Why/how does a bayonet on a rifle reduce the accuracy ?
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It doesn’t. This is an old wives tale that people try to back-rationalize with bad physics.
Some video games incorporate a decrease in accuracy to guns using bayonets as a means to provide a detriment that offsets the benefit of not needing to switch to a knife. But the realism of this game mechanic is similar to the realism of people dying in a single hit with a knife vs being able to sponge up bullets with every part of their body except for the head.
A bayonet has an insignificant effect on the accuracy of a gun. It may have an impact on the accuracy of the gun’s sight. This effect will be insignificant unless the bayonet radically alters the gun’s weight or weight distribution. In any event, changing from not having a bayonet to having one will have a lot less of an impact on the sighting of a gun than something like changing the type of ammunition being used.
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