Hello Dakkanauts im wondering if any of you prepare for have thought about or just dont care for the zombie apocalypse. explain to me your plans also we are talking max brooks zombies which is destroying the brain is the only thing that works to kill them they cant really run but can shuffle fairly speedily.

I knew before I clicked the thread...

Don't people ever get sick of this zombie apocalypse gak?

I have a bug out bag, and a bit of a plan, but it needs reworking as I would have to take care of my parents, who are both over 60 and in frail health (they're not the healthiest people). I would probably change for defense rather than escape or attack.

I just recently picked up a rifle, but I would like a small caliber carbine and a .22 pistol, which I've been practicing with at least once a week for the past few months. (my former house mate had one, and would let me use it as long as I cleaned it and bought ammo for it

This is an OT thread and will be moved to the OT Forum.

I am just as prepared for a zombie apocalypse as I am for a vampire attack, or a trip to Hogwarts.

 angel of ecstasy wrote:
I knew before I clicked the thread...

Don't people ever get sick of this zombie apocalypse gak?

No of course not. This is important!

IIRC, there's Zombie Apoc survival courses funded by the government. The idea behind it is if you are prepared for zombies, you're prepared for most anything else and more people would rather prepare for zombies than a Hurricane.

It mostly goes over the basics, Food, Water, other supplies.

That's pretty much my plan, food, water, shelter, other supplies, ammo for walkers/other looting parties. Same plan for Hurricanes and other disasters.

 Iur_tae_mont wrote:
IIRC, there's Zombie Apoc survival courses funded by the government. The idea behind it is if you are prepared for zombies, you're prepared for most anything else and more people would rather prepare for zombies than a Hurricane.

It mostly goes over the basics, Food, Water, other supplies.

That's pretty much my plan, food, water, shelter, other supplies, ammo for walkers/other looting parties. Same plan for Hurricanes and other disasters.

Someone on here has a link to it as their sig, don't they?

I'm in England. If zombies existed, they wouldn't come here because it's just not the kind of place where you find zombies. They'd just get bored, so they'd all stay over in America instead.

 htj wrote:
I am just as prepared for a zombie apocalypse as I am for a vampire attack, or a trip to Hogwarts.

If I was as prepared for a zombie apocalypse as I am for a trip to Hogwarts, I'd be the safest place to be when it all goes down.

The Frazzled plan has two options:
1. Join up with the posse. You turkeys are worried about the Zombie Apocalypse. In Texas its the great Zombie Roundup. We'll clear em out tout sweet.

2. If thats a no go then Go Time. And by Go time it means the Frazzleds form a band of raiders and loot the surrounding neighborhoods. Yee HAAA!!!!

 Avatar 720 wrote:

 htj wrote:
I am just as prepared for a zombie apocalypse as I am for a vampire attack, or a trip to Hogwarts.

If I was as prepared for a zombie apocalypse as I am for a trip to Hogwarts, I'd be the safest place to be when it all goes down.

Exactly. Basically I'm saying I can take on anything, because I'm a wizard.

Not really prepared in the slightest. I have a vague idea of legging it to RAF Brize Norton, it's only 6 miles away from where I live, and because it's a proper RAF base they have guns and large stockpiles of stuff. Not too mention a 12 ft razor wire topped chain linked fence and armed guards on duty 24/7...... If that's not possible then it's a case of hiding in my attic until its safe to come out!

Not another one of these. . .

 htj wrote:

 Iur_tae_mont wrote:
IIRC, there's Zombie Apoc survival courses funded by the government. The idea behind it is if you are prepared for zombies, you're prepared for most anything else and more people would rather prepare for zombies than a Hurricane.

It mostly goes over the basics, Food, Water, other supplies.

That's pretty much my plan, food, water, shelter, other supplies, ammo for walkers/other looting parties. Same plan for Hurricanes and other disasters.

Someone on here has a link to it as their sig, don't they?

Someone did at one point, but I don't remember who or if they still do. It's also been brought up in other similar threads in the past, by that various people.

angel of ecstasy wrote:I knew before I clicked the thread...

Don't people ever get sick of this zombie apocalypse gak?

