What is wrong with picture?

They look like they're made for each other.

you really need to clean your carpet, though ... your cat will appreciate it.

Wow....how bout that.

Im going to see if my Springfield bayonet fits on my Arisaka.....

Man, that Arisaka bayonet is a sword!

Ive never heard anyone say or write about using a Japanese bayonet on an American rifle in battle... but it sure looks like it could be done .

Stay safe.

that makes me wonder if anyone in the war ever "requisitioned" any arisaka bayonets. It certainly is more physically impressive then the m1 bayonet.

Pretty sure it was contemplated or copy somehow.

I just ran this by Othias at C&rsenal -- perhaps this is a known thing in some circles. New to me fer sure, though!

Notice that the Arisaka bayonet is seating on the thin part of the Garand barrel, ahead of the gas cylinder lock. That means that the Krag / Springfield / Garand bayonets, that seat on the thicker part that includes the gas cylinder lock, would be a loose fit on the Arisaka rifle. So this is one-way interchangeability. But seriously, why would anyone want to mount an Arisaka bayonet on a Garand (other than just to see if it could be done)?

I just had my buddy over with his Type 38 bayonet and tried it on my M1 -- close but no-go. The lug on the Garand was a few thou too big to fit, but by comparing the two its easy to see how it could work if the tolerances happened to be a tad more loose.

Nor really germane to the thread, but a US M1905 bayonet fits and locks up tight on a Swiss K31, although the muzzle ring is a little loose on the barrel.

I have three Arisaka bayonets and three Garands. If I remember I will see how the fit is tomorrow.

Swampman said:

Nor really germane to the thread, but a US M1905 bayonet fits and locks up tight on a Swiss K31, although the muzzle ring is a little loose on the barrel.

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Not surprising, because the U.S. Krag bayonet was a copy of the Swiss bayonet, and the following Springfield and Garand bayonets (except for the M5) continued the Krag attachment points.

There's lots of strange interoperability in gun-related things, even between enemy countries. For example, a Browning machine gun will fit on a Vickers mount, and vice versa. (Vickers mounts were actually issued for Browning guns in WW1.) Where it gets wild is that those Browning or Vickers guns will fit on a German Maxim sled mount, or even on a Russian Sokolov wheeled mount! The reason is that all of these guns shared a common historical development -- they were all more or less derived from Maxim's original invention. No matter who produced the guns, they never changed the spacing or diameter of the mounting pins.

Try putting an M2HB .50 cal. on a Sokolov mount with the gunner's shield.... it looks like a small artillery piece!