The US M6 bayonet for the M14

[@robertrobert7924]

I was @Ft. Bragg, NC, USA in June+August 1968 for basic US Army training. We were issued the M14 and the M6 bayonet. We shot the M14 at the range and had bayonet training on the parade ground. I only weighed 146 lbs at the time and the recoil from the M14 was substantial. The last week of training we shot AR15s which had no recoil. They were like shooting 22lr. State National Guard units were still using M1 Garand rifles with the long WW2 bayonets. The short lived M14 rifles were never issued to the National Guard, nor were they available to citizens through the Civilian Marksmanship Program. To simply discard the rifles and their bayonets seems like such flagrant waste on behalf of the Government.

[@markcoffman9522]

One of the reasons not many of them are on the market is that the Army destroyed quite a few. We had a crew disassemble them for destruction at the Red River Army Depot in 1991.

[@pointynotsharp]

Heartbreaking to hear, sadly that happens a lot down here too

[@Pantechnicon]

9:26 - PWH = Pennsylvania Working Home for the Blind. They made a lot of the M8A1 scabbards. I once had an M6 bayonet with a blade that was a full .5 inches shorter than the standard 6.75" length. It drove me crazy because I knew it wasn't an M5 or M7 blade that had been refit, nor could I find any manufacturing data that suggested one had ever been made this size. I wound up giving it to my nephew, not knowing what else to do with it, plus I already had (have) a correct-sized model made by Imperial.

[@pointynotsharp]

That's a headscratcher for sure, possibly reprofiled after a snapped tip?

[@zonaken]

Thanks for showing the internals and for comparing the three different evolutions. Zk

[@andrewhaddock7996]

Probably the hardest version of these to acquire would be the wood gripped chrome version used by the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington , probably unobtainable.

[@centurycity]

Great review thanks. I have an M7 but not one of these.

[@PeterNgola]

The USN still used the M14 in the Amphibious ships in the 2000s. Although I don't need to say it Great vid as usual 💪🤝

[@RandallWeeks]

In 2021 one of my uncles passed away. He was a senior retired USN officer. The sailors on the color guard used M14s for his 21 gun salute.

[@keithdaniels5918]

Nice example. I picked up a few of these a while back. There is a local business that carries surplus gear and they have a large wooden crate 3/4 full of these and M16 bayonets . Owner became ill and closed his shop.He had these for $20 ea or two for $30. I quizzed him when I was there how he came by them and he said that they were auctioned off at Ft Benning, Ga. They’re good looking bayonets and affordable for collecting.

[@pointynotsharp]

@@keithdaniels5918 does he still have them?

[@keithdaniels5918]

@ To the best of my knowledge he does. Family owns the property he used for his business so they just closed it down during the great lock downs of 2020. If I can ever catch anyone there to ask I had thought about getting them to make me a price on the whole lot. Crate is about 4’ square and roughly the same height. Like I need that many in my collection LOL.

[@mr.stotruppen8724]

The odd duck in the line

[@Alcochaser]

The DAS mark on a lot of bayonets was often done with a white mark of some sort.. which didn't take much at all to disapear

[@pointynotsharp]

Thanks, good to know

[@camposcasc7615]

Otimo vídeo. A M6 de minha coleção possui a marcação US M6 , sem mencionar fabricantes. Na lâmina a inscrição. 0726-F A D'H . E na bainha MADE IN W-GERMANY. Com base no vídeo, creio que está seja do Haiti.....

[@pointynotsharp]

Yes, that sounds right. The Haitian ones also have a red blade