Calling all Zombie hunters!

Tzar Chasm wrote: »

quick question re option 2, what sort of vehicle?
I wouldn't risk it for a cincequento/hyundai, but a landcruiser/unimog might tempt me

I bet my fully tanked Cincequnto would go further than your fully tanked Land Rover

All bets are off if my car is yellow though, feck that.

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I bet my fully tanked Cincequnto would go further than your fully tanked Land Rover

All bets are off if my car is yellow though, feck that.

twin l/r tanks on a landcruiser can hold 240L
cincequento holds 35L

4.2 diesel 200 series cruiser 12L/100km
1.1 cincequento 6L/100km

so the cruiser burns twice as much fuel, but holds 6 times more, 3:1 ratio on refueling range, HA, I win this round mr dolenz

odds on the cincequento is yellow that was a popular colour for those, next most common was that sickly green.

however

5 Z's for a tescos delivery van full to the gills with food and medical supplies and a free handgun, I might just change my vote

2.0 ford transit 280 lwb with pantec box- fuel capacity 80L, consumption 8L/100km. still better than the fiat:p

oh and just for the craic
reliant robin 850cc. 27L tank 5L/100km

I'd go with No.3, I'm a target shooter anyway so it would be natural enough for me. It's the toughest of the options though..the thinking man's choice really...a lot of variables in play.

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Has to be number 3 - NRA qualified as a marksman a few years back on .22's (sub-sonic, so less noise, no exit, so less mess) ... plus a zombie head is about the same size as a standard rabbit - so I've had plenty of practice in the 100 - 300 yard range on those little fellows around the drumlins up home... the problem would be if their angle of approach is very wide ... if they are 360 round you then you are at a major disadvantage re positioning all the time. As they said in the book .. one round, one head, one per second ... would want me brother with me on the shotgun for the close ups though (just like old times).

Option 4 sounds tough - lots of hardware but lots of Z's as well .. all guns take practice to master yet vast majority of us (myself included) have never had to use them for self defence. If this was early days in the infestation then an ordinary joe would probably take Option 1 and work on either handgun or rifle skills when you get through the first few days and manage to locate said firearm (given the non proliferation of them here as opposed to US etc - plus these days I dont even have a .22 to hand any more). Its not on the list but I really dig that crossbow in the Walking Dead - but maybe with more than just the 4 bolts he ever seems to have with him at any one time...

Deise Musashi wrote: »

Appleseed shoots?
Learning on a .22 subsonic is great to build skills without noise or recoil making a flinch reaction take hold!
Modern ballistic software on the phone, with a mil-dot reticle 'scope on the gun, makes some tricky shots doable.

The hard part for beginners is to hold steady enough and break the shot when everything is lined up.
Holding the breath too long and passing out, hesitatiing too long to take the shot, squeezing the trigger like a loon only to realise the safety is on ...all very common mistakes.
Luckily .22 ammo is cheap and it doesn't take much instruction to make a new user a safe and competent shooter.

the way i see it you shouldn't be having to deal with tricky shots if you planned ahead.

in scenario 3 you find the farm and the rifle.

let's say its a traditional irish farm with a few barns and machinery sheds, and the rifle you have is an SMLE with 100 rounds.

before you enter the farm you would have familiarised yourself with the weapon and the layout of the farmyard. you will have taken stock of your supply situation and gathered whatever food and water you have along with your weather proof clothing.

you would then have stealthily entered the farm and taken a position on the roof or loft of one of the out lying sheds,

once in position you will begin despatching z's. you have food, water weather proof clothing and security, be prepared to remain on the roof/loft for a day or two.

the sound of the rifle should eventually draw all 20 to your position, they will be swarming below you making their disposal relatively simple.

once you can see 20 corpses, climb down and begin fortifying your new residence

simples

Depends on how worried I'd need to be about humans. Number 3 would be good, but defending a farm by yourself against an attack would be difficult. Advantages are good in the long run, but it's a target that you have to defend against others. Sniper rifle won't be much use then.

I'd probably be safe and choose number 1

10 times out of 10 im gonna choose number 4 and thats the truth.

ind the highest structure in town, probably the church tower, drop 2 of the SPAS locked and loaded up here, leave a third down the bottom of the steps. Final one slung on my back us the way i like it.

Recon the **** out of the town and mark vehicles your gonna eventually want to commandeer, keep away from it for the time being, shrapnel or a spray from a .30 minigun will immobilize it very quickly if your aim is off

Back to the tower, have yourself 4 of your nades placed around the tower in a wave like fashion several meters apart with fishing line tied on as a trip wire. Your early warning system aka nades blowing up will be an excellent way to know when you need to start thinking of the SPAS at the bottom of the stairs.

Water, high sugar foods and a combat/ kitchen knife up in the tower with you. Use the chalk o mark your kill count, you dont wanna go outside without a very good estimate as to how many you took out and how many nades went off.

use the SPAS to fire a sounder shot out, keep yourself keen, minigun the **** outta the SOBs as they begin to approach but don't get trigger happy, 3 - 4 bullets should saw a zombies in half. The Tripod should help keep your cross hairs on and you should be good up to a distance of 300 feet.

Any mobs, plant a grenade in amongst them remembering to keep 2 for defense.

Once you hear your trips going, down the stairs with the SPAS, start blowing til empy. If you get a reload in, keep going, otherwise, back on up the stairs. Use the knife at this stage with any that might be on you. If possible, try slash the forehead, blind a few of them with blood. Kick them back down the stairs. A few blind zombies not knowing which way to go should slow up the rest of the herd.

Alternate between minigun for mid range and shotty for staircase creepers all the while keeping count.

Once you got most of them, go on the attack with the shottys around town.

You should have them all done in now. Find a nice concrete building, get your supplies into it, rig the doors and stairs with the remaining nades and bunker down for the night. All them shots might attract rapists and murderers, don't leave yourself unprotected. The mini gun should be well hidden at this stage in case you get captured, its your bargaining tool.

Dollars to dough nuts your gonna make it out alive!

Hope im not straying too far off the original thread but considering a lot of us here are in the rep of eire our options are gonna be pretty limited. Realistically your looking at a bat, a hurley, a shotgun or a rifle. All this talk of miniguns and the likes is just video game stuff. Nothing wrong with the hurl or bat for a last stand but you really don't stand much of a chance. The shotgun is too noisy and most of them only hold two rounds unless your lucky enough to to have a semi auto. No chance of a handgun in this country unless you own one and it will likely be .22 calibre which in a handgun will lack the accuracy and punch to be any real use. Last but not least the rifle. In my opinion the .22 rifle is what you need to have. Subsonic rounds coupled with a surpressor will make this a silent zombie killer. Pull the trigger and all you hear is a click. deady accurate out to 100 meters so headshots wont be a problem and you wont attract the zombie horde with noise. You will carry several hundred rounds in your pockets and there easily got. Any centrefire rifle will be too loud. Even a 223 is incredibly loud and a 270 or 308 can be heard for miles (I know ive fired them all). So if the shtf and your lucky enough to own a 22 stock up on ammo and count yourself lucky! Again sorry for straying off the original thread and of course all of this is only a what if scenario and my opinion could be complete nonsense. night all!