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When I started thinking way too much about zombies: I started thinking "way too much" or, rather, the better amount of zombies when a friend referred me to a survival quiz-the one on newgrounds-and I got top a overall score. What started my zombie fixation: If by zombie fixation, you are inquiring as to the point upon which I began my refinement of skill that henceforth would greaten my chance of survival, then it started as soon as I could hold a bb repeater-way back when I was a toddler. Favorite zombie book: Hmm...haven't read one yet...I can't see how.... Favorite zombie movie: A lot of them are REALLY cheesey, so it's hard to remember the few good ones besides resident evil. Favorite quote in any zombie movie: N/A My Word on the AR vs AK Debate/Argument/Blogfest So far as M16 variants and AKs and derived assault rifles, it's all down to the users and what they want from their rifles. The M16 is lighter, more accurate, and has a longer range to combat the AK-47's hitting power, which comes from its larger diameter, heavier bullet. They have the same potential for magazine capacity, and both are selective fire (though the M16 has more options), and are really great guns. However, a lot of people don't realize that in many situations a civilian’s rifle will hold very well, if not better, than either of these military rifles. Take, for example, the Ruger Mini-14 (preban or post). It uses the same ammunition as the M16 but is only semi-automatic (The civilian models had to be made this way, but the AC-556, the military version, is select fire.), which actually may serve an advantage. It stops one from using up all of his or her ammunition as quickly as they would with an automatic option, and ammo conservation will be absolutely imperative. The Mini-14s are as accurate as the M16 family (ignoring differences in barrel length) with their shared 1:8 rifling (both vary from 1:7 to 1:9). The same comparisons hold true between the SKS and AK platforms (Note, Ruger makes a Mini-30, chambered in 7.62x39). Ergonomics aside, these civilian rifles match their military counterparts. Sure, the M4 may have railed handguards as an option (a standard in the minds of many), but tactical stocks are available for all kinds of carbines, including the SKS, Minis, AK, and your 10/22 and 10/17 rifles. The best thing to do is work with what you have, or can find. Disadvantages with the Civilian rifles is that they take proprietary magazines only, and they are not quite as common as military mags. Take what you can get. Don't pass up an SKS hoping for an AK later. If you find one, start filling AK mags, stay safe with the SKS, and when you get your ammo transferred, switch guns. Another thing, know that bigger guns(this is directed towards desert eagle and M82A1 fans everywhere) aren't always better (Who wants a desert eagle if they cant hold it sideways without either using two hands or it clattering to the floor?) and are sometimes an obstruction. This is why carbines often prove most effective and wieldy. A Word on Accessories I know that a lot of people are big on having RIS/Weaver/Picatinny/25mm/1-inch rails all over the forend of their weapons. Here's my running word on accessorizing. Note: First and foremost, know the difference between tactical and tacticool. Think about it. Do you need it? Will using it hinder you? Will it add a lot of unneccesary bulk? Foregrips, lights, lasers, and bayonets have their own pros and cons. Weigh them in you decision.
I swear, there are people who need to be brainwashed and tortured to carry a gun that holds less that 200 rounds. Most of these people are young or just senseless. The worst of these cases are the 100-round drums for semiautomatic handguns. They defeat the primary idea of using a pistol-having something small and easy to maneuver. Pistols They're compact (generally-excluding the desert eagle) use small rounds (except Israel's favorite .50AE) and lightweight (ahem, Desert Eagle). Pistols are magazine fed, one-handed firearms that usually have the magazine well integrated with the one (and usually only) grip. They hold a wide range of shots and some even have high capacity magazines as stated above. because of their short barrels they are relatively innacurrate. The best of these sidearms have the ability to hit a target from 100 yards, but these are tuned up competition grade models. Most are truely effective within about 30 yards. They tend to be low low-maintainance and easy to disassemble and customize. It's always nice to have one on you. Revolvers There are some trade-off's between revolvers and semiautomatics. The most obvious is the revolving, often fixed and internal magazines which normally hold six rounds but hold five in some .50 Caliber models (like the .500 S&W) and some .22's hold nine or so. They're much easier to use and simpler in function because of the lack of safeties and the obvious workings of the weapon. However, it takes longer to reload-unless you have a fancy one and some of those nifty "half moon" speed loaders or a bunch of cylinders in your pocket. They come in as wide a variety of calibers as the semi-autos do and are often much more intimidating. They too can be given laser grips and scopes and there are even railed models for those who need to stack toys on everything. Assault Rifles Assault rifles are semiautomatic, automatic, burst firing, or selective fire rifles that normally use small cartridges (such as the 5.56x45mm NATO or 7.62x39mm) and tend to have detachable box magazines with capacities of 20-40 rounds (30 is quite common due to the STANAG magazine). Common assault rifles include the