Nope

p_gray99 wrote:I'm in England. If zombies existed, they wouldn't come here because it's just not the kind of place where you find zombies. They'd just get bored, so they'd all stay over in America instead.

28 days later

What is this fascination with zombies as of late? It's impractical, improbable, and not going to happen. Frankly, you have a bigger chance of some kind of My Little Pony apocalypse than you do a zombie apocalypse. I mean, don't get me wrong, we're all just a major disaster away from eating each other like savages anyway, so it will be _like_ zombies, but just no.

Seems like we just had this thread last month.

I have a hurricane kit that will last me about a month if I'm cautious and panels that will cover my windows and ~60% of my front and back doors, which would make leveraging them open difficult. By then, most people will be taken or dead. Not sure after that.

I dont, because zombies aren't real.

 daedalus wrote:
What is this fascination with zombies as of late? .

Pop culture man. Zombies andSurvivalist are the new Cowboys and Indians.

I suppose it really depends on how you define prepared.
Sure I have guns, ammo, know how to fish and hunt and what have you and having experianced Katrina up close and personal have developed a sort of parinoid version of the Boy Scout Motto to live by...but...
I'm accutely aware that ( in a hypothetical zombie appoc) there are many people that I care about ( even love) that wouldn't be able to hack it...and I wonder how mentaly prepared anyone can ever be to accept that..
I mean you may be able to " survive", but it's a good bet that Grandma or your little cousins or that nice obese fellow down at the FLGS that you enjoy BSing with will more than likely end up as zombie chow.

BTW, here is a little article for all those non believers out there!

http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen_p2.html

I don't really bother with the idea of a zombie apocalypse because a zombie apocalypse is scientifically impossible. Especially with actual reanimated dead

That cracked article is flawed because it relies on anecdotal evidence or scientific trials that are massive exaggerations of what they actually did.

 Iur_tae_mont wrote:

 daedalus wrote:
What is this fascination with zombies as of late? .

Pop culture man. Zombies andSurvivalist are the new Cowboys and Indians.

Don't forget geek-chic, people who would rag on geeks in high school now talk about how 'nerdy' they are for wearing lensless horn rimmed glasses in instagram photos.

 sarpedons-right-hand wrote:
BTW, here is a little article for all those non believers out there!

http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen_p2.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html
Lawyered.

After being somewhat forced to watch cockneys vs zombies, I no longer fear the zombie apocalypse. If a guy with a walker can get away from them, they'll be more or less a minor annoyance.

Damn you hotsauceman!!

Still, dreaming up ways to escape an apocalypse helps the hours at work fly-by.....

Try a feasible one, like an animal uprising.

 sarpedons-right-hand wrote:
Damn you hotsauceman!!

Still, dreaming up ways to escape an apocalypse helps the hours at work fly-by.....

Well, there's that too...hell if given the choice between having to deal with an irate and often highly emotional customer pitching a fit over some minor fixable detail or facing a horde of flesh hungry dead...I'll pick the zombies every time.

Fortress DakkaDakka is nicely set up for location and already building supplies...2 weeks worth....1K ammo assorted....so need to do abit more shopping. Eventually Ft Lewis probaly get over run but I'm sure to get a Stryker at one of the Main Gates

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Try a feasible one, like an animal uprising.

Revenge of the Cows?

Night of the Living Bacon?

 htj wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Try a feasible one, like an animal uprising.

Revenge of the Cows?

Night of the Living Bacon?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film)

Killer TOmatoes

hotsauceman1 wrote:I dont, because zombies aren't real.

wait for it...

 Avatar 720 wrote:

 htj wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Try a feasible one, like an animal uprising.

Revenge of the Cows?

Night of the Living Bacon?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film)

I prefer my scenarios.

Also, not sure what you're saying here? That there are films based on animals attacking people? I know that, but it doesn't make them necessarily feasible. I just like the sound of an 'animal uprising.' To be an uprising, they have to be oppressed, so domesticated livestock makes the most sense to me. A horde of rampaging cows could do serious damage.

 AustonT wrote:

hotsauceman1 wrote:I dont, because zombies aren't real.

wait for it...

Eeew, yucky pony!!

 p_gray99 wrote:
I'm in England. If zombies existed, they wouldn't come here because it's just not the kind of place where you find zombies. They'd just get bored, so they'd all stay over in America instead.

