Analyzing/Explaining the Best/Most Common Zombie Weapons

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Ubasti

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Ubasti

Let's suppose I bought a crossbow. Do any of you think it would be lethal enough to do the job? I'd think so, seeing as how it could punch through medieval armour plating. It's also a very quiet weapon.

What about crossbow scopes? Are those worth the money?

It's probably an ambush or "OH ********!" weapon because of how slow it is, but it should work just fine. With glass, generally the more you spend the better.

Isn't the crossbow also mechanically reliable as all ********?

Wooden crossbow, steel butt plate. That way, I can compensate for slow rate of fire by bashing ornery zombies over the head.

I'd say a Mosin would be more reliable, and a better club/spear/post/entrenching tool/boat oar/every-farking-thing else.

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Sexual Chocolat

This is one awesome-a** thread.

I read that as "This is one awesome a**-thread."
Curse XKCD.

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uryu ishida

It's also rare as hell.

So are a lot of things. Still not taking the chance.

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If I remember correctly, that was ammo-related.

It was. So?

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And with an explosion that size, you're getting hurt either way.

The guy sustained a mild cut (laceration?) to his hand.

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The receiver is RIGHT in front of your face. With a bullpup, it's under your face.

If that happened under his face, he'd certainly be dead. The god damn SCOPE went flying.

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uryu ishida

What does everyone think about Aguila's 1 1/2" shells? They have them in slug, and in #1/#4 21 pellet. They are pretty cheap, and they can increase the capacity of a shotgun by half.

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They are also very low recoil. From what I hear, the slugs have varying performance (some horrible, some good) but I haven't heard ANYTHING about the buckshot.

Hm. What about muzzle drop? Also, do they feed reliably, and are they still more "effective" (have better knock-down power) than rifle cartridges?

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For the most part I agree with everything you've stated in this topic, except for the katana.

You mentioned it not being able to cut through bone without chipping, this is false.
You also mention "hacking" at bone. You don't "hack" or "slice" with a katana, you CUT. There's a huuuuge difference.

Literally millions of limbs and torsos have been cut cleanly with this weapon through-out the ages. Men carried the mutilations everyday and to the grave as undeniable proof. IN FACT even in ancient Japan with their fragile primitive blades there are eyewitness accounts of fallen warriors dispatching themselves in ritual suicide by CUTTING OFF THEIR OWN HEAD with their sword. And this was before modern super-alloys and tempering techniques.

Arms, legs, heads, etc have all be severed cleanly and without much trouble.

Don't even bother bringing up ballistics gel because it isn't even close to the consistency of flesh as a substance it was designed to ABSORB bullets.

The true modern shinken katana is not the brittle, fragile weapon of old. It will not bend, break, or chip easily. It is forged and designed for the utmost reliability and ultimate sharpness to the point of surgical precision.

Today they test sharpness and cutting power on the carcasses of freshly slaughtered pigs and these blades go clean through, bone and all. And as you should know the flesh/bone of a pig is about the closest thing to a human.

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Hey, Akala. I want to compare the Kukri to the Katana, and figure you're the best source. While I still do not believe it's "easy" to dismember someone with a katana, I do believe it it "relatively easy" when you compare them to most other weapons.

Anyway, a kukri is a large knife/sword/axe. It's somewhat in a category of its own. The larger, more effective (for people who can handle the weight) kukri weigh around 4-5lbs, have 5/8" thick blades, and, despite being a one-handed weapon, can cut small trees in one swing in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing.

This is an example of a kukri- think of it as a short sword weighted like an axe and angled so that chopping is easier to preform.


So far, my opinion is that katana are better weapons. You can strike much faster, you have two hands to work with the weight, and they are really sharp. However, I believe the kukri to be a superior tool- chopping wood with it, prying with it, using it as en entrenching tool, hacking down doors with it, etc. It can take a hell of a lot of abuse, and each traditional kukri (usually the best) comes with a sharpening knife and a small knife for finer tasks.

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I for one am I big fan of the kukri, having practiced with several myself. And will agree that is a superior tool.

The katana is meant for only one thing, killing. It is all but useless as a tool unless you're cutting down small trees, and gathering fire-wood. (And that's only with a modern advanced blade, the old ones could never handle such constant strain.)

I'd only use my Cheness katana in a theoretical zombie crisis as a secondary melee weapon because I have a soft spot for it and have been training in the art of it's use for seventeen years now.

But I would more then likely carry something else like a kukri, halligan, or e-tool for fixing & breaking.

Thankfully weight isn't an issue for me as I can carry more then a hundred pounds on my back and hike/run for miles upon miles and swing a 5-7 pound blade for hours and keep going. Not bragging, just the way it is, I've been thankful to have very good conditioning training/practice.