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[and now I want a machete...would a katana or Confederate officer's sword do in a pinch?]
Keep in mind the article is tongue in cheek. The guy has obviously had nightmares about zombies. I've never had to use my weapons on a zombie, probably, once again because of the sign. However, if some approached that was public school educated and thought it was some kind of invite to a party, I would probably grab the DPMS AR-15 or AK-47 or mini 14 or Mossberg 500.
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[and now I want a machete...would a katana or Confederate officer's sword do in a pinch?]
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Having studied Kendo & Iaido for years as well as being what most folks would call a gun nut I have had this conversation more than once.
The Sword is far better in riots or crowds anytime but the problem you have is blood. Too much and everything becomes slick.
Plus even one drop of Zombie blood in your nose, mouth, eyes or a cut and you are infected.
Too true.
What a silly article. Anyone who has ever reached the upper levels in DOOM knows that the double-shotgun is king in dealing with all manner of zombies, gouls and demons.
I realize not everyone has mechanical skills or resources but its not hard to buy even modest affordable torches or to make a home made forge. This last week I took a roller bearing race from a scrap bucket loader, a very BIG race that after a lot of heat and hammering was drawn straight and flat into a piece about 16” long and about 1 1/2’ wide, its 52100 steel that is sought after by many custom knife makers, its different and harder than leaf spring steel. Its normal hardness is around 58 Rockwell for obvious reasons as a bearing material and is high carbon with vanadium.
Its almost finished as a heavy kitchen knife right now after I put some wood handles on it, it makes a very sharp edge and a person can refine it to an even harder Rockwell if desired but in its normalized state is harder than many traditional knifes. I tried to deliberately break another test piece and could not without getting into using a massive hammer and vice, a very abundant material thats been overlooked because people think its only good for bearings. Its hard to shape even when orange and difficult to grind unless its tempered.
Leaf springs can be used but apparently the alloy in modern springs does not create a good knife unless from a European vehicle, however a clean not corroded coil spring can be straightened and used as a material.
People think sawzall blades would make a good knife but the problem is that many blades like that are bi-metal, sure they can be “Knife looking objects” but real knives are works of art. My next work will be taking a broken concrete drill bit (BIG) and wrapping some old chainsaw blade around it and then hammer weld it all together into a flat bar stock. Should creat an interesting damascus effect.
funny. reminds me of the book the zombie survival guide and the even better world war z.
Good advice. Especially with the upcoming ACORN zombie attack in 2010.
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I prefer slugs or #4 tactical buckshot.
Anyone knows that to be properly prepared for the coming zombie apocalypse you need a good mix of bladed weapons, center-fire rifles and handguns...variety is the key!
I have heard this sort of thing from zombie experts before. They tend to favor .22 for some reason because it was in a book. An melee weapons? Seriously? Over a machine gun? Give me a machine gun AND a melee weapon. No, the flat out best thing for anti zombies is going to be the .223 round. Small enough to carry lots and fast enough to punch through the skull at any angle.
You do realize that you are entering into a intellectual disagreement with someone who lives in their Mom’s basement, whose life experiences revolve around DVDs and video games?
FWIW, I’ll stick with Remington 1100 Combat Master.
Armored up large flightline snowblower with 4 crow mounted M134D miniguns that Dillon makes.
Shoot scoop an grind....
Y’all forgot a very important item from Walmart; good rubber soled sport shoes with good traction. Under no circumstances should one wear high heels.
How did this get past you? Hurry on over to give some sage advice!