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plans for the inevitable undead uprising
Nodaisho:
Now, I don't have any yet, so as of now, unless I could buy some stuff quickly (I think I can, though I need to look up the state laws), I would be pretty much screwed, but it isn't uncommon to have thousands of rounds of ammunition, especially when you are shooting milsurp ammunition, since that frequently comes in batches of a thousand. Supply depots would be at wherever I am based at (someplace defendable in the middle of nowhere), and in whatever I am using for transportation. When your gun jams, you clear the jam, not all that difficult, it is one of the basic things to know how to do, and even the M4, known for a somewhat exaggerated unreliability, only jammed one in six hundred shots while in a heavy dust storm. That is twice what people carry around when they are expecting to be fighting, and a jam can be cleared in a few seconds. By the time I run out of cleaning materials, your axe blade would have been worn away completely. If it breaks? Well, that is somewhat broad, but in general, you retreat using your back up and go back to repair whatever needs repairing, though for parts to wear out on a good gun takes... upwards of 30,000 rounds, I would say, and that is on the low end. Stainless steel, aluminum, and polymer don't rust, wood warps somewhat, but only if you don't take care of it. You are reaching for stuff, aren't you? If it gets wet? All right, you don't have to explain, I understand you don't know what you are talking about. If it gets wet, you keep shooting, a gun isn't going to stop working because of a light drizzle.
Also, you aren't likely to run out of ammunition unless you are going out and picking fights, what you should be doing is going in and out, grabbing supplies and leaving, the only time you would be sitting there shooting at zombies would be when you are holding them off, buying time, or when there are just a few attacking wherever you are.
But what about you? What happens when someone slips and falls? What happens when an axe gets stuck in a zombie skull? What happens when someone else gets tired faster than you?
edit: Boro, who were you addressing that to, him or me?
Patrick:
--- Quote from: SonofZ3 on 02 Feb 2008, 21:10 ---so wait, zombies are slower and more stupid than human beings, so we beat them by reverting to axes and clubs and viking tactics? It would seem to me that most weapon advances are as a result of the human mind constantly being able to invent new and innovative ways to kill people with available technology. If zombies are less threatening than humans, shouldn't our modern weapons be even more effective against them?
--- End quote ---
All our talk about guns has been either intentional jackassery or last resort, quick solution tactics. At least, that's how it is on my part. You ARE going to run out of ammo at some point.
Nodaisho:
By then, you will hopefully have gotten your hands on something like a bow and gotten good with it, and learned how to make good arrows for it. I would also suggest getting something like ziploc bags, and attaching them so they catch the ejecting brass, because your average looter with a gun isn't going to go for the reloading supplies, he is going to go for the pre-made ammo, and you can roll your own to be much more accurate than even high quality ammo.
For me, I am seeing the goal as surviving while the zombies are still around, not hunting them down. For that purpose, a gun should do just fine, especially if you are out where you can hunt for food. In that case, you would want to loot some cans for your guns, drops the noise down to 50 decibels rather than 150+. Of course, the bow would be even quieter, and possibly retrievable, but until you get good with it, you wouldn't use it. Suppressors are good no matter what, actually, even a .22 repeatedly fired can cause hearing damage over time.
Jimmy the Squid:
Obviously you have to destroy the brain of the zombie to kill it but if you damage the spinal column would it be paralysed? Or is there some magic that keeps the signals flowing from the brain to the rest of the body?
Nodaisho:
Not sure, but if you were to damage it below where the nerves from the arms connect to the spinal cord, they could still use their arms, and would crawl at you.
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