M1 carbine bayonet
The bayonet that fits my carbine is marked U.S.M4 over TMN. The scabard is marked U.S. M8A1 over V.P.CO. I would like to know the manufacturers.
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Your bayonet is a post WWII and Korean war made around 1954 by the
Turner Manufacturing Co. in Statesville, NC. They made approximately 298,691 bayonets.
Yours has a plastic handle, while not very collectable they bring in around $40 for one in fair shape to $100 with scabbards for one in excellent condition.
The scabbards were made by 2 companies for WWII, B.M. CO and V.P. CO any others were post WWII, sorry I don't have the mfg names handy.
The M8A1 was postwar if it has a metal eyelet or a metal tip at the bottom tip
If you want to collect M1 Carbine bayonets, prefer the leather handle versions made by these mfg's and their scarcity by numbers made.
Aerial 91,000
Kinfolks 119,000
Case 224,000
PAL 268,000
Camillus 332,000
Utica 515,000
Imperial 917,0000 -
Thanks much for the information. I don't collect bayonets (yet!). I got my carbine from the DCM back in the day. In those days, the surplus dealers were advertising carbine accessories in the American Rifleman and I bought this bayonet/scabard from one of them. Of course, I can't remember what I paid for it but it couldn't have been much since I only paid $20 for the carbine. 0
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