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Posted: 1/2/2014 6:15:40 PM EDT
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THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT I have a 16 inch carbine and the bayonet is too short. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get an extended handle or extension for m7 or m9 bayonet |
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I have a 16 inch carbine and the bayonet is too short. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get an extended handle or extension for m7 or m9 bayonet The answer you seek is in this thread: http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=3&f=19&t=597260 Get a M7 unless you plan to cut barbed wire. |
They don't make these anymore, I got mine way back in 2005 it's a General Cutlery M7 with the metal handle extended and welded, I can't even see where they welded it, the metal part of the handle is very smooth and re-finished. Pre Ban Arms stills sell the extended Colt marked M7 bayonets but at a steep price of around $300. Ref: http://prebanarms.com/detail.asp?product_id=a03 |
There are two gadgets that might work for you (assuming you don't want to change-out barrels):
or The first one seems to be OOS. The second one can be bought all over the place, including here. |
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Quoted: The only kind of bayonet problem I'd ever have. Would be if I actually had to use one. Can't see myself running around the woods with a fixed bayonet.  That is the Army's current position on bayonets. The former doctrine, and the current Marine Corps doctrine on bayonets, is you have no idea when one will come in handy, so you should have one on you at ALL TIMES. And then the Army wonders why soldiers are sexually assaulted, and why soldiers get injured in Combatives. |
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If some knife maker would make a bayonet with an extended handle that would fit a 16" barrel, even with new wood grips, would sell like hotcakes. A bayonet is a weapon that is effective from only a few inches away from you. You would be better off carrying a sword. |
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If some knife maker would make a bayonet with an extended handle that would fit a 16" barrel, even with new wood grips, would sell like hotcakes. A bayonet is a weapon that is effective from only a few inches away from you. You would be better off carrying a sword. No carry a tomahawk 
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That is the Army's current position on bayonets. The former doctrine, and the current Marine Corps doctrine on bayonets, is you have no idea when one will come in handy, so you should have one on you at ALL TIMES. And then the Army wonders why soldiers are sexually assaulted, and why soldiers get injured in Combatives. Quoted:
Quoted: The only kind of bayonet problem I'd ever have. Would be if I actually had to use one. Can't see myself running around the woods with a fixed bayonet. That is the Army's current position on bayonets. The former doctrine, and the current Marine Corps doctrine on bayonets, is you have no idea when one will come in handy, so you should have one on you at ALL TIMES. And then the Army wonders why soldiers are sexually assaulted, and why soldiers get injured in Combatives. I have to say that I ETS'd in 73. Bayonets were still issued back then. Oh the fun with the pugo sticks. I actually broke the stock of my M14 on the bayonet course. Vertical upstroke, wood stock. DI's were not amused. I'd just rather use my Kbar. OOPS it's actually a Camillus.  It has gutted countless Deer over the years. The bayonets are laying around here somewhere. Not on any weapons.
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A bayonet is a weapon that is effective from only a few inches feet away from you. You would be better off carrying a sword. Quoted:
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If some knife maker would make a bayonet with an extended handle that would fit a 16" barrel, even with new wood grips, would sell like hotcakes. A bayonet is a weapon that is effective from only a few inches feet away from you. You would be better off carrying a sword. It's like carrying a lance - that shoots! FIFY. A bayonet was intended to defend the muzzle loading infantry protection against mass cavalry charges, as the lance had done for eons. It was also effective, just as a lance was, in infantry/infantry combat. There's no massed cavalry left, but the bayonet is still used by the Brits in Afghanistan in infantry charges. Regularly, and they have one of the most inefficient bayonet platforms in the world. But, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Brits fix bayonets before they charge. |
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