quick Question about snipers and Bayonettes

Allright, thankees for the answers.

Ditto to what Stik said, plus, it makes it longer, offering more opourtunity to snag on stuff when you're moving.  As for "just in case" scenarios, forget it.. As I told my troopage many times, "Put that damn thing away, Junior... If yer close enough to stick 'em, yer close enough ta shoot 'em..."

It changes the balance of the rifle, with more weight forward. Not changing the accuracy of the rifle itself, but changing the feel of it to the shooter, altering his consistency. Especially if he is firing unsupported.

Lol, thats pretty funny.  I was just curious about it.  On the subject of bayonettes, would they mess with the accuracy of the gun at all< and if not, why wouldnt you just always keep it attached, just incase you walked into someone...

Yeah, what Stik said... They'd have one... Keep in mind that the bayonets were shiny too.. Not something you want when you're hidin', a 3/4" x 11" reflector...

Heh... Makes me recall a Mauldin cartoon of two cooks in the field.. One is holding his rifle and puts the bayonet on it and remarks to the other, "Hey! Didya know that this here can-opener fits on the end of a rifle?"

 

Bayonets were pretty much standard issue to all soldiers in WWII. Their usefulness was undisputed- while the sniper would have had it in his kit, carrying it into position was up to the sniper, and its use on the rifle far less likely.

The sniper rifle is a distance weapon, the bayonet for up close and personal...

Ok, but they carried them with them?

Only for a bayonet charge...

You'd never fix bayonets unless you are expecting to have to use it.