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 Reavsie wrote:
Chainsaw and Boomstick are the preferred anti-zombie weapons of choice I believe.

You can get these in the zombie defence aisle at your local S-Mart.


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 Sinful Hero wrote:
 n0t_u wrote:
Zombies are fine, the only reason they ever seem to work in the movies is the military is not even competent enough to tie their shoes in it and they're not in Australia. Once it became clear what was going on I think it'd be quarantined and over in a couple months at most. I say couple of months cause with how the equality movements are going they might start protesting for zombie rights.

With how aggressive some animal rights groups can be, I don't think it'd be the "equality movement" you'd have to worry about. If they're literally zombified people, I'm sure either a branch of PETA or some similar group would spring up for the ethical treatment of zombies.


Suddenly Target is in trouble for not having zombie bathrooms?

   
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Wait....zombies has to defecate and urinate? They're dead...flesh...unmummified bodies...

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I don't want to think about it, but... yeh lets just never think about it.

   
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Funny how very few times I hear in zombie movies just how bad these things must smell.
I figure you would smell these guys before you hear them.

This is going down the path of what is the best weapon for the zombie apocalypse?

- No or little noise.
- Out of bite/claw range.
- Fast - there may be a few of them.
- Cut off head or puncture into braincase.
- Easy ammo or none needed.
- No fouling: getting stuck is bad.
- Good power: you may only get one shot.
- Fast: you may only get one shot.

I had to laugh when I saw this, then thought "wait a minute...":

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Best Weapon?

Probably crossbow or bow with practice tipped arrows to make pulling them back out easier.
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Failing that, I'd go with a steel bat. Light and fast, and no worries about getting stuck in something.

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 Sinful Hero wrote:
Best Weapon?

Probably crossbow or bow with practice tipped arrows to make pulling them back out easier.
Spoiler:


Failing that, I'd go with a steel bat. Light and fast, and no worries about getting stuck in something.

Definitely a crossbow. Hitting a moving zombie with a bow would take years and years of practice, not to mention having to hold the bowstring will tire you out real quick if you use a bow with a large draw weight.

But rather than weapons, I'd invest in a few pair of good shoes and maybe some agricultural tools. You are going to be needing those a lot more than weapons, as ideally you'd want to avoid picking fights with zombies.

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Need some side kick to haul the ammo and additional hand to hand combat weapons. Might as well go back to the 1800's
Iron your young and maybe strong...carry the golf bag for me...don't mind the padlocks. Its to ensure you don't lose. Keep up in the fighting with draw....its okay we can make more....

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 Iron_Captain wrote:
 Sinful Hero wrote:
Best Weapon?

Probably crossbow or bow with practice tipped arrows to make pulling them back out easier.
Spoiler:


Failing that, I'd go with a steel bat. Light and fast, and no worries about getting stuck in something.

Definitely a crossbow. Hitting a movie zombie with a bow would take years and years of practice, not to mention having to hold the bowstring will tire you out real quick if you use a bow with a large draw weight.

But rather than weapons, I'd invest in a few pair of good shoes and maybe some agricultural tools. You are going to be needing those a lot more than weapons, as ideally you'd want to avoid picking fights with zombies.


Problem with either is that if we're going by standard Zombie rules (and why wouldn't we? Zombies are renowned for their sense of fair play) of 'removing the head or destroying the brain', piercing weapons are going to be mostly useless, you'll be poking hole in them but not doing any damage. You want something that can sever or crush up close, or something with significant kinetic/explosive force at range.

 
   
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 Jihadin wrote:
Spoiler:


Need some side kick to haul the ammo and additional hand to hand combat weapons. Might as well go back to the 1800's
Iron your young and maybe strong...carry the golf bag for me...don't mind the padlocks. Its to ensure you don't lose. Keep up in the fighting with draw....its okay we can make more....
I think you found the motherload.
I see a whole lot of alright with the picture there.
Crush or pierce with no getting stuck with reasonable weight... yep.

