Vietnam era shotgun 1917 bayonets for sale

[Xanders531]

These are the 1917 pattern bayonets made during the Vietnam era for the trench shotgun. I have 8 for sale. Most are made by General Cutlery and 2 are another mfg. Those are marked with a letter A inside a circle. Bought these from military surplus years back and found them while cleaning up.

They have 16.5" blades.

In the picture, they are marked with chalk 1-5 left to right.
#1 General Cutlery is bent and missing a screw $80
#2 #3 #4 General Cutlery $95 each
#5 is the other mfg and in the best shape of these 5 $100

The 3 with scabbards from left to right:
6 - Broken scabbard General Cutlery $100
7 - Has 4 on scabbard, other mfg, like new condition, $125
8 - Last one is is General Cutlery $120

I have larger and closeups of the markings, so email me for more.
I'm in Addis.

Thanks
Dale

 

[bacon2118]

In the 1960s, due to the demand for a bayonet to fit the "trench" shotguns, two contractors again produced the Model 1917 bayonet (now officially designated the M1917). The contracts were issued to General Cutlery of Fremont, Ohio and Canadian Arsenals Ltd., the old Long Branch Arsenal of Quebec, Canada. To date, I have not been able to find contract dates and quantities, although one package label from a General Cutlery bayonet has a contract date of 1969. At one time both of these were quite uncommon, but some have been sold into surplus in recent years and although they are still not common, they can be found with some regularity. The Canadian Arsenals specimens seem to be less common than those made by General Cutlery.



The fit and finish of the 1960s production is not up to the standard of the 1917-18 period, but the usefulness of the bayonet is probably not impaired. The grips are a sharply diamond checkered black plastic, and the finish is a medium to dark gray fairly smooth Parkerizing. The guard is held to the blade by two roll pins rather than being brazed on as was the earlier production. The pommel is brazed to the tang. The catch thumb piece is held to the catch by a transverse roll pin instead of being screwed on as was the case in the WW1 production.

 

[462roy]

Dale I just now saw the pics of your bayonets. My apologies for not finding the pics.

 

[edinalaska]

Hello, do you still have any of those bayonets for sale? thanks, Ed

 

[abkorzon]

Do you still have any of these for sale ?
Thank You
Adam

 

[abkorzon]

do you have any of the shotgun bayonets left ?
Thanks Adam

 

[LandrysGuns]

Yes I do. Just got your message. I'll check to see which ones I have and let you know. I'll check them out tonight.