Have any guns used in "The Walking Dead" enhanced any curiosity?

No.

If you substitute "plague-infected refugee" for "zombie" it becomes a fairly accurate picture of what happens when society falls apart. In that respect, it makes you think about different aspects of survival that will need to addressed if you take such a possibility seriously, as I do.

Who do you trust? Who do you follow? Is there room for morality, religion, or any sort of code of ethics? What makes a community and what sorts of different civilizations will arise?

As far as the subject of how firearms will shape the post-apocalyptic future, the ultimate lesson of TWD is any gun with ammo is better than the perfect gun without. Indeed, there is more than instance where Ricks group spends the better part of the season looking for more guns, and if they dont find them they will be killed or subjugated.

By S7 or so, it becomes increasing important to have skills besides firearms proficiency to be accepted by a group. Take note, folks, smiths, mechanics, chemists, farmers, and doctors will be in demand, shooters not so much.......

Dont expect to be allowed through the gates with your AR15 (and hungry family in tow) unless you can contribute in other ways as well.

As the warlord Neegan repeatedly says "People are assets. We dont waste assets."

I do find it a bit humerous that EVERY AR and AK they come across is a full-auto, hehe, for the benefit of TV no doubt.

And, of course, Ricks Python is a bit silly but undeniably cool. He was supposed to be a Deputy in the fictional King County Sherriffs Dept. which was alledgedly rural enough that they allowed their deputies to supply their own firearms.

It helped the popularity of the Python some. I don’t think any other gun was featured enough to have much impact.

Some people will say it had a huge impact on the price of Pythons while other will say it had no impact.

The popularity of the show has dropped of substantially over the last few years, so I don’t think the impact applies to the to the recently released Python and the $500 to $1000 over MSRP that those sell for.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

... And, of course, Ricks Python is a bit silly but undeniably cool. ...

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And, apparently, that special Python sometimes automatically ejects the empty case after the shot ... and that case (invisible, btw), falling in soft dirt, makes the same sound that it would upon striking cement. <chuckle>

From what I have read both here and elsewhere, the show did spark a renewed interest in the Pythons, at least.

GBExpat said:

And, apparently, that special Python sometimes automatically ejects the empty case after the shot ... and that case (invisible, btw), falling in soft dirt, makes the same sound that it would upon striking cement. <chuckle>

From what I have read both here and elsewhere, the show did spark a renewed interest in the Pythons, at least.

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That happened once, and many folks noticed and complained about it. The semi-official explanation was that it was the gun hitting the ground, not a shell casing. But, ya, ooops. Lol.

No!
Imo, Didn't influenced purchases.
Ricks Python was always sought after.
Carol's snubby, "look at flowers"revolver" was useless at distance.
Carl had a 1911 in revolver holster.
Daryl could not make up his mind what he wanted.
Maggie was an incompetent gun handler.
The only one that knew weapons was the Army Sgt Abraham
. And they killed him off early
Stopped watching in season 4, the acting was good but writing was terrible. The writers obviously had no firearms familiarity or knowledge, and didn't get any.

For me, not really. But, the first time I saw a Kel-Tek PMR-30 I told the guy behind the counter “This is what they should have on The Walking Dead.”
I was pretty happy to see one of the main lady actors (Terrible with character names) carrying and using a Smith & Wesson 327 TRR8.
I never understood why the show never had many Ruger 10/22s with 50 round banana mags. To me it would be perfect for zombie hordes...according to the show one little hole in the brain and Wallah! Dead zombie.

As for my gun buys? No, no real influence.

bikerdoc said:

No!
Imo, Didn't influenced purchases.
Ricks Python was always sought after.
Carol's snubby, "look at flowers"revolver" was useless at distance.
Carl had a 1911 in revolver holster.
Daryl could not make up his mind what he wanted.
Maggie was an incompetent gun handler.
The only one that knew weapons was the Army Sgt Abraham
. And they killed him off early
Stopped watching in season 4, the acting was good but writing was terrible. The writers obviously had no firearms familiarity or knowledge, and didn't get any.

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Well, ya use what you can find, not what necessarily fits best. Carol inherited that Colt Det. Spl. from Lori and it was originally Ricks nightstand gun. Besides, concealabilty comes in useful from time to time. Carol becomes quite proficient with both an AK and an AR10 later on, saving the entire group on more than one occasion.

The people around you being heavily armed and poorly trained is a very real issue that would have to be addressed. Muzzle discipline would be a constant problem.

Daryls primary weapon is his crossbow, which he uses to very good effect. An emininently practical weapon in the wasteland, IMO. Hes also pretty good with a knife.

I find it interesting that Ford carried an early M16A1 for much of his tenure, but Rosita (his companion) usually has a modern M4.

No. Main character has a revolver. I prefer a pistol for SD. Glock or 1911.
Can't believe I made it in on this thread.

Rick uses all manner of firearms at different times, AKs, ARs, shotguns, a 1911, and a Beretta M92 come to mind. The Python was his personal gun before the apocalypse. I wouldnt discard my favorite 686 just because I happen to have something better as well, it would still just be a backup to a good rifle anyway.

Keep in mind, 9mm will dissappear quickly in such a circumstance. It may actually be easier to scrounge or barter for .38/.357.

