Ok what am I missing with this Itilan Bayonet??

[mark1]

I relive it is a folding Itilan bayonet, but the price?? Ebay item 200357761788

Do not if the link wil work

Vintage WW 2 U.S.Bayonet Wood Handle W Brass Marked 009 - eBay (item 200357761788 end time Jul-11-09 20:00:00 PDT)

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[old-smithy]

Where to start, the folders are not common and not cheap the SMG blade is even more rare and more expensive, the brass is hens teeth country. this is a very rare version of the SMG bayonet with brass fittings, that is why it is so expesnsive.

[mark1]

Were the folding bayonets all SMG. I assume SGM is submachine gun?
Thanks

[Badog]

Where to start, the folders are not common and not cheap the SMG blade is even more rare and more expensive, the brass is hens teeth country. this is a very rare version of the SMG bayonet with brass fittings, that is why it is so expesnsive.

Interesting. I'm holding a folding bayonet for a Carcano rifle and comparing it to the photos. Of course, mine isn't brass, but the difference seems to be that the one in the photo has the bayonet lug attached to the bayonet while mine has the slot on the bayonet. Is that how you can tell it's a SMG bayonet?

[old-smithy]

Thats it. there are several different Folding blades, most have muzzle rings the Berreta SMG ?(sub machine gun) has the T shaped lug to lock under the front of the gun. THese are very colelctable and not common, the brass one is very rare, that is the first i have ever seen for sale, and woudl have loved it for my collection. THere are a couple of use doign research ont eh folders at the moment and have 11 variations identified without the SMG version, and i have 4 of them on my site including the Berreta

[n64atlas]

Here is a pic of my folder.

[billdavidmoore]

NM64Atlas' bayonet is exactly like mine and mine came with a M1938 Carcano Short Rifle. I bought the rifle and bayo 50 some years ago from Klein's Sporting Goods in Chicago. To my knowledge the bayonet is not common anymore. The rifle the bayonet was made for is the first one I see when I log onto the web site.

[billdavidmoore]

I should have looked at the gunbroker photo more closely before my fingers ran away with my computer. The Bayo is not for the M1938 Carcano Short Rifle and I haven't a clue.