Somebody came up with a “tactical bayonet” rail-mount attachment for the CZ P-01 9mm pistol.
Not to denigrate it or anything, but if I’d been drinking something at the time I came across this auction item, I’d have snorted liquid all over my keyboard. I’m sure the “bayonet” is wickedly effective at, um, stabbing an assailant instead of shooting him, but really — WTF?
Should anyone want to buy this thing, the auction’s here. I, for one, would love to see the holster.
Wow. That would really draw some stares at the range. I’ve cleaned many firearms in my time. I’ve cleaned many knives too. But I have yet to clean gunpowder residue off a knife.
The “Ghost” holster, among many others, will accomodate this kind of … uh … accessorized handgun arrangement. They lock on the trigger-guard, there is no enclosure around the rest of the firearm.
http://www.ghostholster.com/ghost.htm
I couldn’t imagine any problem resulting from having an unsheathed knife hanging off the end of your uncovered pistol in your holster. But at least you’re not digging your bayonet into your holster. 🙂
They’ve got one of those in the gunstore I frequent around here. I figure they’ve gotten at least their inventory cost’s worth out of their customers laughter.
That “someone” who came up with this accessory is actually CZ, themselves.
I’ve seen one on display for, maybe a year or two, here in KC, but CZ is based here, so that shouldn’t come as any kind of surprise. We get to see almost all of their new toys before they even get catalogued.
Stupid, but it’s there for someone if they want it. I can’t imagine why any one would want it, but to each their own.
I know it would keep me from trying to grab the firearm out of someone’s hand in an attempt to disarm them.
Also, I’d like to point out that the “guard” or “hilt” right in front of the muzzle keeps anything touching the front of the slide from pushing it back and taking it out of battery.
Technically, you could jab and still shoot, which would be very messy. But then, most fun is rather messy, isn’t it?
This whole thing is such a bad idea I can hardly think of where to start dissing it, but I’ll try:
1. Body mechanics. Look at how you hold a pistol, wrist aligned with forearm, thumb on top. What part of that is an effective knife-strike position?
2. Look at knife strikes. If you’ve been trained to use a knife offensively, you’ll know this, but for those who haven’t, there are two basic striking styles, the slash, a passing attack designed to create long cuts with large loss of blood and pain, and stabs, the thrust of the knife into soft tissue overlying vital organs, with the aim of cutting those vital organs.
The pistol-mounted bayonet might be OK for slashing attacks, but since, in a knife attack, they are used primarily as “softening-up” and are not meant to kill, so what?
The stabbing attack is usually accomplished at close range, and if possible, with the help of the off-arm to pull the enemy into the attack or to at least position the enemy for a better attack. Having the knife on the end of a pistol defeats these moves to a degree.
3. The pistol-mounted bayonet makes the overall weapon into something much larger, harder to conceal (someone already said that above), and that extra bulk should be replaced by the bulk of an extra magazine carried on your person, not a bayonet for the pistol.
4. The main use of this bayonet would be intimidation, but if your pistol isn’t intimidating enough, what makes you think that adding a bayonet would improve that?
It’s a gang-banger fantasy, like being able to shoot at two separate targets simultaneously with two pistols. Impressive to kids when staged for the movies, but worthless in real life.
Seems like if you weren’t careful while holstering it, you could end up stabbing yourself.
Does a bayonet make it an “assault pistol”?
Reminds me of the bayonet made for the Webley during WWI. It might be useful in trench warfare where reloading is sometimes impossible in the tight press of bullet riddled bodies surrounding you. Also, it might be useful in anti-zombie warfare, no more throwing your spent pistol at them in a final act of desperation.
I seem to remember a pictre of a Russian Red Guard Officer armed with such a pistol, back when officers led the charge with a pistol in one hand and a Red flag in the other.
On another note Lewis Machine tool makes a “re-bar cutter”, which replaces the flash suppressor on an M-16. I can’t see it being that useful unless you tactically breach through well built walls frequently.