Anyone Sharpen their SKS's Bayonet? Or just take it off?

Sardaukar said:
Still, even in places where it's legal, you don't sharpen a fixed bayonet. It's always on the gun!!!

I must say I didn't know sharp bayonets were illegal in California. Seriously, what's the sharpness criteria?
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Well... You can sharpen one side... But, It's my understanding that you cannot sharpen both sides. If I remember correctly it falls under the category of a dagger and sharpening both sides of the blade.

As far as what's considered sharp... well, the law is very ambiguous (Like so many of our laws)...
 
Step 1: Unlock bayonet from folded position
Step 2: Jam it into the ground.
Step 3: Shoot prone barely better (if at all) than without.

:sniper:
 
Before CQB TTPs were introduced, it was doctrine to fix bayonet for the assault on the objective. Bayonet fighting was actually thought at battle schools and pugil fighting was a great way to keep skills up. I don't know if this is still being taught, some young soldier should chime in on that. Short barrelled rifles, the end of the cold war, COIN TTPs, and systematic use of fast air to take out strong points and have certainly changed the need for a bayo.

With regards to the current fighting knife, actually everyone has it right. It does look very much like the AK design. Why mess with a good idea??

As for the Lee Enfield spike bayo, i would think anyone would be terrified of any sort of bayonet. It doesn't have to be spike.
 
Think I remember reading in a book somewhere that the rod bayonets on LE #4's were regarded by soldiers as only useful for probing for mines. On the other hand that activity would not generate much enthusiasm from me. "FIX BAYONETS -PROBE FOR MINES"! No thank Ya! Might be a bunch of Bovine Effluent. I could see where those tapered rod bayonets could be very difficult to withdraw if you stuck someone.
 
Harry Potter said:
Before CQB TTPs were introduced, it was doctrine to fix bayonet for the assault on the objective. Bayonet fighting was actually thought at battle schools and pugil fighting was a great way to keep skills up. I don't know if this is still being taught, some young soldier should chime in on that. Short barrelled rifles, the end of the cold war, COIN TTPs, and systematic use of fast air to take out strong points and have certainly changed the need for a bayo.
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The last time I remember doing pugil stick drills was about 2004 or so. I've been instructing since 2008 and we haven't covered bayonet drills for any kind of basic courses... come to think of it we never really learned how to use it when I did my basic back in the summer of 2001, but we still had the pugil stick/bear pit for a good PT session, and we still practiced fixing the bayo before the assault, stabbing the enemy after you fragged him and shot him multiple times.

Not any more... now we have the 'eye-poke test' with the muzzle. :p

Besides, I'm not sure how much good a bayonet would do against ceramic armour plates, their use only becoming common over the past decade, especially if we were to go up against a real army.
 
One of our brotherhood has brought it to my attention that the Sai might not be prohibited as I had previously thought. I am unsure of the legal status of them. At one time I thought there was a oic against these, but can anyone find any reference to it? Best regards, Tony. FWIW, the extra SKS bayo I have is very "Sai like", but it does not have a handle. Go figure. :wave:
 
Harry Potter said:
Before CQB TTPs were introduced, it was doctrine to fix bayonet for the assault on the objective. Bayonet fighting was actually thought at battle schools and pugil fighting was a great way to keep skills up. I don't know if this is still being taught, some young soldier should chime in on that. Short barrelled rifles, the end of the cold war, COIN TTPs, and systematic use of fast air to take out strong points and have certainly changed the need for a bayo.

With regards to the current fighting knife, actually everyone has it right. It does look very much like the AK design. Why mess with a good idea??

As for the Lee Enfield spike bayo, i would think anyone would be terrified of any sort of bayonet. It doesn't have to be spike.
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I was in a LEG unit :D ;), but in RCR Battleschool we were taught bayonet fighting practice (just the positions), we didn't get to stab canvas dummies with "NCO" written on them. :D We did one or two sessions with pugil sticks, and that was it. Both of these activities were one heck of a workout, especially doing bayonet fighting drills (the positions) with the C1A1. :eek:

Blast come to think of it, we were not the "Key Company" in Winnipeg either. :mad: :rolleyes: so we didn't get the special high intensity training that "M" company did, as they were the "Key Company". :rolleyes: :p
 
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