!

 

[M14 Shooter]

Some do, dome don't.
I only have one bayonet, for the Garand.

People who believe a rifle should be banned because it has a bayonet lug are the exact people the men who wrote and ratified the 2nd were thinking of when they wrote and ratified the 2nd.

 

[TheInfiniteSadness]

My "weapon of war" sometimes has a condom on it. Does that count?

 

[Donald H]

that is because again you are the troll here not him.

I think you're a 'her' (pronoun) who is a retired Gay Sgt.

 

[marvin martian]

And if it does, why don't you have a bayonet? Because as I like to say, "Nothing says "fuck you" more than a pointy-stabby thing on the end of a bangy-shooty thing."

But seriously, did you know that many low-end commercial production AR-15 rifle still have a bayonet lug? My US-made AK also has one, although I replaced the stock muzzle brake with a compensator. So I can't fix the bayo on there without putting the muzzle brake back on.

The bayonet lug is that small piece of metal about midways or toward the end of the barrel...

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The one on the left is a Vietnam War era US M7 that I found at a flea market the other day for $30. Most bayonets have a dull factory edge, as required by the Geneva Convention, although this one has a razor-sharp edge...

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[1srelluc]

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KA-BAR made one.

 

[marvin martian]

KA-BAR made one.

That's actually more likely to be used than a rifle-mounted bayonet.