Bayonet on rifle? Yes or No?

[AgentPickle]

Bayonet vs. Watermelon.I like bayonets, I will die on that hill (or maybe I won't because I have a bayonet.). Related link. How to make all your gear smell watermelon fresh.

Edit:
I accidentally broke the link, so here it is
http://bayonet vs. Watermelon. https://youtube.com/shorts/fGlmfY5NHvQ?si=TTSi1h5YAT4oW3Kl

Sorry,
Robert

 

[Mk-211]

I know what he would tell you.

 

[Hunter 08]

Flamethrower because it's never a war crime the first time.

 

[Charlie98]

I have a bayonet for my Garand, just because... but I don't know that I've fixed it on in at least 10 years.

 

[The Night Rider]

I know what he would tell you.

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FWIW


Denver Randleman

 

[Pat Riot]

I have a bayonet for my Garand, just because... but I don't know that I've fixed it on in at least 10 years.

I have one as well. I only fixed it to my M1 once just to see how it fit.

I had a Chinese and a Russian SKS that had attached bayonets. The Chinese model had a spike bayonet. The Russian model had a blade bayonet. I do miss that Chinese SKS. It was darned accurate for an assembly line weapon. I have it to a friend of mine’s son. I think he liked it more than I did.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

I have bayonets For my M1 Carbine, Yugo M70AB2?, Mosin 91/30. Because I shoot them in military rifle matches and bayonets are part of their history. The blade bayonets are sort of useful as camp utility knives. The Mosin spike bayonet might be useful for roasting a bratwurst over a campfire.

 

[Wildfan99]

I get bayonets for every one of my milsurps I can.

Never know??

 

[Riomouse911]

My Savage lend-lease No 4 MkI came with the issue Savage marked spike bayonet. I haven’t ever affixed it, though.

Stay safe.

 

[Miami_JBT]

What makes the grass grow? Well, bayonets sure help you get what makes the grass grow out of your opponents.

Sharp pointy things on the end of long guns make people think twice. It is a psychological thing. Everyone has been cut or stabbed at one point in their lives and they know it sucks. Not everyone has been shot. Seeing a bayonet on the end of a rifle or shotgun is an amazing tool for psychologically controlling a crowd of people. Also, it is just a great physical tool too.

 

[SCiesie154]

If the guys on the southern border had bayonets, they wouldn't have been overrun by that group of illegal border crashers.

 

[Varminterror]

I never trained with a bayonet, but I did briefly train with a Naginata (a pole sword handled similarly in many techniques as a rifle with a fixed bayonet) and have with bladed weapons at various times - I’d much rather have a hand held blade than a fixed bayonet 8 days a week.

But given the option for a chainsaw or flame thrower, yes please.

 

[tark]

I have a Japanese type 99 bayonet...that attaches nicely to my M-1 Garand...

Go figure...

 

[Random 8]

I like bayonets, they're fun, and a good way to pass the time thunking them into stuff, so I voted yes. My Mosin M44 shoots AND balances better with the bayonet folded out. I find the balance improved on the SKS and AKM series also with bayonet fixed, although accuracy is relative there. They do help control automatic fire on the AK74, and they're nice for intimidating prisoners and ?civilians? at quarters too close for a burst of automatic fire and keeping everyone civil. Didn't care for them on the Western variants we fielded. They just looked kind of silly on a black or green HK33 or Sig 550, especially the carbines, and the bayonets available weren't very "bayonety" looking, more like a field knife with a bayonet adapter. The G3 variants we had were set up as SDMRs and the bayonet lug replaced with a lazer. The most intimidating item I had however, was the radio. That would be my "other." OPFOR knew there was Brrrrrt or Vroom Vroom Boom on the other end of the call.

 

[Dr T]

I have one somewhere for my SKS. The safe is too crowded to keep it mounted.

I never could figure out how to use it and I think that if you don't know how to properly use a weapon, you are probably better off without it.

I am more comfortable with a shepherd's crook for defense. I usually keep one in the backend of my pickup. And it makes getting stuff out a lot easier.

 

[Ignition Override]

Right now I have none.
It amuses me that my stock newish S.A. M1A Standard, even after the sunset of the AWB years ago, couldn't be redesigned to have a bayo lug ($ ?). A different muzzle device is available With the lug for approx. $ 200 - no thank you.

But my Czech VZ-58 in 7.62x39 was manufactured with both the standard military bayo lug And a threaded muzzle.
Also, my "Century L1A1 Sporter" FAL has the Aussie bayonet lug.

The last time bayonets were needed in west TN was primarily at Shiloh in 1864.
If we ever were to have prolonged serious "logistical issues", How would a bayo help me procure vital pharmaceuticals needed for me and my wife?

 

[gotboostvr]

I'm here for them

 

[P5 Guy]

I asked at the range if I could fold out the bayonet on my SKS and all kinds of arguing ensued.
Finally, they relented, seems the biggest fear was I'd get cut.
I have never seen a bayonet hold an edge.

 

[Mosin77]

Soviet rifles were sighted in with bayonet fixed, so putting it on can definitely help that Mosin group on paper where you’re aiming.

I like to own a bayonet for my rifle on principle but I’d not quite call myself a bayonet collector.

 

[Miami_JBT]

Right now I have none.
It amuses me that my stock newish S.A. M1A Standard, even after the sunset of the AWB years ago, couldn't be redesigned to have a bayo lug ($ ?). A different muzzle device is available With the lug for approx. $ 200 - no thank you.

But my Czech VZ-58 in 7.62x39 was manufactured with both the standard military bayo lug And a threaded muzzle.
Also, my "Century L1A1 Sporter" FAL has the Aussie bayonet lug.

The last time bayonets were needed in west TN was mostly at Shiloh in 1864.
If we ever were to have prolonged serious "logistical issues", How would a bayo help me procure vital pharmaceuticals needed for both of us?

Bayonets were used in Iraq.

 

[d2wing]

I trained with bayonets. Sure brings back memories.

 

[Speedo66]

My SKS came with a fold out bayonet attached, never bothered to remove it.

It’a a spike, the tip is flat and can be used a a screwdriver, should the need arise.

While I practiced bayonet drills in basic with a M-14, from what I read, it’s no longer taught.

 

[Charlie98]

We did bayonet drills in the Army, including running an obstacle course with one affixed. During bayonet drills, against the big rubber 'enemy' soldiers, I must have bent the part that slides over the barrel, because when it came time to remove it, I couldn't get it to budge. So I port-armed and marched over to the instructors and they immediately came down on me for a) not taking my bayonet off as instructed, b) marching with my bayonet so affixed, and c) just for general purposes. Once they calmed down and I told them what the problem was... they were like... 'Oh, ok... bring it over here.'

 

[Hookeye]

I like the tube style bayonet on an FAL.
Have an StG 57 bayonet......just because its cool.
Not like Im gonna drop 7500 bucks and wait 2 yrs to have one built LOL

 

[hey smepl this]

We did bayonet drills in the Army, including running an obstacle course with one affixed. During bayonet drills, against the big rubber 'enemy' soldiers, I must have bent the part that slides over the barrel, because when it came time to remove it, I couldn't get it to budge. So I port-armed and marched over to the instructors and they immediately came down on me for a) not taking my bayonet off as instructed, b) marching with my bayonet so affixed, and c) just for general purposes. Once they calmed down and I told them what the problem was... they were like... 'Oh, ok... bring it over here.'

Bayonet drills in a modern army? When was this? Do soldiers still do such drills? I’m not a military guy and assumed bayonet drills were a pre-WWII thing.