Speaking from a perspective my experience living in the UK since birth, even if there was a zombie apocalypse, and the streets were rife with shambling hordes of the living impaired, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Heck, they could even find work in the fast food/retail industry...

I still need to get a fresh alice pack for my official bug out bag, but I'm relatively prepared should the time to get whilst the getting is good comes, I just need to make it to Montana, lots of friends up there.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I still need to get a fresh alice pack for my official bug out bag, but I'm relatively prepared should the time to get whilst the getting is good comes, I just need to make it to Montana, lots of friends up there.

Erm what?

 AustonT wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I still need to get a fresh alice pack for my official bug out bag, but I'm relatively prepared should the time to get whilst the getting is good comes, I just need to make it to Montana, lots of friends up there.

Erm what?

Not you, my buddy's offered me a spot at his home should gak get stupid.

My other friend owns an old Atlas silo in New Mexico, we keep kicking around the idea of cracking it open, cleaning it up and restoring it habitability for giggles.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 AustonT wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I still need to get a fresh alice pack for my official bug out bag, but I'm relatively prepared should the time to get whilst the getting is good comes, I just need to make it to Montana, lots of friends up there.

Erm what?

Not you, my buddy's offered me a spot at his home should gak get stupid.

My other friend owns an old Atlas silo in New Mexico, we keep kicking around the idea of cracking it open, cleaning it up and restoring it habitability for giggles.

Here's the beauty of the Get Lost campagin.

©2012 MONTANA OFFICE OF TOURISM

Leigen_Zero wrote:

 p_gray99 wrote:
I'm in England. If zombies existed, they wouldn't come here because it's just not the kind of place where you find zombies. They'd just get bored, so they'd all stay over in America instead.

Speaking from a perspective my experience living in the UK since birth, even if there was a zombie apocalypse, and the streets were rife with shambling hordes of the living impaired, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Heck, they could even find work in the fast food/retail industry...

True, true. I expect they'd particularly like watching football matches. Rooney would fit right in.

I am to bring my swords and my bow to my friend place and we'll regroup there, break all the stairs and see what happens.

You'll starve after a while, that's what'll happen. You should think longer-term.

Probably die of dehydration before starvation.

Bad news Lord General Cheese, looks like you're a crazy person.

 Leigen_Zero wrote:

 p_gray99 wrote:
I'm in England. If zombies existed, they wouldn't come here because it's just not the kind of place where you find zombies. They'd just get bored, so they'd all stay over in America instead.

Speaking from a perspective my experience living in the UK since birth, even if there was a zombie apocalypse, and the streets were rife with shambling hordes of the living impaired, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Heck, they could even find work in the fast food/retail industry...

Exalted!

OK to be serious for a moment, I follow the parents old mantra which ties into weathering a hurricane.

Have the ability to have water for a week without going to the store.

Canned goods for a minimum two weeks. A propane stove and kerosene lamps are required.

Dry goods for up to 3 months. Thats essentially dried rice and beans and maybe a few treats.

Beef jerky goes a long way....

Well, the CDC's got a handy-dandy little tip book:

Lets not forget the exercise of the zombie attack in Cali this coming end of the month

Dont Mormons have like the ultimate zombie protection plan?

 AustonT wrote:
Dont Mormons have like the ultimate zombie protection plan?

Most of them don't own guns, so not really.

My ultimate plan is to live next to an affluent Mormon couple with at least 12 kids and buy a bunch of guns. 14 years worth of food for just 14 bullets.

 kronk wrote:

 AustonT wrote:
Dont Mormons have like the ultimate zombie protection plan?

Most of them don't own guns, so not really.

My ultimate plan is to live next to an affluent Mormon couple with at least 12 kids and buy a bunch of guns. 14 years worth of food for just 14 bullets.

Wait, where did you get that most don't have guns??? I've known several Mormon families and have had Mormon relatives. They all had lots of guns, some to Frazzled level amounts of guns.

 Frazzled wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 AustonT wrote:
Dont Mormons have like the ultimate zombie protection plan?

Most of them don't own guns, so not really.

My ultimate plan is to live next to an affluent Mormon couple with at least 12 kids and buy a bunch of guns. 14 years worth of food for just 14 bullets.

