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So Hornady has come out with the new zombie max ammunition, I've been reading reviews and such and just wanted to see what you all thought of it. good idea bad idea, funny not funny. Spill your thoughts.:cool:
 
Well, if it'll drop a zombie it'll drop a.........

I can't speak as to what it will actually kill because I have never seen, much less shot a zombie....but it doesn't hurt to be prepared I guess? ;)

When I get back from my next zombie hunting excursion I will update further with how well it performs.


Honestly, it is just their FlexLock bullet with a different colored flex tip I think.

You can take a look at this video to see how it performs on it's intended target ;)
 
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Good grief!

Whats next, silver bullets for Werewolves and wooden bullets for Vampires?

Yea! Thats the ticket!

Zombies seem to be the hot marketing gimmick this year.

I have received emails from Brownell's and Westlake Hardware recently with a "Zombie" marketing theme. And every other TV show has a zombie slant lately too.

I must be getting old, but I just don't get the attraction to dead rotting corpses?
Seen & smelled a real one, you seen all I care to see again.

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i do realize its just a marketing gimmick but IMO its a smart one. like you said above everywhere is talking about zombies, which i find a little strange and funny at the same time. also it may very well be possible but going as far as buying zombie ammo? couldnt you stop a zombie with a .22 anyway? idk i just think the whole zombie thing is interesting
 
ya usually when i wake up in the morning and look in the mirror. also the .22 comment goes with even stopping a regular person with a .22, they say to kill a "zombie" you have to shoot them in the head. well if you got shot in the head with a .22 isnt there a good chance that you would die?
 
well if you got shot in the head with a .22 isnt there a good chance that you would die?
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In all seriousness, I wouldn't want to be shot in the head with any caliber, the .22 included.

But, if the undead rise.....you always wanna be extra prepared to put them back down ;)
 
Hornady is rolling the dice on there being a market niche. I think they'll do okay as a niche conversation piece with it, and don't think they have much more invested in it than just the cool packaging.
 
I think they'll do okay as a niche conversation piece with it.
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I agree. I don't buy gimmicky stuff, period. Extreme shock, DRT.....just over-priced, over-hyped garbage. And those people take it seriously, which is a major detractor. But the humor deliberately injected in advertising from a reputable company like Hornady? Just too funny, and makes me willing to blow $20 or $40 on that conversation piece.

don't think they have much more invested in it than just the cool packaging.
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Don't forget the green polymer tips.
 
I'm getting fed up with this crap to be honest. It was kind of funny at first, around the time "Zombieland" came out, but at this point things are just getting way too dumb. I can't set foot on an indoor range or ammo store these days without seeing zombie paper targets and ballistic zombie torsos. Why not make specific ammo for it?

Video games and movies belong on the screen. This stuff is going to give gun owners a bad name.
 
This stuff is going to give gun owners a bad name.
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Grow a sense of humor. I don't even think the gamers take it seriously. Besides, it's just as shootable and no more expensive than the less flamboyantly-boxed V-max or TAP stuff.
 
Who is giving gun owners a bad name related to zombie stuff, ammo or otherwise? The anti-2A crowd already has their mind made up, and I don't know of them getting any mileage out of zombie defense paranoia or similar. (Maybe that should be with an added "yet" -- I suppose it only takes one deranged gunman living out a zombie fantasy for all that to change.)

Middle of the roader sorts who maybe don't have much of an opinion about guns aren't being turned on/off by this stuff, I don't think.

I'm wondering if maybe the one thing on display with the zombie stuff is a generational thing -- shooters above a certain age are less likely to get it than younger shooters. Or maybe it is just a sense of humor thing ;)
 
HorseSoldier is right. Most kids these days thing Cowboy movies and Bonanza are stupid. Zombies and vampires? Just peachy.
 
Yeah, I missed the boat on when exactly the zombie stuff became in-vogue, kinda like Chuck Norris one-liners.

But I don't have the excess energy to get too upset about it.
 
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