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>>6911
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gun. for the simple reason that zombies travel in packs. Unless you're extremely skilled with a close quarters weapon (and even then) if you're within reaching distance of a zombie you're already gonna die.

I would take the gun. and avoid combat at all costs. My only use for the gun would be holding up and/or shooting fellow survivors to steal their shit. And popping the occasional zombie headshot if I had ammo to waste.

OP, you want me to apply some level of reason to the question, but the premise of "zombie apocalypse" precludes any kind of reasonableness, so I can only answer with an unreasonable answer: Plasma Arc Suit. Any zombie (or person, or stray cat, or...) that touches me closes the circuit and takes the full might of the plasma arc. ZZZZAT! A wispy cloud of vaporized ghoul.

Yeah, because it's a great idea using BLADES on a being which can INFECT you with just saliva. plus you have to get real close unless you use something like a Pike.
IMO you're better off with a blunt force weapon (baseball bat, sledge, metal pole, ect ect)

>>8284
Truth.

Bladed weapons = Self infection danger.

>>8208
If the only choices left to me are knives and pistols, I take the knife. Much greater chance at being able to improve a decent weapon to increase my range, along with a bunch of lethal traps and shit. This whole gun or knife thing is kinda weird to me, seeing as how a knife is a better long term investment than a pistol, unless you can craft the shells, bullets, and shit to take care of your pistol. Knife maintenance, while hopefully done with optimal shit, can be improvised a little easier (grease from that squirrel you caught in the trap you made with the help of the knife will serve you well, same with the sharpening tools you can find [hopefully] along the way). I'll take a fine fixed blade over a pistol any day.

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>>7271
dis

>>7262

Also, great thread.
More suggestions?

Melancholia (2011)

>>6316
I'm always hearing people say bad things about Stephen King. What makes him so terrible to you?

>>8105
While I do like the .22(lr) caliber,you sound a bit like a cod fan who doesn't seem to know much about what you're talking about.

>>8253
Not sure about the reliability of these things but
Drum mags sure look cool.
http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/22LR50roundDrumMag.jpg

>>8290
Although I understand how I could come off as a CoD fan, I'm ex Air Force.

>>8253
.22s have enough power to penetrate a skull at 400 yards. They get a bad rep for being the smallest/cheapest projectile, but they're pretty fucking rad. Yes, I'd lose some energy from the suppressor, but the loss of range is worth the cover of silence. Again, my eyesight is pretty bad. I had joined the Air Force because the job I wanted in the Army had stricter eyesight requirements. I don't need to shoot things at 400 yards.

>>8299
Your predicted penetration power is way off in my experience, 400 yards is wayyy too far to successfully penetrate a skull (I'd assume, had problems at 150-200 meters with a few certain large marsupials, also, not that you should need to shoot that far in the first place[400 yards]).
Using them myself in many rifles in low wind conditions I find that they're accurate to about, 200 yards(?).
Hopefully decomposing skulls are a bit weaker as I'l also be aiming for a .22lr if I can in the event of a zombie apocalypse (atleast for zombie killing, humans / animals may need atleast a .223[You tell me, mr. airforce man ;P]).

If only the .22 Hornet or magnum round was more popular(simply for ease of access), if it was I'd choose it over the .22lr due to better ballistics(noise level is an issue)


The suppressor wouldn't be making drastic differences to the sound nor the ballistics(maybe at your 400yard shots though), though it may lower the pitch and cause it to be lost in background noise(wind, leaves rustling, that sort of thing).

Sorry if this post comes out a bit convoluted or mangled.

>>8311
I fully agree about the .22 Hornet. That is a solid round.

However, if you've ever studied any history of violence you'll find several organizations that prefer the .22lr over other rounds. The Chicago and New York mafias both preferred the .22lr for executions because it had the energy to pierce through the front of the skull but not the back, forcing the projectile to bounce around scrambling the brain.
Beyond that, the Israeli Mossad also prefers to use the .22lr for the same reason and because it is quieter.

It definitely has enough energy to pierce a skull, and if you don't feel like researching it heavily, just Google ".22lr 400 yards"

I'm not saying that I can shoot 400 yards with a .22lr. Christ, did you even read my whole post? My eyesight is shit and I state that

>I don't need to shoot things at 400 yards.

