Best Weapon for a zombie attack? Your thoughts...
Basically i have read a couple of different scenarios about what weapon would be best. I am going with a shotgun. Its unmatched all around. The rounds are easy to find and cheap to buy. The shotgun is easy to maintain. Plus it can make a great bludgeoning weapon when ammo is out. It is also easy to re-load. I also like a M-16 type rifle. It holds many rounds in a easy to reload magazine approx 30 rounds. The bullets are easy to make and reload. they have ok stopping power. You are able to send many rounds down range. It has been proven in combat and mostly you can upgrade it.
One must always have a side arm. I prefer a .40 cal pistol. It holds more rounds than a .45 and way more stopping power than a b.s. 9mm. It has stopping power close to a .45 but the drop off to bullet gained ratio is not much so i go with a .40.
I think that if you say "Sniper Rifle" You are truly a retard! Unless you are a trained professional sniper (and I'm guessing you're not) then dont use it. Even with trained snipers who have had this discussion with me have said that they dont think that it has a place in door to door zombie combat survival. Its way too complicated and not feasible. Sniping should be reserved for a fortified position where your distances, bullet drop ratio, elevation, angle of the shot, your rifle 'dope' are standard and known. Then, all you have to do is add in your wind and barometric pressure (depending on the distance). Sniping a head shot on a still target is hard enough then add in all the other variables, next to impossible for the lay-person. See my blog that i wrote in response to an IDIOT who said that he'd use a 'sniper rifle'. I have too much respect for REAL snipers and know enough about it to assume that I can just put the cross hairs on a zack and just pull the trigger. Sniping is NOTHING like in the video games. Get that through your head! Again I am only talking to a small majority on here. The majority of you all have pretty good heads on your shoulders and are smart. You are constantly surprising me with your ideas. I'm basically talking to the pre-pubescent males who play too many video games and seen too many movies.
Oh yeah. You need a primary weapon. If you just have a bat or a crow bar you'll tire yourself out too much too quickly. Its great if thats all you have or if it's your back up weapon but not a primary.
I want to know what you thing about primary weapons, side arms, and reserve weapons and when you should have them or have them all around or with you. What do you think?
One must always have a side arm. I prefer a .40 cal pistol. It holds more rounds than a .45 and way more stopping power than a b.s. 9mm. It has stopping power close to a .45 but the drop off to bullet gained ratio is not much so i go with a .40.
I think that if you say "Sniper Rifle" You are truly a retard! Unless you are a trained professional sniper (and I'm guessing you're not) then dont use it. Even with trained snipers who have had this discussion with me have said that they dont think that it has a place in door to door zombie combat survival. Its way too complicated and not feasible. Sniping should be reserved for a fortified position where your distances, bullet drop ratio, elevation, angle of the shot, your rifle 'dope' are standard and known. Then, all you have to do is add in your wind and barometric pressure (depending on the distance). Sniping a head shot on a still target is hard enough then add in all the other variables, next to impossible for the lay-person. See my blog that i wrote in response to an IDIOT who said that he'd use a 'sniper rifle'. I have too much respect for REAL snipers and know enough about it to assume that I can just put the cross hairs on a zack and just pull the trigger. Sniping is NOTHING like in the video games. Get that through your head! Again I am only talking to a small majority on here. The majority of you all have pretty good heads on your shoulders and are smart. You are constantly surprising me with your ideas. I'm basically talking to the pre-pubescent males who play too many video games and seen too many movies.
Oh yeah. You need a primary weapon. If you just have a bat or a crow bar you'll tire yourself out too much too quickly. Its great if thats all you have or if it's your back up weapon but not a primary.
I want to know what you thing about primary weapons, side arms, and reserve weapons and when you should have them or have them all around or with you. What do you think?
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Permalink Reply by OdinX on -
Yea, but it's very easy to customize to those; all you need is to change the barrel and the magazine type and presto, you got yourself, essentially, a new gun. :)
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Permalink Reply by Courtney, zombie hunter on -
Excellent! Something I didn't know but am glad you mentioned :)
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Permalink Reply by Mark Hows on -
Chec out the Phillips & Rogers Medusa Model 47. Yeah, it's a revolver, but it's able to handle lots of different calibers of ammo, actually 25 different types in the .38/9mm/.357 range, making it useful if you have a pocket full of loose ammo.
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Permalink Reply by Courtney, zombie hunter on
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Excuse me, correction:
My model is the .40s&w, not a .45s&w. This is not available for this gun. The .40 s&w at least has as much dropping power as a regular .45 cal. -
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Permalink Reply by PRIME_Ω_PREDATOR on -
The .40 S&W is a smaller round then the .45 ACP. It is about the size of the old 10mm. Smaller then the .45 ACP but larger then the 9mm. If you'd like I can show you a comparison.
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Permalink Reply by PRIME_Ω_PREDATOR on
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Here is a pic of a simple bullet comparison.
Starting on the left.
2 3/4 inch 12 gauge field/target round(red), 2 3/4 inch 12 gauge bean bag round, 7.62x51 match grade ammo(.308), NATO 5.56 (.223 Remington), .45 Long Colt (45 Colt, 45lc), .45 ACP, .40 Smith and Wesson (S&W), 9mm Luger(Parabellum), .380 ACP (9mm Short), .22 Long Rifle (LR). I load and reload the .45 Long Colt myself. I also make the slugs which are .452 "diameter and weigh approximately 230 grains. The 45 acp is .451" diameter. The .45 Long Colt is one of my own. - Attachments:
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Bullet Comparison 1.JPG, 1008 KB
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Permalink Reply by Courtney, zombie hunter on
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This was utterly fabulous! Thanks for taking the time for all this!!
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Permalink Reply by PRIME_Ω_PREDATOR on
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Anytime. If you have a question ask. If I don't have an answer I can probably get one.
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Permalink Reply by Kyle Stoney on -
WOW! I guess this discussion has run its course! I appreciate all the great input. Even the bad input! LOL jk
But it did spark new ideas for myself and others. Hopefully, I was of some help and if I was not then maybe some one else was. Hey, maybe YOU were of help to someone on here or myself.
Special thanks to:
Courtney, zombie hunter
Mark Hows
Prime Predator
and Odinx for your great questions.
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Permalink Reply by PRIME_Ω_PREDATOR on
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WOW! I guess this discussion has run its course!
There's always more. New situations pop up daily. -
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Permalink Reply by Courtney, zombie hunter on
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Kisses, Stoney :) You lovely piece of delectible man-meat, you!
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