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WoodlandGhillie |
Suggestions:
Nov 6 2009, 8:08 PM EST
Instead of a regular machete, i suggest the Kukri, a Ghurka traditional knife. It has a thicker, heaver weight focused on the bend halfway up the blade. This gives you a MUCH greater poundsforce on the edge of the blade. If you have a large, heavy kukri, you could literally split a Zed Head from skulltop to spineback.The handguns should be Glock G19C, the Glock 19C is a more compact version that holds a 9x19mm round, and has a compensator. Perfect, low recoil, decent stopping power, high magazine capacity. Or a nice semi Ruger. The rifle should be a .22 Marlin, scoped and silenced, tube fed (12 or so rounds), bolt or lever action. Low recoil, decent range, the lever action gives you a higher rate of fire, while still making each shot count. Browning also makes a nice semi, also tube fed, but you load it from the stock, 11 rounds. You should also add to your medkit/ once a week use, Valium, or dizaphram, a drug that should be taken in 2, 5, or 10 mg doses. Basically, it can be used as an anti depressant, but its use is for calming you down, relaxing your muscles, or relaxing you for a high stress situation. It stops muscles shaking, so you can get a better killzone, and more accurate shots, meaning less bullet wasting. make it two emergency rations, and two sets of earplugs. Your spikes should be made of tempered aluminium, since you can easily melt that down, and if you make a 3/4 inch or thicker bars, you can sharpen them easily, and they wont break. You can always remelt and recast if they break, and you can pick up trash, like old soda or beer cans to melt down. Do you find this valuable?
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livingdeadman |
1. RE: Suggestions:
Nov 6 2009, 8:36 PM EST
"The rifle should be a .22 Marlin, scoped and silenced, tube fed (12 or so rounds), bolt or lever action.Why would you take a tube fed over a magazine fed weapon? Reloading will be much slower. There's no such thing as a silent gun except in Hollyweird. I'll stick to my pipe tobacco when it comes to relaxing and being calmed down. I don't have to replace it when it expires and I don't need to see a doctor to get something I don't even need. (not yet anyway) Do you find this valuable? |
PedroAsani |
2. RE: Suggestions:
Nov 7 2009, 6:45 AM EST
I like the idea of the Kukri, I will have to look into that. Any idea how much they cost? Reason I ask is that a good machete is about $15. If I have to get enough for everyone, then that is 50x$15, $750.Gun choices: I have no real idea about that, so what I will do nearer to the time is get an idea of what can be good for the cost. Again, it's 100 handguns and 50 rifles. That means I might have to compromise with whatever I can get a surplus discount on. Valium: Meds will be at a premium, so things like that will be kept in the Castle, rather than with each person. Aluminium spikes vs steel vs titanium. There is a debate thread on this. Again, will probably come down to cost. Do you find this valuable? |
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WoodlandGhillie |
3. RE: Suggestions:
Nov 7 2009, 11:54 AM EST
"Why would you take a tube fed over a magazine fed weapon? Reloading will be much slower. There's no such thing as a silent gun except in Hollyweird.Tube feds are much cheaper. Yes, reloading will be much slower, but you can always EASILY increase a tube fed guns magazine size by buying stome steel tubing. Yeah, there are no silent weapons, but you can get pretty close with a silencer/suppressor. Do you find this valuable? |
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WoodlandGhillie |
4. RE: Suggestions:
Nov 7 2009, 12:05 PM EST
"I like the idea of the Kukri, I will have to look into that. Any idea how much they cost? Reason I ask is that a good machete is about $15. If I have to get enough for everyone, then that is 50x$15, $750.Kukri's will generally cost a bit more, a medium sized one below 35-50, of any good, cold steel quality. The reason for the cost being so high is that is uses a higher quality steel, and a more specific, labour intensive process to bend and form the blade. I personally have held a medium/large kukri, you can feel the weight, and even feel that all the weight is focused on that blade tip. Its totally worth the investment. a 15 dollar machete? How thin is that? It probably wouldnt last 40 zach kills. If you are going to get a machete, look for a thicker blade, 3/8 or more. You really need a heavy duty machete. (A cool fact: the human skull is about the equivalent of 1/2 inch plywood. Try your weapons on 1/2 or more plywood. 3/4 is ideal for a higher stress or durability tests.) Glocks are great for the cost, a lot of mil branches use them, police world wide use then, and there are tons of aftermarket parts. I understand you are doing the armnament for the masses, but dont skimp on quality! Lives are just and only as important as the weapons that protect them. Do you find this valuable? |
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PedroAsani |
5. RE: Suggestions:
Nov 7 2009, 12:54 PM EST
http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-1775-Machete-Knife-With-Soft-Grip-22-inch.htmlhttp://www.ronniesunshines.com/back-machete-p-629.html Two machetes with good write ups for £10 or less, plus p+p. As for going through 40 zombies, if there are that many to dispatch, I have done something horribly wrong. Do you find this valuable? |
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WoodlandGhillie |
6. RE: Suggestions:
Nov 7 2009, 4:06 PM EST
"http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-1775-Machete-Knife-With-Soft-Grip-22-inch.htmlAh, sorry mate, forgot that you are going to be in a giant fortres... :) 50 bucks, but its made by KA-BAR. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/DBA854-1.html again, Kukris are extremely high quality. 6 dollar machete, decent quality. good for mass armnament. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/DBA465-1.html CheaperThanDirt.com is GREAT site to get military surplus, bullets, and camp gear. I have bought quite a few items from them, great supplier. However, if you are on the run to your fortress, you should already have some of the basic kits assembled, at least 5. I suggest for the time being, you assign yourself a better kit, just enough to get you to your fortress, perhaps including a couple extra KA-BAR knives, the kukri, maybe add a couple MRE's. (Cheaper than dirt sells some civilian ones) Then give the pre made kits to family members/whoever is joining you. Do you find this valuable? |
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rusrsbrah? |
7. RE: Suggestions:
Mar 6 2010, 9:48 PM EST
yea kukris are great. cold steel makes one and they are pretty cheap. not sure of the quailty as i havent handled that specific one. agreed that glocks are good guns, but i still suggest that a snubnosed revolver be the back up pistol. also a quick question for the trench spikes. are they spikes or knives?
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theghostnthedarkness |
8. RE: Suggestions:
Mar 8 2010, 5:14 AM EST
do not have you trench spikes made of aluminum, they will break and they will not hold a good edge. if your going to have them custom made then have them made out of ats-34 steel. or for a little bit more you can have them made of a new steel that just came on the custom knife market recently. its WILL NOT BREAK and it holds an edge longer that any other steel. I cant remember what its called but a friend of mine is making me and african hunter style bowie knife out of it, i should have it in about 2 months he's way backed up on orders. and im not sure if you realize how much custome made knives cost. the bowie im having made is larger and more complex then what you are looking for and is running me about 300 and thats the friend price it would be about 400-450 normally. i couldnt see a GOOD knife maker making you 100+ custome knives for anything less then 100 dollars a piece. and dont buy 15 dollar machetes if you plan on them being melee weapons they wont hold up, this i know from experience.
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