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Friday, February 14, 2014

A-BAR pistol bayonet

In the arms sector, thanks to straordinarin advances in technology, the products have reached a level of efficiency and reliability very high. But in recent decades has grown enormously a field parallel to that of weapons: the accessories sector. Among the many products on the market, our attention was drawn to an article sympathetic and attractive but decidedly quirky and questionable practice: The bayonet gun.
The project is a collaboration between the Ka-Bar, one of the oldest and most famous American knife factories based in Olean, in the State of New York, and the LaserLyte, a company located in Cottonwood, Arizona, specializing in design and manufacture of laser sighting systems for hunting, defense and tactical use. The guns of the latest generations are all equipped with Picatinny slides that allows mounting on the weapon itself different types of laser sighting systems, flashlights, red dot optics brackets, etc..
Now, thanks to Ka-Bar/LaserLyte, you can equip your handgun also bayonet. This cute boxcutter has a handle in nylon reinforced with fiberglass, which recalls the shape of the famous soldier’s knife Ka-Bar supplied to the U.S. military. This handgrip, 65 mm long. Manages to accommodate fatigue three fingers and is equipped with a kind of guard which acts as a stop for the index finger. To be fair, thanks to burglary knurled thumb formed on the proximal part of the back of the blade, the grip of this minicoltello is acceptable and you can use this curious accessory to make cuts and operations consistent with its small size.
The stainless steel blade has a length of 8 cm., The maximum height is 29 mm. and the thickness is 3 mm. The finish is matte black and has a Teflon coating to make it less prone to scratches. Sharpening is well executed and the thread is quite sharp as befits a blade designed to perform accurate and fine cuts. The boxcutter-bayonet comes with a plastic sheath very simple but functional. Completely covers the blade and hangs on it by its upper-rear corner. To remove just push the edge outwards and remove the sheath. On the back of the handle there are two tabs for insertion on the sled Picatinny formed in the barrel of the weapon. On the side of the handle there are two spring buttons that allow to retract the two appendices which block the fins to the slide.