Quarterbore's Forums - Buck M9 Sold

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Originally Posted by porterkids (Post 11340)

Yes, that is correct. The USMC did not want the screwdriver on the cutterplate. It wasn't needed because the bayonet was no longer meant to be disassembled. The tip was ground off the standard commercial style cutter plate with the small circular stop.

Can you believe that, untill now, I never thought that the screwdriver on the cutter plate was supposed to be used to disassemble the bayonet?
:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o
And that's what the technical manual says :o:o:o:o

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8526/manual.jpg

I'm quite interested about this.
If you noticed there are two types of pommel screws:

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1019/37004118.jpg http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8035/33348073.jpg

Sorry, I couldn't find in my pictures one from a Buck/Phrobis, so the first one is from a LanCay, but shouldn't be very different.
The second picture is from this USMC 1993 M9.
By removing the "cut" on the screw you can't use, obviously, the screwdriver tip to disassemble the bayonet. You need a different tool and I don't know the english word for it.
Now, if my memory serves me well, the 1991 USMC model (the one you usually see on ebay) has one of these screws without the "cut" (the same as in the 1993 USMC model), but has the cutter plate WITH the screwdriver tip at the end.
Could have they changed the screw type to prevent the 1991 USMC model, also, to be disassembled?
P.S. Sorry, sometimes I think too much! :grin: