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Buck M4 Bayonet for carbine

I'm not a bayonet expert by any means but wasn't the M4 a WW2 produced bayonet? Buck incorporated in 1961, that would be 16 years after the war ended.

edit.... just found a reference that Camillus produced some during the Korean war in early 50's
 
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Hoyt Buck made some knives for soldiers going off to fight in WWII, none of them were for the M1 Carbine.

JB
 
The buck didn't stop here?

I feel like I've been taken on a date and kissed without getting dinner... In other words, a thread without pictures is like, wait a minute, I almost forgot that this is a family forum.

Some eyes here couldn't ID a bayonet (originating in Bayonne, France when Columbus set sail for the New World) and some eyes here saw bullets fired from their M1s bounce off the quilted clothing of Korean/Chinese soldiers. Here is what one M1 bayonet looks like:







 
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