M1 Garand Bayonet

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mfw a decent garand bayonet in the US is $65 (no scabbard) and a rusty ass piece of garbage here is $99 plus shipping. If you get a decent one with a scabbard it is almost $300.

Anyone have any experience with the Chineseum replica ones? are they serviceable or just decorations?
 
the Chinese one will always be just a Chinese copy. An original will be, well, original and proper to your rifle and will likely go up in value. Did I mention that the other one is just Chinese crap.

As a collector I will buy a lesser condition original item and upgrade to a better original if money and luck in finding it both happen at the right time. I will never intentionally buy a fake.
 
Not that I know much, but I would buy a fake for looks in a display. I just scored an M1935/export bayonet converted by the Turks to fit a Garand. Not really a fake, nor is it the original type, but it looks good on my 1942 six digit M1. I am not much into bayonets, but I do buy one now and then. :)
 
Keep looking at gun shows. I just found a nice one and totally complete for $100. They normally range around $150 for a cut down or later war model.

The Chinese ones are just junk. They might look good on the wall but the one I handled didn't feel right and seemed overly cheap. The bluing was way off as well.
 
rci2950 said:
mfw a decent garand bayonet in the US is $65 (no scabbard) and a rusty ass piece of garbage here is $99 plus shipping. If you get a decent one with a scabbard it is almost $300.

Anyone have any experience with the Chineseum replica ones? are they serviceable or just decorations?
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Woah. I'm out of touch. Guess I should go dig out the ones I bought as a teenager, if I can figure out what boxes they're in...
 
HuskyDude said:
I've bought from Liberty Tree Collectors.
No duty, no brokerage, no CBSA charge either. Painless. YMMV.
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did you have any issues bringing it in? I have been told NO by all US sources i have contacted.


Edit: I just looked and they are Korean war ones. This is perfect as my Garand is from that period. I will be ordering one when i get a reply back from the store.
 
There are no export restrictions on bayonets - I've ordered a few from various places in the US, and upwards of a dozen from the UK.

On the other hand, Liberty Tree refuses outright to sell gun stocks to Canadians...
 
The Chinese, Walmart-style, re-pops look pretty cheesy. Prices on both original M1 and M1905 bayonets and scabbards have sure gone up though. These 2 models will fit both an M1 Garand and an M1903 Springfield.

I once bought an M1 bayonet from a Lebanese smuggler on top of Mt Hermon. They'd brought it up there on mules along with other $hit like fake Rollies and T Shirts with the idea of flogging stuff to UN troops.:eek: The Leb army was once equipped with a lot of WW2 vintage US equipment. Christian Lebanese elements even got cast-off Sherman tanks from the Israelis.
 
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