[Kentuckyrifleman]

I bought a 1957 870 Wingmaster a couple months ago and was thinking about a modification. I want to get a home defense barrel, but I would also like to fix a bayonet. Firstly, is this legal in new york and secondly is it possible to do this modification in a completely reversible way? I want to be able to switch back to stock for hunting.

 

[Kentuckyrifleman]

Perhaps there is a flip-bayonet mount available like the soviets used to use?

 

[Kentuckyrifleman]

A trained person will also know how to sidestep your advance with a bayonet and take it from you.

Ever heard of a tactical withdrawal? I am well aware of others possible skills and training in combat. I am not nor will ever be one to engage an opponent unless forced to. My desire is merely to give my family enough time to escape while the threat is distracted by me. Ever watch on nature shows how a mother leopard will run in the opposite direction from her cubs, to goad the lions or hyenas into following her? The bayonet is just one more tool to keep the threat's eyes on me. It's (or my rather) effectiveness as a weapon is inconsequential.

 

[Kentuckyrifleman]

Perhaps I should've explained this better, please pardon my clumsiness. If a weapon is pointed at me, I consider that engagement and all bets are off. In the unlikely event that all of my OO buckshot misses, I am cut off from my other weapons, ammunition, etc there must be another option. You must prepare for any possible event, no matter how implausible because " Everything which the enemy least expects will succeed the best." - Frederick the Great. If your opponent knows you're empty it is better to have a pointy piece of metal on the end of a long tube than just a long tube.

 

[Kentuckyrifleman]

"but a buttstroke to the head from the stock of that shotgun would be more realistic and even less expected"
What if they have helmets?
"Seriously ??? A shotgun with a bayonet ???? LMAO......Sorry but that is some funny $hit right there partner...."
Google Winchester M97

 

[Kentuckyrifleman]

Well Im glad someone is a student of history.

 

[Kentuckyrifleman]

Yeah I would like the bayonet as legal as possible (I think 4 inches is the limit in Monroe County).

"History also mentions the use of muskets..."
Thats my next purchase when I have the funds. Pedersoli makes an excellent Charleville.