Posted on 01/10/2017 12:28:43 PM PST by w1n1
In the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead, Negan stopped Rosita's bullet with Lucille, his barb wire wrapped bat. Though we don’t know how under powered the round loaded by Eugene might have been, it was at least powerful enough to cycle the slide on Rosita's Beretta.
Here's a video that explores the reality of a scene from season 7, episode 8, wherein Rosita attempts to kill bad guy Negan by shooting at him with a handloaded 9mm. Could this really happen? Could a baseball bat stop a 9mm round?
He takes the shot and the bullet goes clean through the sweet spot of the bat and into the rubber dummy behind it. So no, it is highly unlikely that Rosita's shot would have been captured by Lucille like it was in the show.
But that's TV! We just have to suspend belief and accept that some things aren't going to match up with real life. See the video here.
The more fundamental question is how come no one in zombieworld is aware that empty shell casings can be reloaded? They act like reloading a round is equivalent to the second coming.
She’s my favorite, with King Ezekiel running second.
;)
Absolutely!
I’ve argued that point with people who favor guns.
They’re at the point of picking up brass, in desperation...but Michonne just keeps swinging.
Makes me wonder if she and Negan are headed for single combat.
/team Michonne
And Daryl, of course, but a crossbow has limitations of speed and bolts.
But there’s the bike to consider...
:)
Oh, now that’s a good point, the showdown!
The crossbow has its uses, but otherwise, is a nominally useful tool, with guns the worst long-term weapon. Blades are the way to go.
TWD Ping.
That’s a good point, but reloading is not a skill that everyone possesses, thinks about or even know about.
Me, for instance. I know about it, I’ve seen some of the equipment and materials necessary, but I do not know how to do it.
I do know someone who can, but I do not count that as a reliable resource. Guy’s a bit squirrely.
According to his other channel “vet ranch” he just opened his own practice.
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More power to him, he’s probably a good one.
He does a lot of stuff for free with abused/neglected animals. He also fosters dogs. He’s one of the good ones. He’s been approached by production companies about doing his own TV show, but declined as he’s not ready to give up practicing vet medicine.
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Impressive young man, living the dream too.
I drool over the contents of his gun safe, LOL.
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Got some cool stuff, but I’m into older things.
I would love to see her turn his skull into a candy dish.
:D
/avenge Abraham!
Total agreement.
Why the rest of them are not raiding stores for machetes, I’ll never understand.
***We just have to suspend belief and accept that some things aren’t going to match up with real life. ***
Like “cop killer” bullets passing through a bulldozer blade and killing the driver in one of the LETHAL WEAPON movies.
Or an “innocent jail escapee” shooting ten-twelve bad guys with sawed off pistol grip pump shotgun without reloading.
Yep - like Ramsey in Game of Thrones - Negan needs to die in a grand and in-glorious way.
Sigh...yes, Daryl. I keep hoping that guy will find some love & happiness in an F’d up world (must be my feminine side coming out 8^)
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