Wait, where did you get that most don't have guns??? I've known several Mormon families and have had Mormon relatives. They all had lots of guns, some to Frazzled level amounts of guns.

I dont get why you even own guns, Arent the Daschunds enough to scare away intruders.

Flirst clue....Texas

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 AustonT wrote:
Dont Mormons have like the ultimate zombie protection plan?

Most of them don't own guns, so not really.

My ultimate plan is to live next to an affluent Mormon couple with at least 12 kids and buy a bunch of guns. 14 years worth of food for just 14 bullets.

Wait, where did you get that most don't have guns??? I've known several Mormon families and have had Mormon relatives. They all had lots of guns, some to Frazzled level amounts of guns.

I dont get why you even own guns, Arent the Daschunds enough to scare away intruders.

Who do you think shoots the guns?

All the mormons I know are quite well armed as well as having the required amounts of food.

Basic emergency survival kit:

A rifle and a directory of your local mormon ward

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
All the mormons I know are quite well armed as well as having the required amounts of food.

Basic emergency survival kit:

A rifle and a directory of your local mormon ward

Its all good except for the old mutliple wives part. I can't handle one wife much less four or five.

 Frazzled wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
All the mormons I know are quite well armed as well as having the required amounts of food.

Basic emergency survival kit:

A rifle and a directory of your local mormon ward

Its all good except for the old mutliple wives part. I can't handle one wife much less four or five.

Amen to that, it's like Robin Williams says "It doesn't matter if you marry a deaf girl and a blind girl, they will communicate and they will work out that you are the donkey cave"

Yep.

I'm not prepared at all because zombies don't exist.

 Cheesecat wrote:
I'm not prepared at all because zombies don't exist.

ZombApoc's a joke cheese, how about any general disaster/massive cluster? Like Sandy? Or a blizzard from hell?

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:
I'm not prepared at all because zombies don't exist.

ZombApoc's a joke cheese, how about any general disaster/massive cluster? Like Sandy? Or a blizzard from hell?

I'm not sure I don't think our family has much in the way of disaster plans, plus Kamloops never get's any disasters other than the "Brass Kettle" family restaurant, lol.

 Frazzled wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 AustonT wrote:
Dont Mormons have like the ultimate zombie protection plan?

Most of them don't own guns, so not really.

My ultimate plan is to live next to an affluent Mormon couple with at least 12 kids and buy a bunch of guns. 14 years worth of food for just 14 bullets.

Wait, where did you get that most don't have guns??? I've known several Mormon families and have had Mormon relatives. They all had lots of guns, some to Frazzled level amounts of guns.

The ones I knew didn't. They were pacifists.

 Cheesecat wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:
I'm not prepared at all because zombies don't exist.

ZombApoc's a joke cheese, how about any general disaster/massive cluster? Like Sandy? Or a blizzard from hell?

I'm not sure I don't think our family has much in the way of disaster plans, plus Kamloops never get's any disasters other than the "Brass Kettle" family restaurant, lol.

That's more what this is really about, what happens if something happens? Do you have supplies? Some where to go? Food? Water? The means to acquire both in a crisis? (Able to hunt, a weapon to hunt with, iodine tables or a filter, etc)

What type of zombies are we talking about?

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:
I'm not prepared at all because zombies don't exist.

ZombApoc's a joke cheese, how about any general disaster/massive cluster? Like Sandy? Or a blizzard from hell?

I'm not sure I don't think our family has much in the way of disaster plans, plus Kamloops never get's any disasters other than the "Brass Kettle" family restaurant, lol.

That's more what this is really about, what happens if something happens? Do you have supplies? Some where to go? Food? Water? The means to acquire both in a crisis? (Able to hunt, a weapon to hunt with, iodine tables or a filter, etc)

Well it's pretty easy to avoid the disaster that is the "Brass Kettle" family restaurant because it's been closed for years.

The only necessary survival supplies i am missing are ones that until Z-Day hits, are Illegal to make, like suppressors, and IEDs.

Things i would like to get before Z-day include another 5000 rounds of .22 subsonic, a Calico M110 and 3 spare Magazines, a Cantilevered Crossbow, and a Wood Gasifier for my truck.

