Uh oh... the zombies are coming.

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Geckgo said:
The only thing I learn at the range (besides my trigger control :D ) somedays is how delusional some people are about firearms...

"Yikes, that's a 45!!! You could shoot someone in the pinky...."
"Wow, your little 22 seems more powerful than my 38...."
"That bulk ammo sucks, you should use...."

Hopefully the range was different in "those days"
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Doubtful. You'd assume that, considering that most everything was spread only by experience and word of mouth at that point, and actual education (teaching, informational reading, etc), you'd hope that mass communication would make information easier to find, not make the wrong information easier to toss around. Also, statistically, that average IQ in the US has risen over the past 50 years, whether it seems like it or not.
 
You mean the Zombie Survival Guide isn't based on fact? But it's seems so real...

OK, not really. But the zombie stuff tends to promote disaster preparedness and gun ownership, so in my mind it's a good thing. Better to have prospective zombie-hunters than no new gun owners at all.
 
Geckgo said:
Nobody is going to say it, so I guess I'll chime in.. How exactly is this different from dressing like a cowboy and making believe that your first 22 was for zapping bandits?
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+1

Zombies are the current generations socially acceptable bad guy. Kids have always had their socially acceptable badguys, be they zombies, bandits, indians, commies, rebels and yankees, red coats, etc.

It's a bit different when the guns turn real and the kids are in their twenties, but it's the same concept. My old man is a Viet Nam vet who still talks about 'killin' commies for Christ.'

Anyway, I've shot at zombie targets, generic armed bad guy targets, black blob sillouette targets, various fruits and vegetables, plastic bottles and cans, etc. I could give a rip what people are shooting at as long as they are doing it safely. Just becuase you're having a few laughs doesn't mean you're being dangerous.

Zombie hunter stock = same old M4 style stock as everyone else has under a different marketing scheme. It's better than the worn out 'tactical' marketing ploy everyone else is using.

I don't imagine gun stuff is easy to market to new shooters.
 
Mark8252 said:
Just makes law abiding shotgun owners look like fools. More fuel for anti-gun crowd.
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The only people who can tell the difference between this and the mass of "for fun" non-live firearm zombie-related gun junk are actual gun owners. The "anti" crowd isn't going to know the difference, so where does it matter?
 
natman said:
Our local library has The Zombie Survival Guide. In the NONFICTION section.:eek:
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The book isn't a story book. It doesn't tell any fictitious accounts. For all intents and purposes, aside from the mention of zombies and the weapons section which goes into detail of how to put the undead down (as opposed to killing an animal or normal human, and there are sections that go into detail about such things for game hunting and self-defense in a post-collapse situation), it's a survival guide. A normal, every day survival guide. I don't expect you to know this, but I'd expect someone interested to check it out before acting appalled.
 
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Originally Posted by Geckgo
Nobody is going to say it, so I guess I'll chime in.. How exactly is this different from dressing like a cowboy and making believe that your first 22 was for zapping bandits?
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that was a good post. No difference, except for cowboy shooting you gotta give yourself a fake stage name like buckshot or kentucky, and play dress up. It just goes to show what some people think is rad, some may think is silly. To be honest "Zombie Action" shooting would be more fun to some. Shooting modern stuff in modern environments, or call it "3 gun"! different strokes for different folks.
 
i read the name sarcastically, maybe im wrong. but from a legit gun site, i assumed it was kinda poking fun, its not like there is a zombie sticker in the package.

p.s. i am a young college kid, with little to no background in guns. and i do not think tacticool is what its about. or shooting zombies.

im not even that big a fan of synthetic stocks. lol. just like wood better i guess.

i dont buy a gun for zombies, im not part of any zombie forums. i have never shot zombie humanoid targets at the range (not that i never will, cant predict the future). i, on rare occation, will make a zombie joke. thats it. and its rare.


then again. i dont dress up like a cowboy either. lol. closest i got to a "cowboy gun" is my nagant revolver, haha!



i also would like to add, that i see nothing wrong with the zombie thing, or the cowboy thing. or any other fad that comes along for guns or anything else really. i might not like to participate, or fully understand why people enjoy it. but im not going to judge them either. if they have fun, go for it!

and the "zombie-shot" was pretty funny, i bet that would sell like ho-ho's at the cardiologist's office.
 
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Ok, to be perfectly honest. The whole "zombie" thing is simply a, "hey, if you know what it means? then awesome. If not, you are the laughing stock of the people that do" I mean seriously all this talk about zombie hunters is just a funny way to talk about something completely different. all these people dont really think the undead are gonna rise up and start eating the living.....Your being ignorant if you have missed it and dont know whats goin on.

Not to mention you make a good target for zombie attacks....they feed on ignorant...:D
 
The book is funny I've read thru it..

I watch zombie movies and have talked with my buddy about where you'd want to be,what kind of vehicle,guns,supply's,etc. Even which zombies we'd like to face slow moving (like Shaun of the dead) or superhuman (like i am legend) but its all in fun..

I think it boils down to the ultimate freedom (no rules,no laws,just survive) is what draws alot of people to this fantasy..
 
ATF said:
I watch zombie movies and have talked with my buddy about where you'd want to be,what kind of vehicle,guns,supply's,etc...