The other guy mentioning building tools is a good idea.
Never mind breaking and entering tools like the good old crowbar for scavenging.
I would suggest screws for building... hammering is loud.
Using one of these to save your arms:


But we first should find the scientists and ensure the outbreak never happens...

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TN/AL/MS state line.

 Iron_Captain wrote:
 Sinful Hero wrote:
Best Weapon?

Probably crossbow or bow with practice tipped arrows to make pulling them back out easier.
Spoiler:


Failing that, I'd go with a steel bat. Light and fast, and no worries about getting stuck in something.

Definitely a crossbow. Hitting a moving zombie with a bow would take years and years of practice, not to mention having to hold the bowstring will tire you out real quick if you use a bow with a large draw weight.

But rather than weapons, I'd invest in a few pair of good shoes and maybe some agricultural tools. You are going to be needing those a lot more than weapons, as ideally you'd want to avoid picking fights with zombies.

Only drawback with a crossbow is there are quite a few more points of failure than a traditional recurve. With a recurve you have the bow and the string. A crossbow is much more complicated in comparison. And aiming well with either is going to take lots of practice regardless.

As far as ag tools go, you're really just looking at axes, hammers, and picks. Good for clearing/knocking down doors, but not so much gardening. Hoes, scythes, and rakes aren't going to help with zombie fighting much because they're far too flimsy, but they're the ones you'd prefer to have if you're growing food.

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I couldn't survive me a zombie apocalypse without some hoes



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 Jihadin wrote:
 IGtR= wrote:
I couldn't survive me a zombie apocalypse without some hoes
Made in TX to
Why do so many tools from Texas seem so "manly".
To the point, a tiny bit overdesigned and typically make a fine improvised weapon.

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North Carolina

 Frazzled wrote:
 Reavsie wrote:
Chainsaw and Boomstick are the preferred anti-zombie weapons of choice I believe.

You can get these in the zombie defence aisle at your local S-Mart.


Shop smart. Shop S Mart.




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This is a good one too, lets you go really fast and take out a bunch of them while carrying stuff.

   
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 Iron_Captain wrote:
 Sinful Hero wrote:
Best Weapon?

Probably crossbow or bow with practice tipped arrows to make pulling them back out easier.
Spoiler:


Failing that, I'd go with a steel bat. Light and fast, and no worries about getting stuck in something.

Definitely a crossbow. Hitting a moving zombie with a bow would take years and years of practice, not to mention having to hold the bowstring will tire you out real quick if you use a bow with a large draw weight.

But rather than weapons, I'd invest in a few pair of good shoes and maybe some agricultural tools. You are going to be needing those a lot more than weapons, as ideally you'd want to avoid picking fights with zombies.


Compound bow is your friend. Using a longbow or recurve is a painful idea. Thankfully I have a compound with arrows (with training tips) in my room. Gonna request a quicker turnaround on Lucielle, and get a couple machetes from HD. I have a friend who is a cop, so firearms won't be necessary until the attack hits, then I can get whatever I need.

Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.

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These seem decent to me.
A Dadao - the chinese peasant weapon; it's all about the cleaving action and plenty of handle to keep you chopping for longer.
Spoiler:


And a Naginata - a japanese polearm for severance with reach. It's nice and sturdy thanks to a full length tang but not so good against a fast moving group.
Spoiler:


A halfway house would be the Pudao.
Spoiler:



Thats my melee choices against the undead - ranged weaponry for me would be water bombs of flammable liquids and oil combined with one of these to set them alight - an ultra-pokey laser..
Spoiler:

With 3.5 watt contact energy you could blind them too!

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 SirDonlad wrote:
A Dadao - the chinese peasant weapon; it's all about the cleaving action and plenty of handle to keep you chopping for longer.
I am always amused by the way other countries call Chinese weapons. A "da dao" literally means "big knife" and can refer to any knife that happens to be big. It makes me wonder how many weapon names are just "knife" or "sword" written in foreign languages.