IED is avaible by whats on hand

true, but it being available does not make it legal to make. besides, there are enough fireworks stored in town, some by members of my survival group, that we dont need to resort to household chemicals for a t least a year.

 kronk wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 AustonT wrote:
Dont Mormons have like the ultimate zombie protection plan?

Most of them don't own guns, so not really.

My ultimate plan is to live next to an affluent Mormon couple with at least 12 kids and buy a bunch of guns. 14 years worth of food for just 14 bullets.

Wait, where did you get that most don't have guns??? I've known several Mormon families and have had Mormon relatives. They all had lots of guns, some to Frazzled level amounts of guns.

The ones I knew didn't. They were pacifists.

FREAKS!!!
Sorry couldn't help myself.


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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
What type of zombies are we talking about?

Slow zombies like Walking Dead. They can pick up speed but can't go faster than a limping injured man.
They're much more fun.

Pfft Too easy then. Those zombies won't survive a week.
Tanks and hi ex weapons. Done.

 kronk wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 AustonT wrote:
Dont Mormons have like the ultimate zombie protection plan?

Most of them don't own guns, so not really.

My ultimate plan is to live next to an affluent Mormon couple with at least 12 kids and buy a bunch of guns. 14 years worth of food for just 14 bullets.

Wait, where did you get that most don't have guns??? I've known several Mormon families and have had Mormon relatives. They all had lots of guns, some to Frazzled level amounts of guns.

The ones I knew didn't. They were pacifists.

Actually Frazzled may not be far off. Pacifism in Mormonism makes about as much sense as asceticism in Judaism. At least for the last century plus American Mormons have actively encouraged military service and firearms ownership. Ann Romney's recent comments not withstanding.

 AustonT wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 AustonT wrote:
Dont Mormons have like the ultimate zombie protection plan?

Most of them don't own guns, so not really.

My ultimate plan is to live next to an affluent Mormon couple with at least 12 kids and buy a bunch of guns. 14 years worth of food for just 14 bullets.

Wait, where did you get that most don't have guns??? I've known several Mormon families and have had Mormon relatives. They all had lots of guns, some to Frazzled level amounts of guns.

The ones I knew didn't. They were pacifists.

Actually Frazzled may not be far off. Pacifism in Mormonism makes about as much sense as asceticism in Judaism. At least for the last century plus American Mormons have actively encouraged military service and firearms ownership. Ann Romney's recent comments not withstanding.

In the words of the immortal bard: Rich man's war. Poor man's fight.

It all comes down to...are you willing to help your fellow DakkaDakka guy/woman if they're in need?

 Jihadin wrote:
It all comes down to...are you willing to help your fellow DakkaDakka guy/woman if they're in need?

The Austin compound is ready. TBone and Rodney will greet you at the gate. They'll be the really really tiny looking guys in camo and Mexican bandit outfits.

Just look for the clip by Joss Whedon about the up-coming election.
He's ready, and expects it to be coming quite soon....

As for being ready, it's all a matter of being able to recognise the zombies, and know which well-stocked houses they're leaving empty.
As long as you bump off the zombie in question, pop round their place, and stock up from there.

 Frazzled wrote:

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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
What type of zombies are we talking about?

Slow zombies like Walking Dead. They can pick up speed but can't go faster than a limping injured man.
They're much more fun.

Dang... so we're all infected eh...

Man, need to stock up on more ammo... 'cuz:

I have a fairly large collection of gas masks, but those wouldn't be useful in a zombie apocalypse. I also have a flak jacket and a K-pot, but zombies don't shoot guns... So no, I don't have any preparations.

I would want to be as classy as possible if there was a SHTF sort of thing going on. I would wear a tuxedo, and fit everything I need into a briefcase.

Whembly..make sure you put the first five rounds into the mag as tracers...to let you know when your at the end of your mag...wait...they don't sell tracers..do they?

Yes they absolutely do

www.ammunitiontogo.com

go nuts gentlemen.

Zombie tactical gear:
-Motorcycle leathers, helmet and gloves. You're invulnerable!
-Remlin .22lr (Marlin's now owned by Remington) with 25 round magazines and nice scope.
-5,000 rounds of .22 LR of whatever manufacture your Remlin prefers (mine like Federal)
-Hunting stick tripod so you don't have to muck about laying down.
-Case of beer in portable cooler. Can also be used as a "shooting platform" (aka chair).

