| Actually, I tried this with my Mosin Nagant. It didn't go too well.
I attached the bayonet and stuck it in the ground. I rigged a string to pull the trigger and loaded one surplus round. When I pulled the string,several things happened.
First, the muzzle blast dried out the grass and set it on fire!
Second, the recoil launched the rifle into the air and it "lightly" bumped the sheriff's helicopter that was passing overhead! (They were upset!)
Third, the gun came back down bayonet first and skewered my neighbors' pet pot bellied pig. (They were upset, too!)
Luckily, I was able to convince my neighbors that their pig loved them so much he would be happy to be pork chops and bacon for them. (It took quite a few beers.) It also helped that the helicopter pilot is a bacon fanatic. (More beers.) When the fire department showed up to put out the grass fire, they got the rest of my beer and nobody got fined for "unsafe practices."
One boom, LOTS of upset people, a burn spot in the yard, and I'm all out of beer. I hope we'll all laugh about this someday...
Doug |