you gotta have a bayonet and lug , why?: because you gotta have a bayonet and lug

[PaulR]

If you have yet to shot or stab anyone, why are you so certain that you could never stab someone? In my opinion, stabbing a bad guy surely beats being killed or wounded.
I've always found it difficult to " fill up their belly" with any caliber ammo when my magazines goes dry.

I'm sure when the time comes, I will be in reaction/robot/autopilot mode, but consciously thinking about it: stabbing seems more personal, and bloody. I mean I'm sure it's a bloody affair either way but.......

 

[M60]

I'm sure when the time comes, I will be in reaction/robot/autopilot mode, but consciously thinking about it: stabbing seems more personal, and bloody. I mean I'm sure it's a bloody affair either way but.......

Yes, it is more personal than shooting, but it does beat the alternative.

 

[hillman]

Yes, it is more personal than shooting, but it does beat the alternative.

My exwife said, after she stabbed me once, that it felt great and she'd like to do it some more, so some people enjoy it.

 

[richc]

Why is there a hole in the plastic and why is the bayonet shaped like that? Is that to collect the blood of your enemy?

Reminds me of the gizmo used to open old style oil cans at gas stations...


ETA:

Reminds me of something you might find in a gynecologists office...

 

[Drix]

Looks like that'd be more useful in tapping a maple tree for syrup.

Maybe its for use against canadians?

 

[AHM]

What the actual f*** is this thread about?

 

[Rockrivr1]

Who is thy owner of the infamous NES Car Shoot Mosin Nagant Bayonet charge video?????

(Can neither confirm nor deny I was part of said charge)

 

[graphite]

I'm sure when the time comes, I will be in reaction/robot/autopilot mode, but consciously thinking about it: stabbing seems more personal, and bloody. I mean I'm sure it's a bloody affair either way but.......

You just need to get "the spirit of the bayonet"......

 

[Dadstoys]

 

[enbloc]

Jesus. Is that thing for collecting the blood/soul of your enemy?

Trick Question. The Enemy has no Soul...

 

[AHM]

<Bayonets!!! Gettysburg (1993)>

The 20th Maine's Battle Flag

 

[Dennis in MA]

Reminds me of the gizmo used to open old style oil cans at gas stations...


ETA:

Reminds me of something you might find in a gynecologists office...

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Oooh. She's a squirter!

 

[Reptile]

Reminds me of the gizmo used to open old style oil cans at gas stations...


ETA:

Reminds me of something you might find in a gynecologists office...

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No wonder some women hate the Obi Gynie.

It's actually called a speculum.

A little bit of Pepsi can remove the rust.

 

[cathouse01]

This reminds me of a section in T. Grady Gallant's book "On Valor's Side" about his time in the Marines during WW2 and his bayonet training:

"There were lectures on how to free the bayonet from the enemy’s body. Evidently, it stuck to him almost without fail. I had visions of being involved with a bayonet I couldn’t free, and shrank from the problem, which I never solved within my mind. The bayonet was supposed to be rammed under the rib cage, but it sometimes stuck to the backbone, or went through the shoulder blade and stuck, we were told. A bayonet rammed through ribs almost invariably stuck and great effort was required to free it, the instructor said.

We listened with rapt attention. The rule was to fire a bullet into the victim, if the bayonet stuck. “This will free your weapon quickly,” the instructor noted.

If you have a bullet, why use a bayonet? I wondered, but I never came out and asked the question. I feared it would cause complications I did not feel capable of overcoming. But it had always been my belief the bayonet was a source of comfort to those who had run out of ammunition, or who were unable to reload, at a crucial moment.

In the movies, the bayonet never sticks. How the Hollywood writers missed this point is not clear. The scene wherein the hero gets his bayonet stuck in the villain and struggles desperately to free it while an enemy patrol charges down a hill toward him, seems to me to be something they would have imagined years ago.

I qualified on the bayonet course. But I did not distinguish myself. I never did find out for sure what my weakness was. I don’t think I yelled loud enough. The bayonet charge is traditionally accompanied by a chorus of fierce yells. I did not shout loud enough, I’m sure. The sight of cold steel, it seemed to me, was more effective than hollering. But yells and shouts can terrify, as the Confederates proved a century ago. "

 

[nordic alien]

Within the next 28 days, it'll have one more period, too!

maura does not have periods: just erectile dysfunction

 

[Lank]

This thread has inspired me to trade my guns in for edged weapons
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I bet that guys house is full of dream catchers and wolf decor

 

[AHM]

I bet that guys house is full of dream catchers and wolf decor

Tread carefully - that "scarf" might be stitched together from
trophy keffiyehs from terrorists he's beheaded on the battlefield.