You're ready to go.

 Frazzled wrote:
Zombie tactical gear:
-Motorcycle leathers, helmet and gloves. You're invulnerable!
-Remlin .22lr (Marlin's now owned by Remington) with 25 round magazines and nice scope.
-5,000 rounds of .22 LR of whatever manufacture your Remlin prefers (mine like Federal)
-Hunting stick tripod so you don't have to muck about laying down.
-Case of beer in portable cooler. Can also be used as a "shooting platform" (aka chair).

You're ready to go.

That's a pretty good list there Frazz, however, you've forgot to add a back up side arm of your choice ( I'd go 9mm, as knock down power wont matter much with zeds), a CCW of some sort and,the most important element of all...a good supply of Zapps Cajun Crawtator kettle chips +Hot Sauce.

Jihadin wrote:Whembly..make sure you put the first five rounds into the mag as tracers...to let you know when your at the end of your mag...wait...they don't sell tracers..do they?

You can get tracers from a lot of sources. Whoever is the contractor for Lake City right now sells them (Federal I tink). Winchester sells 9mm tracers (AT4 training round overrun) and I've seem them in various other less obvious cals.

Frazzled wrote:Zombie tactical gear:
-Motorcycle leathers, helmet and gloves. You're invulnerable!
-Remlin .22lr (Marlin's now owned by Remington) with 25 round magazines and nice scope.
-5,000 rounds of .22 LR of whatever manufacture your Remlin prefers (mine like Federal)
-Hunting stick tripod so you don't have to muck about laying down.
-Case of beer in portable cooler. Can also be used as a "shooting platform" (aka chair).

You're ready to go.

Are you talking about a Glendfield or whatever they call the M25 now.
Are we talking a zombie list were money is no object?

 FITZZ wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Zombie tactical gear:
-Motorcycle leathers, helmet and gloves. You're invulnerable!
-Remlin .22lr (Marlin's now owned by Remington) with 25 round magazines and nice scope.
-5,000 rounds of .22 LR of whatever manufacture your Remlin prefers (mine like Federal)
-Hunting stick tripod so you don't have to muck about laying down.
-Case of beer in portable cooler. Can also be used as a "shooting platform" (aka chair).

You're ready to go.

That's a pretty good list there Frazz, however, you've forgot to add a back up side arm of your choice ( I'd go 9mm, as knock down power wont matter much with zeds), a CCW of some sort and,the most important element of all...a good supply of Zapps Cajun Crawtator kettle chips +Hot Sauce.

With sidearm weight I can carry 1,000 more .22s. If the rifle doesn't work just walk away.
I'm down with the chips. I prefer Ruffles barbeque but its all good. You have to watch the chips though and only take them for lunch. Else you'll get caught up eating chips (meh they're 30 yards away. I can have three more chips) which can lead to tactical difficulties. I know. I KNOW!!!

 Frazzled wrote:

 FITZZ wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Zombie tactical gear:
-Motorcycle leathers, helmet and gloves. You're invulnerable!
-Remlin .22lr (Marlin's now owned by Remington) with 25 round magazines and nice scope.
-5,000 rounds of .22 LR of whatever manufacture your Remlin prefers (mine like Federal)
-Hunting stick tripod so you don't have to muck about laying down.
-Case of beer in portable cooler. Can also be used as a "shooting platform" (aka chair).

You're ready to go.

That's a pretty good list there Frazz, however, you've forgot to add a back up side arm of your choice ( I'd go 9mm, as knock down power wont matter much with zeds), a CCW of some sort and,the most important element of all...a good supply of Zapps Cajun Crawtator kettle chips +Hot Sauce.

With sidearm weight I can carry 1,000 more .22s. If the rifle doesn't work just walk away.
I'm down with the chips. I prefer Ruffles barbeque but its all good. You have to watch the chips though and only take them for lunch. Else you'll get caught up eating chips (meh they're 30 yards away. I can have three more chips) which can lead to tactical difficulties. I know. I KNOW!!!

