What does this fit?

[vrichard]

I have a 10 in.bayonet,looks like a Garand bayonet.marked AFH,it has the bomb,and U S.the other side of the blade it has the numbers 5504139.
the ring is 7/8 in.where the Garand M 1 bayonet is 5/8in.? is what does it fit.
Thanks , Dick

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[browningautorifle]

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[porterkids]

The bayonet you are describing is a modified US M1 Garand bayonet. The muzzle ring has been changed so the bayonet will fit on a BM59 rifle. The seven-digit serial number you mentioned indicates that this is one of the bayonets that was modified either in or for Argentina.

[Roger Wargo Sr]

It fits both the 1903 and the M1 Garand. Thanks for all your responces.

[old-smithy]

with a muzzle ring about 1/4 bigger than the one for the garand it would fit but be very very loose. the BM59 has a much larger flash hider that the 7/8ths fits snuggly

[porterkids]

The bayonet in its original configuration would fit the '03 or the Garand, but as Carl stated with the enlarged muzzle ring it would be a very sloppy fit. Definitely modified for the BM59.