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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
Depends on the bayonet, if you are using a WWI pigsticker (the 1-2 foot blade lenght) then you can get away with firing a round. If you're using an M-16 bayonet, good chance that the muzzle may be in direct contact with the body, not a good idea to fire a round if the muzzle is blocked!
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Contact shooting somebody with an M16 or M4 will work fine -- the flash suppressor provides venting, and even if it wasn't there the escaping propellant gas would just shred tissue on the target.
The problem I always had with the "shoot to disentangle your bayonet" idea was that if you have a round in the weapon why you ever using the bayonet in the first place? I think it was Rommel who noted in WWI that bayonet fights are usually won by the guy one with more ammo in his weapon. The development of the "shoot
after you bayonet them" idea represents how vestigial bayonet use became in the 20th century.