SPRINGFIELD ARMORY
Edged Weapon Survey Data
by Thomas J. Wiltzius
M-1905 Bayonet (Rock Island)
Year	Production*	Low Serial No.	High Serial No.
1906	2,000	(a)	82,658**
1907	80,000	76,848	118,399
1908	24,702	122,192	138,035
1909	26,267	141,994	167,176
1910	33,850	168,472	190,731
1911	22,352	192,037	217,089
1912	22,664	218,904	234,211
1913	18,855	236,710	245,132
1914	2,000
1915	NONE
1916	NONE
1917	400	250,327	305,130**
1918	36,500	304,577	428,135**
1919	91,100	313,051**	429,934
1920	99,500
1921	NONE
1922	NONE

* Production figures are drawn from research by the author and authenticated through American Military Bayonets of the 20th Century, by Gary M. Cunningham. (a) Rock Island Arsenal did not serial number bayonets made in 1906. However, a very few 1906 dated Rock Island bayonets have been found that have serial numbers mixed in the eary 1907 serial number range. This suggests that at the start of fiscal year 1907 (July 1, 1906), Rock Island Arsenal began to put serial numbers on mixed batch of 1907 blades and remaining 1906 dated blades.

** Indicates where serial number are known to overlap the presented (lowest known) serial number of the following year. This was caused when bayonets were dated at the end of the calendar year, then stored for straightening, inspection and stamping with a serial number. At the beginning of the calendar year, when bayonets in production were stamped with the new year’s date and sent to storage, it appears that some of the more recent bayonets were brought out before the slightly older ones.

Low/High serial numbers that differ from observations of Wm. Brophy, as published in "The Springfield 1903 Rifle", are from research in progress by author