M1905 Bayonet
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The M1905 Bayonet was designed to be used with the 30 caliber US Springfield 1903 rifle. The blade is 16 inches (40.6 cm) long and the handle is 4 inches (10.1 cm) long. The 1905 also fits the M1 Garand rifle and in 1942 and new batch of bayonets, the M1942 bayonets were manufactured to keep up with wartime production of the M1 Garand. In 1943 the army decided a shorter bayonet would be better so as many of the M1905/1942s as possible were recalled, had their blades cut down to 10 inches and reissued. These, along with the newly made 10 inch bayonets are called M1 Bayonets.
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