Kansas Raider Posted June 30, 2019 Share #1 Posted June 30, 2019 Found these 3 Frazer M7 bayonets at the Chickasha Military Show last weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted June 30, 2019 Share #2 Posted June 30, 2019 Great find. I'm curious as to what the maker marks are on the M8A1 sheaths? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansas Raider Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted June 30, 2019 All 3 scabbards are marked USM8A1 with PWH underneath. One scabbard has 114 marked on the back, on the throat and scabbard body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted June 30, 2019 Share #4 Posted June 30, 2019 You hit the "mother load"! WOW! Who would have thought that an M7 would be so hard to find. I've been looking for 20 years, haven't even seen one at a show. I'll ask if no one else does. How much did you pay? Curious as to what is being asked outside of ebay. Please send me a PM, if you can't discuss it. Thanks Kansas Raider! SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svt40 Posted June 30, 2019 Share #5 Posted June 30, 2019 Nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansas Raider Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted July 1, 2019 Hey everybody, I have had several people ask what I gave for the Frazer's. I gave $200 each. I tried to get him down, but he would not. This is the first time I have ever seen one. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted July 1, 2019 Share #7 Posted July 1, 2019 That does seem to be the going price. They are like hen's teeth. I don't remember hearing of anyone being able to buy multiples at one time before. I've seen them go for more in open auctions where there are multiple bidders who have also been looking for a long time to add one the their collection. IMHO, you did the right thing getting them while you could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svt40 Posted July 1, 2019 Share #8 Posted July 1, 2019 My very first M7 bayonet I bought was a Frazier at the Fort Worth gun show about 8 years ago. Did not know a lot about them but I did know that FZR was a hard one to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66 cobra Posted July 3, 2019 Share #9 Posted July 3, 2019 I heard a rumor at a gun show Sarco was reproducing the FZR bayonet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted July 3, 2019 Share #10 Posted July 3, 2019 Well gun shows have always been a source for both rumors and out right lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted July 5, 2019 Share #11 Posted July 5, 2019 Checked Sarco's Ads for M7s. No "FZRs" were listed at this time. SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misfit 45 Posted July 6, 2019 Share #12 Posted July 6, 2019 Yeah, I can see it now, thousands of FZR M7s flooding the market for $50 each. Just like the Imperial/Colt M7s..... Uh oh, that's how rumors get started. Marv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted July 6, 2019 Share #13 Posted July 6, 2019 Sadly, it could easily be done. A lot of aftermarket M7s are only stamped w/ the M7 mark. I can see some enterprising individual, with a good engraving/ or stamp set producing "FZRs". Like Marv stated, lots of Imperial/Colt M7s showed up. I can remember seeing a few Camillus repro M3s, which only had one pommel pin, being drilled w/ a second pin added. Easily recognizable, but still done. Also, how many questionable M4s have we discussed? Potential is out there. Stay on your game! SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted July 6, 2019 Share #14 Posted July 6, 2019 How many aftermarket M7's are manufactured to the U.S. Government specifications? In the past it seems that the means of attaching the guard to the tang has remained problematic. IMHO, those welds under the grips have been the collectors friend. We do have to stay ever vigilant, technology is always changing, and someone seems to always be waiting in the wings to take advantage of it. BTW, I don't mean in anyway to say I have any reason to question the examples in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted July 6, 2019 Share #15 Posted July 6, 2019 The spot welds crossed my mind. The only way I can think of to check aftermarket from legit real. But to be quite honest I'd have grabbed them up w/o looking. Just too rare to pass by. I believe they're legit. The back cut is 90*, believe that's correct on a 1971 contract. Kansas Raider did great! Glad he showed us. SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windraider Posted July 12, 2019 Share #16 Posted July 12, 2019 Hello, I received such an M7 from FZR years ago in the German market. I do not remember the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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