So thumbs up to you for thinking you zinged me.
*thumbs up*
So seeing as how the purpose of the gun I made is <400 yards, and only in a situation where

>if I saw zombies my first instinct is to run. I'm a lover (and a stoner) not a >fighter. So the only time I'd allows myself to engage them is when I'd be >defending something.

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Your first mistake is mistaking reality for fallout 3. You can't just up your barter and speech skills every time you level up OP.

>>8294
There was a guy that one of my friends knew that ran a small dojo out of old storage units that he rented. Was a really quiet middle-aged guy, but he knew his shit. I went there about once a week for a year, and since it was small I got to learn a lot all at once. Stick fighting, knife fighting, improvised weapons, life or death unarmed combat, and a bunch of shit like that. I'd still probably end of getting fucked if the guy I was against knew how to use a knife properly, but I think I wold end up okay against any regular guy with a weapon.

>>8303
Agreed.

I'm 18 125 pounds. I spent years 8-17 in boy scouts and achieved eagle scout. so I have decent survival knowledge. I can fish and rig traps to hunt. I'm a natural leader and can organize a weak survival party into a vicious raiding party, or a stalwart survival group. Probadly my best quality for this situation is my split second reaction time and decision making, along with my resourcefulness.

>>8303
Also, to take into what you already know in Krav, the knife isn't going to be stabbed at just any old place, it'l be slashed though, so take the knife from them while they're slashing(especially from the out->inward's movement) if you can, especially if they're flailing.

Wow, I just realized how bad I am at explaining this shit.

>>8282
I also forgot to mention many stores are starting to sell heirloom and open pollinated plants. You'd have to know what to look for but they are definitely there.

>>8194
You do realize without a functioning fire fighting force andthe likes, cities will be rubble very quickly.

>>8295
Also, this.

Shit, keep forgetting this.

I think he may also mean suburban areas in which fires aren't going to cause as much damage.

>>8288
My general rule of thumb is melee weapons for single zombs or small groups (machete, lead fucking pipe, etc) and then when the horde is on your tail, BREAK OUT DEM BOOMSTICKS.

There's no sense in adding unneeded attention with loud noise.

>>8313
machete will deform, trust me I'v used them to hack up harder shit than a human skull and they become unusable without sharpening/ metal working very quickly, so unless you're skilled in precision cutting (UNDER PRESSURE = NOPE)
you'l most likely simply break it.
Lead pipe, sure, sounds like something I'd use and I agree, one zombie can possibly be dealt with using melee weaponry, but it all comes down to it location/situation, if there is very, very little population of zombies in the area, use your gun. No need to risk being killed just to save a bullet.

If there's two exits and one has a zombie in the way, use the other exit.
If outside and the zombie's not seen you yet, just don't kill it, unless you plan on moving back through the area later on.
Avoiding their clutches is what you want most, and a gun will do that pretty well.
Ever think about a pole/staff/mace (Shaolin spade or whatever they're called?) to bash their head in from over arms reach?

ps. Lots of guns are a lot quieter than you'd think, if zombies are reacting to such cracking noises, expect them to be drawn to falling over buildings, trees falling down , lightning (rofl) and other shit that just happens over time.

Seriously OP?

Hurt by Johnny Cash as an outro?

Get some taste brah, go out in style.

Mad world was probably the only appropriate track you chose.

Anyway.
When it begins

>fuck you

lol I kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnQl7-ysgU
Running

>I'm not a pussy

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The music when it begins: Invaders Must Die
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTw2YvutJRA&list=WL143B2977DFBFBB03&index=4&feature=plpp_video

The music when you run: Black Cats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zexRToMLGOY&list=WL143B2977DFBFBB03&index=3&feature=plpp_video

The music when you fight: Hell March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nFKPVfDrgU&list=WL143B2977DFBFBB03&index=2&feature=plpp_video

The music when you lose your companions: In this river - Black Label Society
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HUr9UKAxiY

The music when you make your last stand: The four horsemen - Metallica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4nCy5CITc8

Enjoy your awesome rampage, sad loneliness, and epic final stand.

>>8291
C'mon you guys.

When it starts
http://youtu.be/b_8U93SvVyY

Alternate beginning
http://youtu.be/-3SzhM6rYQA

When I tactically move position (still not gonna say I ran)
http://youtu.be/DrpEov061M8

Alternate
http://youtu.be/nCvRT2sy5FE

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>>8301
I like your style

The music when it begins: Michael Jackson - Thriller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA

The music when you run: Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geHLdg_VNww&ob=av3e

The music when you loose your companions: The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAKoU_W_mf8

The music when you make your last stand: Clutch - Binge & Purge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmVbCXGLkFQ

Lol, only Iron Maiden could make you feel awesome about running away.
I am a bad person, I sang Binge and Purge in a Tiny Tim voice with a ukelele.

