M-9 Bayonet From Bud-K Knives

[billt]

http://budk.com/Knives/M9-Bayonet-Military-Knife?

This is a M-9 Bayonet I purchased from Bud-K Knives a while back. I didn't have one and thought it would be a good purchase without breaking the bank. Some of the higher quality M-9 Models sell for well over $100.00. I wasn't looking for anything that elaborate and found this model for $50.00. It exhibits very high quality for the price.

The photo shows it on my Bushmaster Modular Carbine. Naturally it doesn't fit quite right because it has a 16" barrel and the M-9 is designed to fit on the 14" barreled M-4 correctly, so the hilt slips over the flash suppressor. But it stays on nice once it's attached. For anyone looking for a nice bayonet for your AR-15 and don't want to spend a ton, check out this model from Bud-K. It's a nice knife for the money.  Bill T.

[Ping]

Still pretty cool Bill. I remember when they first came out they were pretty expensive. I do like some of the knives Bud K offers and have picked a few of them up. Nice Bushmaster too.

[fightingquaker13]

Is it just me or does the idea of putting a bayonet on a plastic, collapsible stock carbine seem about as silly as the pistol bayonet? I mean honestly, If I run out of ammo for my Mforgery I'd sure as hell rather have a baseball bat than try to mount a bayonet on it. Just sayin'.
FQ13

[tombogan03884]

One of FQ's occasional bits of sense. 

[billt]

Is it just me or does the idea of putting a bayonet on a plastic, collapsible stock carbine seem about as silly as the pistol bayonet?

To me a battle rifle, any battle rifle, is incomplete without a bayonet. A bit like a woman in a skirt without nylons.   Bill T.

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[fightingquaker13]

To me a battle rifle, any battle rifle, is incomplete without a bayonet. A bit like a woman in a skirt without nylons.   Bill T.

Depending on both the woman, and in this the rifle, they both look better without them.
FQ13

[tombogan03884]

Kind of defeats the purpose of the collapsing stock doesn't it ?
If it were actually on a "battle rifle" we might not be making fun of it.
But then again......

[billt]

Kind of defeats the purpose of the collapsing stock doesn't it ?

Personally, the bayonet makes more sense to me on these rifles than the "collapsible" stocks do. Even with them all the way out the length of pull is for a midget. I can understand this on an AK-47 because they, (Asians) are very small framed people. But Americans? Perhaps they were thinking of going back to the draft, (out of grammar school), when they designed it.   Bill T.

[tombogan03884]

Actually they were designed for guys wearing 70+ pounds of body armor and other assorted sh!t, not "range shooters". 

[CJS3]

Kind of defeats the purpose of the collapsing stock doesn't it ?
If it were actually on a "battle rifle" we might not be making fun of it.
But then again......

It's still kinda nice to have though. Sometimes!
I was at a gun show yesterday. One of the tables had reproduction bayonnets for sale. Billt's M9 was there, but for more than Bud K is selling it for. Still one of the longer Garand bayonnets caught my eye. I have one of the GI cut down bayos that the army issued (6 in. from a 10 in.), but I've always wanted one of the 10 inch bayonnets. The originals are WAY more money than I want to spend, but a new repro, would be nice. They looked well made and I could just picture it on my M1. Then, on closer inspection, I noticed the "CHINA" stamp just at the base of the blade. I decided THAT wouldn't look good attached to my Korean War vet M1.