 

[LoginName]

Jesus. Is that thing for collecting the blood/soul of your enemy?

Better version.

At least with this one you can thrust it in your opponent, pull back and leave a "collar" in his body so
he bleeds out like a spigot.
The set up also enables the user to carry extra collar in a pouch for enraging multiple targets.

 

[moojpg2]

I have a regular old Phrobis M9 bayonet for my pre ban m4orgery, and of course the obligatory pig sticker on my m44 Mosin, and I think I have one for my enfield. Definitely get more looks at the range when your about to shoot and you yell "fix bayonets" and then proceed to do a rambo style mag dump all over the 100yd berm

 

[AHM]

Better version.

At least with this one you can thrust it in your opponent, pull back and leave a "collar" in his body so
he bleeds out like a spigot.

Fix cannulas!

 

[Dennis in MA]

Better version.

At least with this one you can thrust it in your opponent, pull back and leave a "collar" in his body so
he bleeds out like a spigot.
The set up also enables the user to carry extra collar in a pouch for enraging multiple targets.



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In 2020, if you end up that close to your enemy, you've F'd up. That said, that's pretty damned cool. LOL

 

[LoginName]

In 2020, if you end up that close to your enemy, you've F'd up. That said, that's pretty damned cool. LOL

It works better when you have them bound and tied to a tree.

 

[VetteGirlMA]

I wonder if they make a bayonet for a florbert parlor rifle?

 

[Broc]

Better version.

At least with this one you can thrust it in your opponent, pull back and leave a "collar" in his body so
he bleeds out like a spigot.
The set up also enables the user to carry extra collar in a pouch for enraging multiple targets.



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That is revolutionary. If you have a rail you can have a second bayonet.

If I had a gun with half a mile of rails, I would have 4 bayonets on it + the bayonet barrel.

Wait ... I do have a gun that can accommodate that ... hmmm

 

[AHM]

I wonder if they make a bayonet for a florbert parlor rifle?

I think you're just supposed to rubber-band a sterling silver butter pick to the barrel.

 

[Dadstoys]

This reminds me of a section in T. Grady Gallant's book "On Valor's Side" about his time in the Marines during WW2 and his bayonet training:

"There were lectures on how to free the bayonet from the enemy’s body. Evidently, it stuck to him almost without fail. I had visions of being involved with a bayonet I couldn’t free, and shrank from the problem, which I never solved within my mind. The bayonet was supposed to be rammed under the rib cage, but it sometimes stuck to the backbone, or went through the shoulder blade and stuck, we were told. A bayonet rammed through ribs almost invariably stuck and great effort was required to free it, the instructor said.

We listened with rapt attention. The rule was to fire a bullet into the victim, if the bayonet stuck. “This will free your weapon quickly,” the instructor noted.

If you have a bullet, why use a bayonet? I wondered, but I never came out and asked the question. I feared it would cause complications I did not feel capable of overcoming. But it had always been my belief the bayonet was a source of comfort to those who had run out of ammunition, or who were unable to reload, at a crucial moment.

In the movies, the bayonet never sticks. How the Hollywood writers missed this point is not clear. The scene wherein the hero gets his bayonet stuck in the villain and struggles desperately to free it while an enemy patrol charges down a hill toward him, seems to me to be something they would have imagined years ago.

I qualified on the bayonet course. But I did not distinguish myself. I never did find out for sure what my weakness was. I don’t think I yelled loud enough. The bayonet charge is traditionally accompanied by a chorus of fierce yells. I did not shout loud enough, I’m sure. The sight of cold steel, it seemed to me, was more effective than hollering. But yells and shouts can terrify, as the Confederates proved a century ago. "

Twist as you pull back .
Usually frees it up.

 

[426wedge]

Actually, I have always preferred a horizontal butt sroke over the bayonet.......M14 of course

 

[cathouse01]

Actually, I have always preferred a horizontal butt sroke over the bayonet.......M14 of course

That’s funny, in the next paragraph Gallant says that in bayonet training he learned more about using his rifle as a club than anything else, and that the “vertical butt stroke” was his favorite, since you did it without changing the position of you hands. Back then, his weapon was the M1903 Springfield.

 

[Andy in NH]

 

[Mtn_Guy]

Now I need a trench mace to go with it.

I got you...