October 30, 200619 yr #1 Just wanted your take on this one guys.....i have been wanting a right price one of these for a while....... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...p;rd=1&rd=1 I brought it for what i thought was a fair price as i have a spare short hanger M8A1 scabbard. Now was UTICA a WW2 maker of these and also how did i do pricewise? How can you tall a post WW2 one of these M4 bayonets I know its NOT for the minty purist....but it looked right to me ? Regards Lloyd
October 30, 200619 yr #2 Just wanted your take on this one guys.....i have been wanting a right price one of these for a while....... I brought it for what i thought was a fair price as i have a spare short hanger M8A1 scabbard. Now was UTICA a WW2 maker of these and also how did i do pricewise? How can you tall a post WW2 one of these M4 bayonets I know its NOT for the minty purist....but it looked right to me ? Regards Lloyd Lloyd Like you said, not a minty piece but it's an honest one. Manufactured in 1944-1945, it probably didn't see service in WW2 but they remained in service through the 1960's. With the exception of a 1953 CAMILLUS contract, all leather handled M4's were made in WW2. However, many...many of them were reworked/refinished in the 1950's and '60's for use by US forces and/or use by our allies overseas. When I was buying M4's, and this was several years ago, you sometimes found nice ones with scabbard for not over $100 on ebay. But times have changed so $45 might not be a bad price today for a well used one w/o scabbard. Greg
October 30, 200619 yr Author #3 Thanks Kabar....thats what i wanted an "honest" WW2 era M4 bayonet for my surplus M8A1 scabbard. As long as i didnt get stung too hard with a "wrongun"....:-) Regards Lloyd
Create an account or sign in to comment