M1917 Rifle For Review!

[samnev]

Hey Joe,
Looks good to me and as I said GREAT FIND @ $62 paint or no paint on the scabbard, congrats
Sam

[GIZMO8Z]

Thanks, Sam! If I can upgrade the scabbard for cheap I will. Otherwise, I'm content.

[relicz]

Scabbard rivets still look odd to me Joe, they look small and a bit too high, a trait often seen on reproductions.

Possibly just the pictures or the paint, but you should compare it to a know good example.

[GIZMO8Z]

Here are some better shots:

[GIZMO8Z]

[relicz]

Cool, 1918 marked example.

Here is couple of the ones I own for comparison of scabbard.



The metal parts a marked with either a circled "GF" or "M.S."

Some info here:
Bayo Points 11

[GIZMO8Z]

I don't know what to say, John. It seems good to me and I really have no reason to believe the scabbard is a fake. In hand the age to it seems genuine.

[GIZMO8Z]

Two more. If the scabbard is no good... Meh, I still feel like I got a good deal.

[relicz]

Joe, the bayonet alone is easily worth what you paid plus more, especially being dated 1918.

Sorry, but I'm still not feeling the scabbard.

[GIZMO8Z]

Thanks, John. I appreciate your opinion on this.