M1 carbine bayonet legit?

[Awsomepossum]

Hello,
I am about to buy a rockola m1 carbine and was wondering if this bayonet is G.I. or a repro. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[gopguy]

What I see looks good, but of course we can't see the whole thing. This site may help you out. http://worldbayonets.com/Bayonet_Identification_Guide/m4_thru_m7_series/m4_m7_series_p1.html

 

[hso]

That looks correct, but rc will know.

 

[rondog]

Looks GI to me, but probably late WWII or Korean vintage. The early WWII ones had stacked leather washer handles, that one's plastic or bakelite.

 

[rcmodel]

I don't even have a clue what the handle is made of from your point-on photo.

The guard stamp is legit and period correct if it has a leather ring handle.
An early Type-2 handle would be leather rings with brown plastic spacers at the butt & guard.

But, if it has a checkered black plastic handle with two screws on each side, an Imperial M4 would not have the flaming bomb ordnance acceptance stamp on the guard.

If you could possibly post a side view photo of the bayonet & sheath, and another from the back of the butt showing the weld I could maybe be more helpful.

It's hard to make a call just looking at the point of the spear!!

I have an early Imperial leather with brown spacer & sheath in my collection I can post photo's of it if there needs to be further clarification.

rc