I think it boils down to the ultimate freedom (no rules,no laws,just survive) is what draws alot of people to this fantasy..
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There are more zombie films than Road Warrior-esque wasteland/post-apocalypse films. Why? Zombies don't need empty landscapes or large setpieces. And as far as more people fantasizing about zombies than biker mutants or The Road-style human encounters, humans aren't as interesting of a challenge to most, and for the potentially anti, they're too human for comfort.
 
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One thing that gets to me is the fact that hardly no one offers aftermarket stuff for the Mossberg .410's

If you want something for a .410 you pretty much have to DIY which isn't too bad in some respects but it would be nice to see some after market stuff for that caliber.
 
Gecko brought up and interesting point with people in SASS playing cowboy.

Could we expect ZASS in the future? :what:

Kidding aside it does sound like fun and another reason to build some shotguns.
 
If you consider a "zombie" to be more of a mindless, walking-stupid sort of person, then the "horde" can be found anywhere, from the general public, to the malls and walmarts, and so forth. They're everywhere, they're stupid, and stupidity in mass quantity is always potentially dangerous and threatening.
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Most of those wont be looking away from their smartphone, etc. long enough to notice you....
 
Zombies and the zombie apocalypse are in my view a euphemism for humanities response to everything cataclysmic including global pandemics to secular progressive socialists and flash mobs. They are the bump in the night and the thing under the bed. The fascination with the living dead has been around in popular movie culture since 1968 when George A. Romero directed Night of the Living Dead and before that with the west African Vodun and Haitian Creole. When hell is full the (un) dead will inhabit the earth. That is until a doubletap to the head changes their state of mind.

My two favorite zombie reads are by JL Bourne.

http://jlbourne.com/

Bourne is the Tom Clancy of realistically spun zombie yarns. All his fans are waiting for the third installment.

Heck if it werern't for Zombies I wouldn't have half the thousands of rounds of (rifle and pistol) ammo around. :eek:


Since this is in the shotgun section unless you have a high capacity slug machine, shotguns are the second least desireable lead slinger (after the pistol) for use on zombies. If you are using a shotgun against zombies you better be in the company of many with rifles or you are about to be overrun and headed for zombieland yourself.
 
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Start it and I will join.

And I like the butt stock in that it's straight back. I have only seen similar to this with a down angle trying to give the bead sight use. I would rather drop a simple red dot on top and have fun. Sure, it will look all "tacticool" and whatever, but I will be having fun and that is what counts the most at the end of the day.

I'm always impressed with the level of comments these threads attract.
 
Here is a quote from the CDC comments section on their preparation guide (CDC Zombie Apocalypse Preparation 101)

"I love this post! My friends and I were discussing the zombie apocalypse after watching Zombieland. The discussion revolved around what would we do and how would we do it. It then dawned on us that what we were discussing would be extremely practical in real-world scenarios as well. That’s when we began our journey into the world of prepping. I hope your article sparks many more discussions in many more homes across the country! Thanks!"

I think that sums up the zombie fad (in general) given the extremely volatile economic conditions we live in along with greater awareness of the devastating power of natural disasters, it's a fun way to become aware of preparing for life throwing a curve ball at you. If it extends to more interest in firearms - well, as earlier comments pointed out, there is a lack of interest being passed down from the last couple generations to the newer generations. Hopefully their interest will lead them to responsible firearm use through forums such as this and to a greater percentage of the population being aware of gun issues.
 
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Funny how when preparing for a natural disaster, economic collapse, nuclear reactor meltdown, viral outbreak, (inother words, a real possible situation), people get labled as 'suvivalist wierdos' but prepping for the zombie apocalypse garners no such lable.

So now when I stockpile MRE's, bottled water, ammo, etc. I'm doing it for the purpose of Zombies. No one looks twice at someone prepping for zombies. Could be that anyone prepping for zombies is looked at as a lunatic nutcase, with discretion being the better part of valor.

So, lunatic nutcase or survivalist wierdo. Which do you shoose?
 
Duble Naught Spy said:
Gecko brought up and interesting point with people in SASS playing cowboy.

Could we expect ZASS in the future? :what:

Kidding aside it does sound like fun and another reason to build some shotguns.
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Check out All Things Zombie. It doesn't help my case in defending zombie film fans, but there are many people there who got into firearms because of their love for zombie films, and they compare weapons and defense plans at length.

I know zombies aren't real, and never will be (at least not in the flesh-eating sense). I'll never have to defend my home against them. At the same time, I know that most of what we think of the "Wild West" is an exaggeration at best, a complete lie at worst. That doesn't stop me from loving single action revolvers and double barrel shotguns as much as I do pump shotguns and chainsaw arms. I got into firearms because of my love for film, and if someone takes issue with that because I wasn't raised by my dad on a steady diet of military rhetoric and game hunting, well, they can .....
 
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I wonder how fast the mods clicked on this ready to lock it.
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This thread has a lot of thoughtful dialog about social dynamics and firearms. Unfortunately, half the posts in this thread have now been deleted or edited because some of you won't stay on topic.

Which is why this thread is being closed. Thanks, guys. :fire:

John
 
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