AWKWARD ZOMBIE

note, a .22 may not penetrate a skull. good luck hitting through the eyes.

I love how I'm not alone as a gun nut

also, how do you guys have access to automatic weapons? My state requires a dealer's license.

There's at least one state where fully automatics are legal. Other states may require certain licenses.

The 22 LR is actually pretty suprising, I've seen it take out wild cattle, wild donkeys and horses. A friend of mine even took an elk (illegally) with one at a mountain they use to haul wood from, shot right behind the ear. One wild donkey I shot 4 times pretty quickly into the heart at about 30 yards or so, the bullets all penetrated and the heart was a pulp, just a cavity with blood when we butchered it (an uncle of mines makes jerky out of it, don't ask ) It also penetrated through a rib where one broadside shot I took went through (there are several youtube vids of people shooting through layers of wood and clothing with a 22). Most of the kills I've had have been with a 22 by far. It is cheap, easy to find, easy to be accurate with (no enormous blast to cause flinching) and rapid fire with a dot sight, you don't even lose the sight picture. I took out a coyote 2 months ago with one at close range, the bullet went through the vitals and he hemorrhaged out of his mouth trying to run away in a matter of seconds. Big bore, high velocity, full powered rounds all have their place, but I also believe in the saying "it is not the equipment but the operator." With the 22, and the way I have set my own up, it can put round after round into a 10 inch diameter at 50 yds no sweat without losing sight picture, a constant stream of accurate fire, with practically no recoil, double taps are possible at out to 60 - 70 yards (since I'm about stealth, I would try to shoot only out to a 150 yards and only if spotted), depends how much you practice. And you can carry over a thousand rounds no problem. The 10/22 I got is interchangeable with other 10/22 in case anything breaks down, and that is why I don't mind having one, of course I've shot a 22 from day one, so I might be a little biased. That said, here are some other folks who more to say.

http://www.survivalmonkey.com/forum/firearms/9361-lethality-22-lr-standard-velocity-round.html#post75834

I'm best with an AR 15
I've reached the practical range of a .22
and my dad won't let me use his Lapua

Same here, a 223 is my first choice with the 7.62x39 AK (arsenal makes awesome aks from russian saigas) after for maximum firepower, if for some reason I had to shoot my way out of the city, a saiga 12 guage would be my backup, but I am a step away from wilderness so...yeah. Nothing like a high velocity bullet for instant damage though, but since I don't have to worry about choice (have direct and indirect access to all aforementioned weapons). I really like the high twist ARs, my favs are the 69 and 75 grains, which don't deafen you as much as the 55 grainers screaming out of the barrel, they also have a push rather than the impulse of the 55 gr. With the right chrome silcon buffer spring and right buffer (primary weapons system) and a gas piston upper (POF, lwrc, pws etc), the AR can be like an awesome high powered nail gun; big bang but little recoil. Shoot, I am such a nerd about weapons but it can come in handy sometimes...

I understood far too much of that to be a normal human being.

posting at 5 in the morning
LIKE A BOSS

Get out.

Fatehehhh is mad because his position as unfunny waste of space, time and resources is challenged .

But seriously music, if you have nothing to contribute to a thread, do not post in it, especially if it isn't active anymore.

this is the talk about guns thread

the title was a typo

as well as the first few pages

BUT WE SORTED THAT OUT FAST ENOUGH DIDNT WE *reloads*

Guns are the best way to deal with zombies, after all.

And I just know someone's going to pop up and say bats and machetes don't need to be reloaded. Melee weapons are necessary as a back-up, but the fact is that zombies should be avoided above all else, and not carrying a gun is inviting lethal trouble.

Gimme a tank and I'll run all over the zombie menace with a jolly tune playing. Like ice cream truck music.

Do tanks run on regular gasoline? Even if they do, I'm sure they're not exactly efficient.

Also, obligatory dad edit.

Don't need efficiency when the goal is just to get out of the city. Or at least to a high-rise building so the zombies can go ahead and get themselves killed by virtue of being the most vulnerable "living" things in existence.

Hmm, if the virus affects only humans (which seems likely to me), I wonder how setting loose a pack of lions in a zombie infected city would go?