Hi,
Thanks for the reply and information.
To answer your first question. When I started getting interested in the M9 bayonet, I did a lot of research on the types available and got really overwhelmed by the many different manufacturers, types and sub-types. There are sooooo many....
So when the decision was made to start collecting, if wanted to set myself a reasonable goal for a start. I decided to focus on Ontario first because the number of different types produced seemed manageble. Also I am a University student, so I dont have a lot of money to spare.
Also remember that I live in The Netherlands. It is difficult from here to find places on the internet in the U.S. that sell and ship to Europe. So starting with more recent production M9's seems a good idea.
(Any tips are much appreciated by the way!
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Ebay of course is a good start, but other than that it is very difficult to find shops that actually show the type they actually sell. This is usually new commercial stuff anyway. Second hand M9's are more difficult to find for me, because it is a little difficult for me to personally go to a surplus store or collectors meeting in the U.S. as you can imagine
As far as I know the 12500 1999 contract was fully delivered by 2000, so your remark makes alot of sense. However I read somewhere that the Army favored the OD color instead of the forest green, so could it be possible that Ontario changed the color halfway through the contract?! I just don't know...
Thanks for the website. I think I have seen it already, but I will pay more attention to it in the future. It seems a good place to learn about government issued types of M9's
Regards,
Menno
The Netherlands
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