M1917 bayonet. What is this thing?

[oldfoneguy]

The originals are expensive and these are really, really cheap. If you're doing re-enacting you may just want a cheapie...

Gotcha. Mine were under $30 each when I bought them from the Numrich store in the late 70's and early 80's. I never suspected they'd be repopped there were so many made. I picked both of mine out of a barrel that never seemed to empty and I got them 3 years apart!

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[browningautorifle]

Mine were under $30 each when I bought them

Yes, I remember those days. Now they can be $300 and less...depending on things. I was in the Numrich store in '89 and bought an M14 walnut stock out of a cardboard barrel by the door...for $4 USD. Was well worth the money.

[oldfoneguy]

Yes, I remember those days. Now they can be $300 and less...depending on things. I was in the Numrich store in '89 and bought an M14 walnut stock out of a cardboard barrel by the door...for $4 USD. Was well worth the money.

I tried to get there at least once a month throughout the 80's and 90's then marriage and kids put an end to the fun. That original store was torn down in the 2000's and replaced with a sanitized walk up window in a building on the other side of the parking lot which has also been closed. Bring up their website now and your informed that they no longer take orders over the phone! Customer service has officially died with out as much as a pathetic wimper. How I loved going into that store, getting lost in there for hours.

[browningautorifle]

How I loved going into that store, getting lost in there for hours.

Side story here, off topic...I was returning to west coast Canada from east coast and went through the USA because it makes more sense when you've done it a few times. I went too far south on the toll road and was "100 miles from NYC", not where I should have turned. I grabbed the map and looked for an exit, found the road through the Catskills and West Hurley. I knew exactly where I had stumbled into and was road worn from ten hours drive so far, not even close to where I would stop for the night. I saw the sign for Numrich and couldn't resist, had a half hour until they closed. I drove up the road and abandoned my truck in front of the Thompson shop across from the cannon. I walked down and was alone in the front store, all this finery around me. I saw the stocks and grabbed the M14 stock and asked if it was walnut, clerk said "It looks like it"... I looked around and could have loaded the truck because it was empty and my credit card was clean...still had the border at Seattle to deal with though and thought the gunstock was enough. I should have kept the receipt for the stock to show I was actually there...like a photo of visiting a holy shrine. Neat place.

My trip to SGW/Olympic Arms in WA state on the old Olympic Highway was another trip...just as good.