Hey guys, I'm new to this forum and I have to admit that just perusing through here at first I had no idea how many variences there are to M9s. I currently own two the first of which is a Buck that I purchased around 1988 at an AAFES store in Germany. I carried it thoughout my service which included two tours to the sandbox so she's far from mint. She's a keeper for sure that I will some day drag out and give to my son.
My second M9 is the one I have the most questions about. It is a previously issued example in mint condition because it was placed in a bag and forgotten about for quite some time. I have cleaned the cosmoline from the blade with CLP, but that's it. It is, from what I gather, a late first contract LanCay because of the following features:
- No hyphen on LanCay
- No blood groove
- Non marked hilt
- Jan. 1993 fastex
Am I correct or is there something else that I need to check before I determine what it is?
I'm going to try and dig the old Buck out and maybe take a few pictures of them for the forum. Probably nothing you haven't seen before, but I gotta show off what meager examples I have
Thanks for any input and for this forum.
Saleen