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Naw, that isn't any good. You need a WWII bayonet for that shotgun. Made for trench warfare. It is about 2 ft long. It was supposed to go through one body into another in case they were underneath another body. We had one in our arms room in Germany. Mean sucker!
You probably had a Win Mod 12 riot gun.
Yeah, I'd love to have one of those. But I'm not going to shell out a grand to get one with the 1917 bayonet.
I'd even like to have one of the Win 1897 riot guns used in WW I.
But those damn things are just as expensive if you can find one.
This will do in the interim.
But I do have a picture of my dad in Korea with the 1917 bayonet on his pack. I asked him about that and why he didn't have the shorter, more modern version for his Garand. He told me he had traded a Marine something for it.
For the life of me, I wish I could remember what it was.
I'd give a lot to have that very same bayonet in the picture.
It got lost in our moving over the years.