Any feedback on these? I haven't had time to read through them all completely, I'm still slogging through Last Order, I've been at it for a week or so and I'm less than half way through. Damn, Yukito Kushiro is a machine, I think LO is longer than the original run of Battle Angel now...

If you want to skip to the specifically post-apocalyptic content of Last Order, it starts here.
http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39611-1/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-45.html
This is set hundreds of years before the rest of the story, and shows how Earth turned into the nightmare crapsack world of Alita/Gally's time, seen through the eyes of a vampire who lived through all the years inbetween.

>>8228
Note: reads from right to left.

>>8073
bumping for awesomeness

Neon Genesis Evangelion
http://www.mangatank.com/manga/neon-genesis-evangelion
Children in biomechanical war machines attempt to stop angels from erasing life on Earth.

>>7060
yeah bring artificial sweeteners with you hurrr

bring some sleeping pills and antidepressants along with your splenda OP

>>8270
Dude, man can live on MREs for a year if he has enough spices, don't rag on OP for wanting something to make the shitty days a little less shitty. I'd love to hear you rag on a WWII vet from Bastogne for holding onto a Hershey bar, or an Iraq vet for loving the tiny bottles of tabasco they put in the MRE.
nb for having to teach the young a lesson in the ways of life.

>>8286
No man, it's that it's artificial. Tobasco sauce and chocolate are mad good.

>>8302
So what?

Dumb post
nb

You need new limbs, new strings, a trigger mechanism, a bolt retention, and then you might have something that can shoot.

Honestly, you are better off starting over after you do more research so you don't hurt yourself. Also look into "slingbows". You can make them for about $50 and you can shoot full sized arrows with a device that folds to the size of a book and weights about as much. Plenty deadly with the right bands too, you can actually hunt with it,

Hey dude thanks for the suggestion. Watched the video and went out and got the materials for my sling bow =) Just gotta order my whisker biscuit online.

Glad to see that the sling bow is getting more traction. It's a great hunting tool for small game if you are competent.

. . . FUCK. Nobody replied to this? Guess I'm on my own

>>8140
Move somewhere that doesn't suck?

I live in Texas, and even though I'm in a fairly large city, I live close to several ways out of my area, I have a small garden on my balcony, guns, survival gear, survival training, and there is a huge amount of land. There are deer, squirrels, rabbits, coyotes, snakes, birds, literally 50 feet from my balcony, right across the street. I would most likely leave town if SHTF, but if I had to stay, I could survive.

You're pretty fucked in my opinion. My best advice, other than moving somewhere that doesn't suck... would be to stock up on food and water, try as hard as possible to get some sort of self defense, maybe buy something that you could barricade your door with (lumber, nails, hammer). If you have a balcony, start a garden. Have some method of collecting rainwater. If SHTF, either get a head start and GTFO, or try and hole up for as long as possible and wait for shit to cool off before GTFO. Like you said, there's no way to support that many people long-term. If you don't get out, you're dead in a few months from starvation, best case scenario. More likely though, you'd be killed in the rioting, looting, fires, etc.

OP, I'm on the Island, Port Jefferson to be exact.

Get yourself a cheap boat. Rent dockspace on the north shore. When you feel like a SHTF situation is looming, grab your BOB, hop on your boat, go across the sound into New England. Go north. That's my plan.

>>8140
Going north on a boat like the anon above me said is probably your best bet. Most commerce/people goes south, so you will be able to last longer up near Maine.

>>8023
This one's mine

A boat would make the best stronghold, with a little outboard behind it to raid coastal towns for fuel, food, water and batteries.

After which I resume fucking my hot ass sidekick until we fall asleep in our zombie free boat

>>8023
SKS is fine but sidearm you'd maybe want to go with something stainless for corrosion resistance, an Inox Beretta or maybe a marine-coat shotgun.

>>8018
all that sneaky quiet ninja gear wont help one you power up that ugly behemoth of a vehicle

>>8019
you just might be alright, so long as no major hostile force comes after you. it would be hard to dispatch more than one zombie at a time with just a knife and a bicycle

I like to think that I could survive NYC with this:

>:D

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