IBTL:
The premise of the story is so goofy I have never watched a single episode. So, I must say "NO!" to the OP's question.

However, I have had a deep abiding love for the Colt Python since I first held one in 1977.

No.

Yawn... I only seen a few episodes of the first season and didn't see firearms in use all that much as I recall...

Even though it doesn’t take much to convince myself to buy a particular gun, Hollywood has never swayed me toward one of their picks.

But I do enjoy seeing fine guns being used like the Python rather than the obligatory Smith model 10 or snubbie, or Glocks.

Speaking of the marvelous commonality of full auto weapons; it seems D-U-M-B to use then ON full auto when shooting the zombies, as they can only be .... um ... I'll say "terminated" (how do you kill what is already dead?) by destroying the brain?
One shot in the head, S. A.
Rick & Carl in the prison, shooting intruding zombies on F. A. with a barrel of M4s? I suppose they slogged down to Academy Sports to buy more ammo .....not.

It did not influence me about guns. My favorite aspect was logging on another website and trading barbs on how many stoopidz happened in the last episode.

The few episodes I've seen, everyone avoid the use firearms due to the noise causing hordes of zombies to come looking for the source.

Tommygunn said:

Speaking of the marvelous commonality of full auto weapons; it seems D-U-M-B to use then ON full auto when shooting the zombies, as they can only be .... um ... I'll say "terminated" (how do you kill what is already dead?) by destroying the brain?
One shot in the head, S. A.
Rick & Carl in the prison, shooting intruding zombies on F. A. with a barrel of M4s? I suppose they slogged down to Academy Sports to buy more ammo .....not.

It did not influence me about guns. My favorite aspect was logging on another website and trading barbs on how many stoopidz happened in the last episode.

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Id consider that particular scene as one of the few instances when FA actually was called for. They had to hold back a horde of several hundred zombies by themselves and the dead were packed in so tightly they couldnt miss. Indeed, they had to keep up volume fire as they fell back since the horde was advancing faster than they were falling.

Ammunition consumption wasnt a concern since if they failed, the whole community would be overrun and everyone would die.

whm1974 said:

The few episodes I've seen, everyone avoid the use firearms due to the noise causing hordes of zombies to come looking for the source.

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Also realistic since groups of predatory humans will be drawn to investigate gunfire. Suppressors will be worth their weight in gold, cigarettes, alcohol, etc....

Never did figure out what the rifles were on the wall and watch towers. Some scoped bolt action?

bikerdoc said:

Never did figure out what the rifles were on the wall and watch towers. Some scoped bolt action?

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They had a Navy Arms .45-70 bolt action Mauser for quite awhile which was used on overwatch. Later on, Sasha uses a scoped and suppressed AR while she is in the Alexandria watchtower. It looked like a Ruger to me, the piston one, not the later DI version.

EDIT: Looks like Sasha used a Seekins Precision AR15, according to the wiki.

Dale carried a scoped Remington M700 in the first few seasons.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

Id consider that particular scene as one of the few instances when FA actually was called for. They had to hold back a horde of several hundred zombies by themselves and the dead were packed in so tightly they couldnt miss. Indeed, they had to keep up volume fire as they fell back since the horde was advancing faster than they were falling.

Ammunition consumption wasnt a concern since if they failed, the whole community would be overrun and everyone would die.

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The problem, as I recall that scene, is the zombies could only enter through a rent in the fence wide enough for only 1 or maybe 2 zombies at a time to come through. This is a natural bottleneck. I think (my opinion only) semi auto was sufficient.

I have the series on DVD. Upon reviewing the scene at some undefinable point in the future, I could be persuaded full auto was a good idea should my memory prove faulty, always possible, but IMHO not very likely.

Tommygunn said:

The problem, as I recall that scene, is the zombies could only enter through a rent in the fence wide enough for only 1 or maybe 2 zombies at a time to come through. This is a natural bottleneck. I think (my opinion only) semi auto was sufficient.

I have the series on DVD. Upon reviewing the scene at some undefinable point in the future, I could be persuaded full auto was a good idea should my memory prove faulty, always possible, but IMHO not very likely.

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Ill watch it again too, but IIRC, the fence ripped open allowing a greater volume of walkers in.

in the event of a collapse of society on that scale, people will logically raid police gun rooms. Lots of departments have FA's, even in small towns. Fallout from the North Holleywood shootout, initiative 10-33, grants and so on. FA would be pretty common in the aftermath. The Military would have them littering the streets. If something like that were to happen, ammunition factories would probably keep running to some degree.

Power equipment can be ran off generators. Diesel, and Alcohol fuels can be made from organic sources without a refinery, indefinitely. Gasoline has a shelf life of 5 years now, and its not too hard to find someone who can wire it to run 3-phase machinery. A single locomotive engine ran off biodiesel, ran to a power inverter could probably run the equipment to make millions of rounds per year, and material stock would be on hand for years to come. A world free of drug laws and scrap yards makes that copper/brass unlikely to be stolen.

Added bonus, dig a moat around your engine, and let the noise attrace the zombies. Anyway, FA, and huge stocks of ammo are reasonable under that circumstance.