M16, G36, FAMAS, AK47, AN94, SIG 550, and L85. Assault Carbines/Military Carbines They're generally the same as assault rifles but are more compact and are generally based on a full size rifle-an example of which is the M4s succession from the full-size M16s. Other examples include the G36K, AK74U, SIG 551,and SA80. Sub-Machine Guns (SMGs) These are comparable to carbines but are gnereally even smaller and tend to use handgun calibers, such as the 9x19mm Luger (parabellum) or .45ACP. They've been around longer than assault rifles-having dated back to the First World War. Examples include the Thompson M1928A1, G36C(uses parent ammunition of 5.56mm calibre), MP5, MP7, MP40, UMP, and VECTOR. Note: The M93R is really a modified Beretta M92, A.K.A M9, with a selector switch, new muzzle, and folding foregrip. Why hit two birds with one stone when you can pump a fool up with 15? They're big, loud, scary, and are really fun to bust down doors with. There's even a special cartridge made for blowing out door handles and locks without dangerous shrapnel to help with that purpose. Let's not forget about the fin-stabilized rocket you can shoot from it. Shotguns are actually quite versatile, disregarding their absolute max range of about 100 yards. They come in bolt-action, single shot, double barrel (over and under and side-by-side), pump, semi-auto, semiautowithpumpactionforwhateverreasonliketheSPAS12, full auto (see the AA12 and Jackhammer), and most awesomely, lever action as seen in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Muzzle Loading Arms The weapons that ended the age of knights is still around today. Though they have undergone a lot of improvement, their functionality is still guite the same. You must stop, hold the rifle between your legs, pour a premeasured powder down the barrel, insert a ball (sucky), minnieball (pretty awesome), a sabot (retro), or a packet of shot (viva la ye ole fashioned buckshot), ram it down the barrel with, you guessed it, the ramrod, and then do one of a number of things before firing: 1) replace the percussion cap located on the stub 2) replace the percussion cap by lowering the trigger group 3) replace the percussion cap by moving the bolt or 4) nothing at all if you are lucky enough to have a muzzleloader, such as the needle gun, that fires the primer out of the barrel along with the projectile. Also, you may have or find a matchlock (with the slowburning wick on the hammer) or a flintlock (with the...well...flint...in the hammer piece), which will require you to fill a touch hole with propellant so that the powder, when ignitied by the match or spark, will explode and transfer the heat to the main charge through a very small hole (giggegy) that you must keep clean and dry as possible. They're still generally innaccurate, and yes, there are still pistols (deringers, civil war replicas and what have you) for use, but WHY!!!??? Why go throught the trouble when you can use prefabricated cartridges? Battle Rifles Ok, relax. The BR55 doesn exist so don't get wound up. Battle rifles are often mixed up with assault rifles even though they should be easily discriminable. They're the same type of weapon but the fire larger calibre rounds (7.62x51mm is very common and is used in the M14, G3, FAL, SCAR-H, and G33 among many, many others). These weapons are also made into sniper/marksman rifles as they have the ballistics to achieve ranges of over 800m. Viva la .308. Sniper Rifles ...people get seriously overexited by the idea of having one. Many sniper rilfes were either service rifles (M1903, M1 garand, M14) modified or simply scoped and adopted and sometimes given a new alphanumeric (M14+scope=XM21+thumbs up=M21). The perks are well known-they have great accuracy and range. The cons: they're usually low capacity, bolt-action or single shot, and sometimes huge. The question is, can you really shoot well enough to effectively use this weapon, or will you be carrying this for the "cool" factor and waste ammo? If all you can handle and shoot is a handgun then use it, but carry a small carbine or something for when you need more. Get used to it. Don't go with a bolt-action rifle with a 5 round internal mag if you might be overpowered. Leave it for someone who could make good use of it...like me. Quick Note Inspired by Idiots on COD MW2 It's called an M93R, NOT THE RAFFICA! STOP F***ING CALLING IT THAT!!! Thank you. =) Also, please don't be a tube n00b. DON'T YOU DARE ****ING TRY TO QUICKSCOPE!!! Deagles? They're Desert Eagles. If you want to call them something shorter just call them Eagles - the only kind of gun Eagle I know of is of the "Desert" variety, and "deagle" is stupid, tacky, and annoying. Please refrain from such nasty slang. Quick Note Inspired by Black Ops Please don't make/use underbarrel flamethrowers. Learn to throw a tomahawk in your spare time. Don't make explosive bolts for a crossbow. Better yet, if you want the stealth, use a compound bow. Don't make explosive arrows. If you plan on moving and drawing a crossbow, you will either fail or have one that shoots nothing like the one in the game. Please don't be a n00b. Do not base your choice of armament on videogames. Chances are you won't like carrying 600 rounds of ammo. Dragon's breath can't be used in a self-loading firearm, as there is nothing pushed out and therefore no pressure by which the action would be cycled. Also, they emit flame for a few seconds after firing, so that adds to the danger. Oh yeah, and they're illegal and cost about five bucks a shot. Note to self--cover: extreme measures My score and score summary on the non-lame zombie survival test:
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