Pritchard-Greener bayonet

[Eaglelord17]

So I am curious as to why, as I have also carried bayonets in service myself, and have trained in there usage.

With a 6 shot, hand loaded revolver such as the Webley, you only have 6rds before you have to reload, which is a relatively slow process not like the modern magazine fed wonder 9s. In particular in the Great War it was some very close and dirty fighting with such things as entrenching tools being sharpened, as well as cruder weapons (maces and the like) becoming back into popularity due to the close ranges.

Pistols historically were used as close combat weapons, look at the single shot black powder pistols and how they used to be designed to be used as a club when you fired your shot, as it took a while to reload as well. It isn't too much of a stretch to say it wouldn't be handy for revolver as well, in particular in a close range environment like a trench. Not saying it makes sense in a modern context with all the wonder 9s and other fancy pistols, but with a 6 shot hand loaded revolver, a back up weapon of some kind isn't a terrible idea (reading on trench raids, they often carried other weapons in the other hand anyways, or even a second revolver if they could get there hands on one).

Thinking on it, it could be very possible the designer got the idea from the fact that black powder pistols were also used as clubs, just with a more modern (i.e. WWI) take on it

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[browningautorifle]

I have also carried bayonets in service myself, and have trained in there usage.

I'll bet you have...your inexperience is showing.