Bayonets weren't always a wire cutting multitool clipped

>>31623413
>Once the ammo's run dry, which bayonet on which empty rifle makes for the most effective, durable, and reliable melee weapon?
The one that makes the firearm more of a spear.

Obvious answer but I definitly assume any larger rifle would give a significant advantage.

Also in this WWII book I read it mentioned a hooked bayonet used by the japanese that was used to rip a rifle out of a soldiers hand and i thought that was pretty metal

>>31623516

Kinda like an English bill/guisarme

Against another man, presumably armed with a bayonet or some other melee weapon?

Whichever one has the most reach

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>>31623876
>Whichever one has the most reach
In that case a 91/30

>>31623896
As a spear, the 91/30 would be effective

>>31623516
In "With the Old Breed", EB Sledge mentions how the veterans from Cape Gloucester taught the new replacements to tilt their rifles to the side while bayonetting so the Japs couldn't hook on. I seem to recall him also mentioning that the preferred the older 1903 bayonets to the M1 bayonet for the extended reach it gave (since the Japs had long-ass bayonets).

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>>31623896
I wouldn't trust a nagants bayonet. The tip is like a sharpened screw driver.

The Japs had huge bayonets to symbolize a sword.

>>31623413
wouldn't having a bayonet that long on a shotgun be a bad idea?

>>31623942
>The tip is like a sharpened screw driver.
because it is

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I prefer my "when enemy brings a spear to battle, bring gun spear to battle"

>>31623896

Which was preceded by infantry rifle m/1891 that was longer and had bayonet of similar length...