M1905 Bayonet

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The M1905 Bayonet was designed to be used with the .30 caliber U.S. Rifle Model 1903. Variants of the M1903 rifle were produced during World War I and World War II by Springfield Armory, Remington Arms, Rock Island Arsenal, and Smith-Corona Typewriter. The blade is 16 inches (40.6 cm) long, and the handle is 4 inches (10.1 cm) long.

The M1905 bayonet also fits the .30 caliber U.S. Rifle M1, or M1 Garand. In 1942, the same bayonet design was again produced but renamed the M1942 bayonet, which was manufactured to keep up with wartime production of the M1 Garand.

In 1943, the U.S. 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 were reissued. These shortened bayonets, along with the newly made 10-inch bayonets, are called M1 bayonets.