Chinese knockoffs: M7 bayonet

[Slater]

These are sold under Smith & Wesson's M&P brand and also under the "Marble Sports" brand. Externally they look quite well done, but I wouldn't expect milspec quality from them. But then again, who's going to want to bayonet the mailman or the neighbor's dog?

Stocking stuffer?

[SteyrAUG]

I find it hard to believe there aren't enough genuine M7s out there for every person in the country.

[Sam]

Buy one, get a large piece of beef ribs and start poking, jabbing, twisting the knife in it. It the knife is still in one piece after a minute, then it's probably good to go. Don't stab yourself.

[Averageman]

I find it hard to believe there aren't enough genuine M7s out there for every person in the country.

When I worked in the Arms room, we would inventory the Bayonets lock them in a foot locker put a railroad seal on the locker, never to be opened until a Change of Command.
A Bayonet is pretty useless.

[SteyrAUG]

When I worked in the Arms room, we would inventory the Bayonets lock them in a foot locker put a railroad seal on the locker, never to be opened until a Change of Command.
A Bayonet is pretty useless.

What I was attempting to say is, there are so many genuine M7 bayonets out there in circulation, for the life of me I can't understand why anyone would make more, let alone a S&W Chinese knock off of undetermined quality.

I think they are even still in production by Ontario Spec.

[Averageman]

What I was attempting to say is, there are so many genuine M7 bayonets out there in circulation, for the life of me I can't understand why anyone would make more, let alone a S&W Chinese knock off of undetermined quality.

I think they are even still in production by Ontario Spec.

I'm just saying that,
A) We never issued them in a Tank Company, as a matter of fact when I first asked my 1Sg if I should issue Bayonets, he said " NO, do you know how many assholes will start stabbing each other?"
B) A Bayonet charge pretty much hasn't happened since the Korean War and then I think it happened once.
C) Bayonets make shitty knives.
D) For something that your supposed to slam in to the enemy, they break easily.

[Slater]

An Italian company makes a bayonet under the "Extrema Ratio" name. It's supposedly notable for it's strength. If true, the Italian troops have WAY more confidence in this thing than I would have:

"They were even able to determine side load strength that revealed this Fulcrum style bayonet could survive loads of over 150 kg without breaking. The cadre of the ‘Nibbio’ contingent use their bayonets aggressively, often driving them into rock crevasses in Afghanistan to employ them as makeshift steps so that they might successfully scale the mountain. Every facet of these knives have been tested far beyond the normal rigors, hence the firm’s name Extrema Ratio, meaning literally Extreme Measures. Founded in 1997, they are certified ISO 9001, as well as being part of the Armed Forces supplier’s listings: NATO CODE (N/Cage): A D 856."

http://www.smallarmsreview.com/displ...darticles=1257


Optics Planet sells them, if you have a few extra bucks lying around:

https://www.opticsplanet.com/extrema...ade-knife.html

[MistWolf]

A question for the experts- How many stabs should you put your bayonet through before trusting it for EDC? Have any bayonets survived the Sage Dynamics 10,000 stab and drop tests?

[Slater]

A question for the experts- How many stabs should you put your bayonet through before trusting it for EDC? Have any bayonets survived the Sage Dynamics 10,000 stab and drop tests?

I don't know, but MIL-B-1309E has you covered

https://quicksearch.dla.mil/Transien...4757B60845.pdf

[jsbhike]

A question for the experts- How many stabs should you put your bayonet through before trusting it for EDC? Have any bayonets survived the Sage Dynamics 10,000 stab and drop tests?

The part where he speeds up the video would look and sound like a woodpecker.