Anyone sharpen up their bayonet to a razor sharp edge? Just wondering. Don't think you could cut through butter with mine. I'm sure that's the way they were issued and then you do whatever you want. Anyone take the bayo off?
Anyone Sharpen their SKS's Bayonet? Or just take it off?
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Are they meant to be dull like the non-business end of a butter knife? Because that's what it's like. Maybe it's just meant to stick someone? Point is relatively sharp, edges dull. I always thought it should be razor sharp, stick-em then slice-em like like a butcher knife.
I'm sure it's a decent reduction in weight if you take it off.
I'm sure it's a decent reduction in weight if you take it off.
TERMINATOR101CA
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Yep dull edge, if you sharpen it it will rust.
And to top it off, you don't want a sharp edge to cut yourself on your own gun.
Add to this the fact that bayonets are so useless to you that they are still legal, and you've got all the tips necessary to make your choice.
This is also a bayonet:
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They're not knives, they're just meant to stab a dude when he gets too close. If you don't like it, take it off, you wouldn't be the first
No, they are quite useful for their intended purpose, which it to stick the pointy end into a body and make a nasty hole, as a last resort before you have to go at it bare handed.
TERMINATOR101CA
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Better than a kick in the head.....
I'll keep it as is for now. See how it shoots and go from there. I do like the look of the Tapco stock, especially the "SKS-D Killer" that Ki11ercane is selling for $289. Looks interesting.
Hope my new SKS is a good shooter.
Hope my new SKS is a good shooter.
They used to be much more useful when rifles had 29" barrels and were long enough to form a decent pike when you ran out of ammo, the rifle jammed or your trench was overrun by a charge.
Mark
TERMINATOR101CA
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They didn't have semi-autos back then either, I'd take the SKS over the 29" barreled ones, especially in a tight trench , easier to maneuver IMHO.
fat tony
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I have a spare rod bayo for an SKS around somewhere, when you remove the bayo (unscrew the slot head screw that is staked in there 6 ways from sunday), it's in 3 pieces, a sliding sleeve, a spring, and the knife part. The knife part has a nice cylindrical section, which I would imagine would be conducive to a sleeve type handle maybe from nylon, micarta, or heck knurled aluminum even I guess. I would imagine the shaft diameter is something metric. I don't have mine handy, but I have seen the rod type SKS bayos being used for throwing knives, that is all the rod type ones would probably be useful for; either that or a homemade sai (VERBOTEN!)
I leave mine on as I think they look like death warmed over with the bayonet removed, with the lug sticking there like a useless 3rd teat on a man.
#1bcshooter
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The Chinese spike bayonet is great for roasting wieners around the camp fire
This is also a bayonet:
Germans were terrified of these pig stickers. They made a really nasty puncture wound that closed up and wouldn't drain, infected badly and did not heal properly