Surely a good Son of the Lone Star State can munch chips and zero his target at the same time, hell we coonass have turned stuffing our faces whilst plinking into a way of life.

 AustonT wrote:

Jihadin wrote:Whembly..make sure you put the first five rounds into the mag as tracers...to let you know when your at the end of your mag...wait...they don't sell tracers..do they?

You can get tracers from a lot of sources. Whoever is the contractor for Lake City right now sells them (Federal I tink). Winchester sells 9mm tracers (AT4 training round overrun) and I've seem them in various other less obvious cals.

Frazzled wrote:Zombie tactical gear:
-Motorcycle leathers, helmet and gloves. You're invulnerable!
-Remlin .22lr (Marlin's now owned by Remington) with 25 round magazines and nice scope.
-5,000 rounds of .22 LR of whatever manufacture your Remlin prefers (mine like Federal)
-Hunting stick tripod so you don't have to muck about laying down.
-Case of beer in portable cooler. Can also be used as a "shooting platform" (aka chair).

You're ready to go.

Are you talking about a Glendfield or whatever they call the M25 now.
Are we talking a zombie list were money is no object?

M25? not ure what you're referring to. I have Sean of the Dead on my brain and I keep thinking you're talking about a British freeway.
I'm thinking available cash capacity, but thats just me with my list above. I just need the riding gear and the hunting stick tripod.

I'll just bunker-up with friends and family and wait for decomposition to render the zeds into ineffective nuisances, then suit up and smash skulls. Then I'll help rebuild society.

Or, if it gets too horrible and they actually don't decompose in the manner I expect, I'll prepare to eat a bullet - know when to say when, right? Flying Spaghetti Monster has a place reserved for me at the great buffet in the sky....

As for the offensive gear, I'm thinking: crossbow, crowbar, and some .22 rifle variant for the zeds, plus something larger to deal with any live douche-bags.

I'm fascinated with survivalism, but not enough to invest in it financially in any meaningful way. I have some things set aside in the basement - some chairs, some water, a crank flashlight that also charges my cell phone, some glow sticks, flashlights.

I'd like to get a few 5 gallon jugs of water from Lowes and some canned food. Just enough to ride out a day or two if I needed to with the family. I'm truthfully not that well prepared for the most likely events: a tornado or flooding. I really would like to add more canned food, some bedrolls, candles, that kind of stuff.

I wonder if we have the zombie apocalypse backwards or not,.

Why bother with all this survivalist lark, the uncertainty, the fear, the trepidation.

Go out and get bit, sit down and sweat it out for a bit, and then chill undead style. Its hakuna matata but with 100% less annoying soundtrack.

 Orlanth wrote:
I wonder if we have the zombie apocalypse backwards or not,.

Why bother with all this survivalist lark, the uncertainty, the fear, the trepidation.

Go out and get bit, sit down and sweat it out for a bit, and then chill undead style. Its hakuna matata but with 100% less annoying soundtrack.

You make a good point Orlanth, however I have one of those dip gak Alpha male personalities that insist I "grapple" no matter how much sense "giving up" would make.
Besides that...I'm reasonably certain none of you would taste too good, no matter how much hot sauce I dumped on y'all.

 Frazzled wrote:

 AustonT wrote:

Jihadin wrote:Whembly..make sure you put the first five rounds into the mag as tracers...to let you know when your at the end of your mag...wait...they don't sell tracers..do they?

You can get tracers from a lot of sources. Whoever is the contractor for Lake City right now sells them (Federal I tink). Winchester sells 9mm tracers (AT4 training round overrun) and I've seem them in various other less obvious cals.

Frazzled wrote:Zombie tactical gear:
-Motorcycle leathers, helmet and gloves. You're invulnerable!
-Remlin .22lr (Marlin's now owned by Remington) with 25 round magazines and nice scope.
-5,000 rounds of .22 LR of whatever manufacture your Remlin prefers (mine like Federal)
-Hunting stick tripod so you don't have to muck about laying down.
-Case of beer in portable cooler. Can also be used as a "shooting platform" (aka chair).

You're ready to go.

Are you talking about a Glendfield or whatever they call the M25 now.
Are we talking a zombie list were money is no object?

