1917 Bayonet barrel hole out of round

[phungn]

I recently purchased a 1917 bayonet off ebay. The pictures were a bit dark so I took a bit of a gamble. It looked like some surface rust but I wasn't expecting the amount of rust that it has.

Honestly though, not that big of a deal at this point. I liked the fact that it was still relatively dark. Most I see on ebay have the blade portion in the white. The grips also were in pretty good condition and weren't all chewed up. I basically only want this as an example and to occasionally put it on and admire it.

I go to put it on and it doesn't go on.... I take it off and look at the barrel hole and realize it's oval shaped.

At this point, should I just give up and return the item? Or is this something that's easily fixed? I don't want to mess with it yet in case I need to return it.

Definitely more rust than I would have expected from the pictures
http://www.ebay.com/itm/World-War-1-...vip=true&rt=nc

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