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Probably a lot

   
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 the Signless wrote:
 SirDonlad wrote:
A Dadao - the chinese peasant weapon; it's all about the cleaving action and plenty of handle to keep you chopping for longer.
I am always amused by the way other countries call Chinese weapons. A "da dao" literally means "big knife" and can refer to any knife that happens to be big. It makes me wonder how many weapon names are just "knife" or "sword" written in foreign languages.


Your country called a large sword a 'big knife' and you're sniggering at everyone else for it?
I think it's more likely to be a sign of class-warfare against the peasants of china.
"don't give it a name, they'll know what to reach for!"


In Britain the English have the 'broadsword' and my culture has the 'Claymore' which translates to 'Great Sword', But both stipulate that they are swords.

We also have the 'Sgian-Dubh' (ski-en-doo) which translates to 'hidden knife' (literally 'knife-black' or 'the black knife') but that's more about its storage than its form.

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 SirDonlad wrote:
 the Signless wrote:
 SirDonlad wrote:
A Dadao - the chinese peasant weapon; it's all about the cleaving action and plenty of handle to keep you chopping for longer.
I am always amused by the way other countries call Chinese weapons. A "da dao" literally means "big knife" and can refer to any knife that happens to be big. It makes me wonder how many weapon names are just "knife" or "sword" written in foreign languages.


Your country called a large sword a 'big knife' and you're sniggering at everyone else for it?
I think it's more likely to be a sign of class-warfare against the peasants of china.
"don't give it a name, they'll know what to reach for!"


In Britain the English have the 'broadsword' and my culture has the 'Claymore' which translates to 'Great Sword', But both stipulate that they are swords.

We also have the 'Sgian-Dubh' (ski-en-doo) which translates to 'hidden knife' (literally 'knife-black' or 'the black knife') but that's more about its storage than its form.


Indeed. In Texas the Texican word for 'broadsword' is "shotgun." "Dagger" is pronounced "1911."

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 Frazzled wrote:
 SirDonlad wrote:
 the Signless wrote:
 SirDonlad wrote:
A Dadao - the chinese peasant weapon; it's all about the cleaving action and plenty of handle to keep you chopping for longer.
I am always amused by the way other countries call Chinese weapons. A "da dao" literally means "big knife" and can refer to any knife that happens to be big. It makes me wonder how many weapon names are just "knife" or "sword" written in foreign languages.


Your country called a large sword a 'big knife' and you're sniggering at everyone else for it?
I think it's more likely to be a sign of class-warfare against the peasants of china.
"don't give it a name, they'll know what to reach for!"


In Britain the English have the 'broadsword' and my culture has the 'Claymore' which translates to 'Great Sword', But both stipulate that they are swords.

We also have the 'Sgian-Dubh' (ski-en-doo) which translates to 'hidden knife' (literally 'knife-black' or 'the black knife') but that's more about its storage than its form.


Indeed. In Texas the Texican word for 'broadsword' is "shotgun." "Dagger" is pronounced "1911."


Huh...thought broadsword was a huge Bowie knife with common nick names like...toothpick....TX dagger...

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Arkansas toothpick, but that's not been a thing since Houston led the Isrealites to freedom er lead the Great Runaway Scrape.



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Wait. Houston followed the Great mammoth migration into North America didn't he? Only a full grown mammoth warranted a Bowie Knife of.....Bowie, David

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Very true.

Now we should be clear. An Arkansas toothpick is not a Bowie knife. It really does look like a dagger.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_toothpick

A Bowie knife looks like the Mother of All Buck knives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_knife

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Tomahawks have made a comeback....and rightly so. Pretty awesome weapons if you ask me...but don't take my word for it.


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What could possibly go wrong there then eh ?




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Allrighty. I've 30,000 rounds of .22lr now. Lets do this. No time like the present!


30k rounds, isnt that the legal minimum requirement to live in Texas?

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