Dumb question - AR

[sigstroker]

I bought the adapter. Then got the okc knife.

Not practical at all. But my kids thought it was cool. And America! So....

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A fixed bayonet most certainly is practical. Do you think everyone would've been grabbing at Kyle's rifle if there was a bayonet on the end?

The downside is you can't just go larping around with it on - it ratchets up the seriousness just by being in place.

[jimbo74]

A fixed bayonet most certainly is practical. Do you think everyone would've been grabbing at Kyle's rifle if there was a bayonet on the end?



The downside is you can't just go larping around with it on - it ratchets up the seriousness just by being in place.

If my rifle has to come out, it's already serious

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[crufflers]

A bayonet clicks right onto a middy in 5 seconds... if you were wearing it sheathed on your battle belt or plate carrier, you looked pretty tactical before mounting the bayo. IMHO.

[crufflers]

What is a good source for the OKC M9 right now and best price ?

[jimbo74]

I ordered mine from midway. If I recall, it was like $110.

The marine one is better, but I didn't like the brown handle

[crufflers]

...and if you like the Marine Bayonet but just don't want or need the rifle latch... the OKC Chimera is just the ticket and comes with or without serrations... but similar/same sheath with the built-in sharpening rod under the molle on the back, retention, etc... another great one from Ontario. I've had Kabar's and these are quite a few levels UP from a KABAR in toughness IMHO. There's also the SP6, RAT7, etc...

[loademup]

I paid 30 bucks for a Lan-Cay surplus M9 a couple of years back at Midway when they had them on sale at different grades. I also bought a surplus Phrobis M9 for about 95 bucks from them. Both bayonets came with the surplus sheath. And around the beginning of 2019, I bought a USMC OKC-3S for about 100 bucks from SARCO. You just have to look around and buy them when you see them if you want one. It looks like prices today are a lot higher for genuine M9 bayonets. I say genuine, because there are commercial copycats out there. Other than sticking them on your rifle, I've seen people with them hiking, using them as general purpose outdoor knives.

[steelrain82]

Not practical at all.

Ever watch videos of guys in the middle east assaulting an enemy position. they always end up somehow using their buttstock to beat some dude to death. So if you get that close a bayonet is always a practical option. In today's time I believe everyones go to rifle should be one with a fixed front sight post that has a bayonet lug.

[sbo80]

as pointed out, the spacing won't line up on the S&W. The bayonet handle is designed to go on a carbine-length gas block and a 14.5" barrel over a flash hider (the military M4), or a rifle-length gas block and a 20" barrel over a flash hider (the M16A2). Any other combination (which most CA civilian ones will be, and the S&W which is carbine gas on 16" barrel) won't fit directly. That's why the adapters. And a muzzle brake with a different diameter than the A2 flash hider obviously is the biggest problem, no adapter can fix. It's either too big and won't fit through the bayonet hole, or too small and won't support the blade, making it not really usable as a bayonet.