M25? not ure what you're referring to. I have Sean of the Dead on my brain and I keep thinking you're talking about a British freeway.
I'm thinking available cash capacity, but thats just me with my list above. I just need the riding gear and the hunting stick tripod.

When people (used) to say Marlin 22 they meant the M25

And when they said Glenfield they meant the M60, the mag fed marlin is just a Glenfield without the tube.

The reason I ask cost is because in the real world 22lr makes a ton of sense economically, but if I knew zomblieland was coming I'd spring for a pair of Volquartsons. Primarily in 22WMR. Carry the same amount as 22lr with more range, and flatter tragectory. The second one in 22 for scrounging. But at a base cost of 1200...I don't need or want a VQ.

 AustonT wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 AustonT wrote:

Jihadin wrote:Whembly..make sure you put the first five rounds into the mag as tracers...to let you know when your at the end of your mag...wait...they don't sell tracers..do they?

You can get tracers from a lot of sources. Whoever is the contractor for Lake City right now sells them (Federal I tink). Winchester sells 9mm tracers (AT4 training round overrun) and I've seem them in various other less obvious cals.

Frazzled wrote:Zombie tactical gear:
-Motorcycle leathers, helmet and gloves. You're invulnerable!
-Remlin .22lr (Marlin's now owned by Remington) with 25 round magazines and nice scope.
-5,000 rounds of .22 LR of whatever manufacture your Remlin prefers (mine like Federal)
-Hunting stick tripod so you don't have to muck about laying down.
-Case of beer in portable cooler. Can also be used as a "shooting platform" (aka chair).

You're ready to go.

Are you talking about a Glendfield or whatever they call the M25 now.
Are we talking a zombie list were money is no object?

M25? not ure what you're referring to. I have Sean of the Dead on my brain and I keep thinking you're talking about a British freeway.
I'm thinking available cash capacity, but thats just me with my list above. I just need the riding gear and the hunting stick tripod.

When people (used) to say Marlin 22 they meant the M25

And when they said Glenfield they meant the M60, the mag fed marlin is just a Glenfield without the tube.

The reason I ask cost is because in the real world 22lr makes a ton of sense economically, but if I knew zomblieland was coming I'd spring for a pair of Volquartsons. Primarily in 22WMR. Carry the same amount as 22lr with more range, and flatter tragectory. The second one in 22 for scrounging. But at a base cost of 1200...I don't need or want a VQ.

Gotcha. I'm generic on the Remlin (I like Remingon and Marlin, but I just like typing Remlin). Any good .22 with a larger mag capacity works, which does limit it slightly. I don't like Ruger .22s as their accuracy is poor relative to Remlins.

I'm a cheap 795er, with a scope on it that cost 2x as much as the rifle.
http://www.marlinfirearms.com/Firearms/SelfLoading/795.asp
It was actually supposed to be for the wife, but her reply in essence was "thats great but I like your Beretta 92 more. I'll just shoot that"
HEY WAIT A MINUTE!

Marlins are generally cheaper than 10/22s also. The rotary magazine is nice, but it doesn't justify the cost.

I wish the AR-7 didn't suck so much, because I love the idea of it. It would definitely be my shtf rifle. I admit I just watched From Russia With Love..

Absent a major scope there's no point in Frazzled spending more than that anyway. My eye sight is crapaola at that point.

I'm content with being able to rapid fire an iron sighted M1 carbine at 25 yards and shoot the .22LR at 25 or 50 yards.
I'd like to get a 30-06 but thats about the extent of usefulness for me (as it would require a scope larger than a VW bus for me to use). Curse you father time!

 Frazzled wrote:
Absent a major scope there's no point in Frazzled spending more than that anyway. My eye sight is crapaola at that point.

I'm content with being able to rapid fire an iron sighted M1 carbine at 25 yards and shoot the .22LR at 25 or 50 yards.
I'd like to get a 30-06 but thats about the extent of usefulness for me (as it would require a scope larger than a VW bus for me to use). Curse you father time!

Fixed 10x old man. I shoot mine futher than I'd like to admit. Realistically a FFP 3x9 is Ideal in Zombieland.
I ripped the scope off my 10-22 last year and havent shot it since. You just reminded me to buy tech sights.

I have 3x - 9x on both .22s actually.