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M9 Bayonet pommel screw question


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Misfit 45

I have a Buck + USMC M9 bayonet. I noticed that it does not have the normal slotted allen screw, but rather has a un-slotted allen screw. It is the same shape and configuration as the normal screw (I took it out and compared). Also, it is not parkerized. The bayonet is said to have come straight out of Camp LeJeune, NC. Do you think this is a replacement screw, (not likely by the USMC), or, do all or some of the Buck+ USMC M9s have this different screw?

Marv

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Misfit 45
It is correct. At least mine is the same. Bill

 

I'm glad at least one other USMC M9 is the same. It sure seems odd though; isn't the purpose of the screw driver on the end of the scabbard to take apart the bayonet for cleaning?

Marv

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bayonetman

Don't know why they differ, but mine came from a Marine sale and it is the same as yours.

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  • 9 years later...

It's quite possible that the cutter plate/pommel screw may have been changed out at a maintenance level with a non-standard slotted version but the original USMC/Buck+  M9 Bayonet  screw was a no-slot stainless steel screw.  Based on your picture ... yours looks correct!

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