I Know I'll Get Flamed But Best Round for Killing Zombies

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I haven't heard of "Cell". If King wrote a Zombie book, I have to read it! When was it released?
Biker
 
I try hard to be a good zombie and all I get is people trying to shoot me - geeze !! :neener:
 
cracked butt said:
Speaking of zombie movies/literature, has anyone read Stephen King's 'Cell' yet?
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I just googled it. Apparantly, it was released 1/24/06. I'll be calling the bookstores tomorrow!
Biker
 
umm... 30mm Oerlicon.

What, there's zombies -- you can't imagine carting around a recoilless 30mm autocannon even with suspension of disbelief firmly engaged? ^_^
 
I don't enjoy full power 12G slugs after 10 rounds or so. I figure I'd snivel over the 45/70. Guess I'm a poozle. I'm gonna have to sell my Harley and buy a Vespa. Does this mean that I have to go see Brokeback Mountain?
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After shooting two rounds of hot 45/70 handloads my shoulder had a black bruise the size of a pie plate and I couldn't shoot another. I've shot 3-1/2 magnum rounds at geese all day long, going through more than a box of shells, and not come close to the pain I felt after one round through a 45/70.

As for the rest--there's no reason you can't have both a Harley and a Vespa. I've had Buells and Piaggios at the same time. And I went to Brokeback Mountain with my wife. It was a great movie and she jumped my bones like a wild animal afterwards. It's all good, as long as zombies aren't at your door.
 
LB...

I tore a rotater cuff in my right shoulder some years back while bench pressing, and I haven't been able to enjoy shooting heavy recoiling longarms since then. I can do it, it just gets uncomfortable before long. Just BS'n about the bikes. Two wheels are two wheels in my book, I just prefer Harleys.
As to Brokeback Mountain, I'll have to pass until they come out with the sequal featuring lesbians.;)
Biker
 
At the risk of thread drift into strategies and tactics, and because this is a serious subject (because I KNOW we will have a zombie attack someday), How would you guys have gotten food and water to Andy?

I haven't watched the movie in a while, but I'm pretty sure he was too far away to turn a 12 gauge into a line-thrower. They were in a mall, so if there was a hobby shop they could have broke out the model airplanes and transferred food to him like 10 cheerios at a time. :) Or maybe find innertubes or something to make a big giant slingshot. Anytime they missed his building, they would have at least beaned some zombies, which is always good entertainment. Building a trebuchet would have been an interesting project, and they could have flung twinkies at him as they are indestructible. As for water, Andy should have just made a bunch of modified solar stills.
 
Assuming he had water, small amounts of food could be launched via a compound bow I would think, which should be available in a mall of that size. It would take time, but time they had.
Biker
 
BenW said:
At the risk of thread drift into strategies and tactics, and because this is a serious subject (because I KNOW we will have a zombie attack someday), How would you guys have gotten food and water to Andy?

I haven't watched the movie in a while, but I'm pretty sure he was too far away to turn a 12 gauge into a line-thrower. They were in a mall, so if there was a hobby shop they could have broke out the model airplanes and transferred food to him like 10 cheerios at a time. :) Or maybe find innertubes or something to make a big giant slingshot. Anytime they missed his building, they would have at least beaned some zombies, which is always good entertainment. Building a trebuchet would have been an interesting project, and they could have flung twinkies at him as they are indestructible. As for water, Andy should have just made a bunch of modified solar stills.
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I am not sure what the distance was but maybe the could have launched some fishing line via compound bow, then used that to pull a heavier gauge line across, then repeat until some sort of high tension wire set up could be used to transport small amounts of foo and water.
 
I was thinking bow at first too, but seem to remember the distance might have been too far for that as well.

Since I'm telecommuting today, maybe this is a good excuse to blow off work and pop the DVD in to see how far away they were. It's important research after all... :D
 
I think I'd grab my Beretta CX4 Carbine and a bag of stick mags. A couple hundred rounds of 9mm in a recoiless, short and manuverable package that can reach out a little farther than a pistol.
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So that's the point of the Beretta carbine--zombie killing.
 
PlayboyPenguin said:
Actually it is safe to get thier blood on you..the problem is that their bites transmit the virus and are deadly. You are thinking of the people infected with "rage" from "28 Days" that would infect you if there blood got in your mouth, eyes or into an open wound.:)

Anyone else find it sad that we all know so much about zombies? :D
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You're all wrong. It's Worchestershire sauce that turns you into a Zombie. I know it's true 'cause I saw it on South Park. :D
 
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Speaking of zombie movies/literature, has anyone read Stephen King's 'Cell' yet?

I just googled it. Apparantly, it was released 1/24/06. I'll be calling the bookstores tomorrow!
Biker

Being a big fan of the zombie genre and having liked "The Stand" so much, I got a copy of Cell right away. All in all it is a good story but the gun content is crap. You would think that will all the money and access to research that S. King has he wouldnt screw up the gun stuff so bad - I know that we at THR are more sensitive to this stuff than the average reader but, come on - among the more blatent mistakes are the refrences to "safetying his revolver" and "highly illeagle bullets, fraggers". Now I have to admit that I do not have much experience with Mass. law but I am pretty sure that they dont have safties on revolvers up there - fraggers, what is that anyway?

Don't let me ruin the book for anyone though, it was fun in its way.

Joe
 
I'll just mosey on over to the National Atomic Museum and fire away w Atomic Annie (280mm atomic cannon).
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You'd certainly enjoy 1985's The Return of the Living Dead, then!
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Fergit them dang zombies: the big threat is plastic milk jugs.

Yes, they seem innocent and innoculous sittin in your frigidaire
but they are secretly in thrall to the DeRos of Lost Lemuria
and are biding their time to strike against us.
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Now if a .22 Magnum will handle a milk jug like that, it will handle
the cranium of a Zombie too. And the Taurus .22 Magnum carbine
16" barrel 32" overall, eleven shots each as effectiove as a FiveseveN,
ought to take care of milk jug sneak attacks and zombie nights as well.
Plus it and the ammo are light and not a burden to carry with a full bug
out bag.
 

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I would use my M1 Garand, throw a few bandoliers over my shoulder. I love my garand because anything you can see you can hit with that rifle. Of course Id also have to bring along my little buddy, a 1911 in .45 ACP. Either one of those rounds will give those zombies something to think about. Cause I dont want to just hit one zombie, but the one standing behind him as well. See thats conserving ammo :)
 
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