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mcflurry82 |
Baseball Bats
Dec 4 2010, 11:29 PM EST
Im sure if you found a baseball bat made of birch or maple or any good hard wood would work just fine. and if your lookin for a little more weight and damage capability, take some chain and coil it tightly around the bat and screw the chain onto the bat. Putting some nails or screws into the head of the bat also would do some damage.
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Autoshopkid |
1. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 4 2010, 11:41 PM EST
ill just be the first to say it since ive heard it many a time before and agree with itnails or screws on a bat would be a bad idea because they easily can get stuck into whatever your striking at but personally i like the chain idea :P Do you find this valuable? |
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mcflurry82 |
2. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 6 2010, 8:14 PM EST
don't give me credit for the chain idea tho. I saw it on a tv show and thought it'd work great
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vautaw |
3. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 8 2010, 9:06 PM EST
I was considering something similar, however i was looking at bamboo as a potential weapon, i recently came into a large quantity of bamboo and was looking for some weapon ideas. i do like the chain idea
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Mr_Jumbles |
4. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 8 2010, 10:31 PM EST
thing is bamboo is hollow so it doesnt have enough weight to be an effective weapon thats why they were used as spears and not polearms or axes 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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vautaw |
5. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 9 2010, 4:23 PM EST
sounds good, maybe i'll try 2 make camouflaged trenches with bamboo spikes as a defensive line... sound good?
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Mr_Jumbles |
6. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 9 2010, 5:11 PM EST
"sounds good, maybe i'll try 2 make camouflaged trenches with bamboo spikes as a defensive line... sound good?"yeah tiger pits (if you have the time and resources to make them) are a very effective perimeter defense again humans and zombies alike though you might not wana kill EVERYTHING that stumbles into your tiger traps like a human whos just looking for other survivors and or to join you ... well hes dead now without you even knowing he was there or wanted to help or anything most you could really use bamboo for is to start construction for a wall 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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vautaw |
7. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 9 2010, 7:22 PM EST
good call, and even if i posted up signs, they would only aid invading raiders of the trap. tiger pits are officially out of the question. that is.. unless they serve another purpose like a known raider assault on my Base or some practical purpose where human casualties are not an issue.
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Mr_Jumbles |
8. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 10 2010, 4:21 AM EST
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no see tiger pits by themselves are a GREAT defensive measure ... again first if you have the time and manpower ... but SPIKED tiger pits wouldnt really help as much as an empty tiger pit1. zombie falls in ... how you have to some way get that zombie off the spike and kill it then get it OUT of the pit (so it doesnt just rot and become a giant disease ridden pile of dead flesh) ... if its just an empty tiger pit you can just use a rope and ladder to easily get in and out of the pit to get the zed out with a rope and you could just study the zed since its stuck in a hole anyways 2. raider falls in it ... same problems of getting the body off a spike and hauling it out (for same reasons as zed though itd take longer to rot) ... in an empty tiger pit you can still talk to him and ask valuable information (like about a suspected raider group hes from) 3. NON-hostile human falls in ... you might have just unknowingly killed a skilled or just helpful person to your group ... and the whole getting the body out thing 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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vautaw |
9. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 10 2010, 5:39 AM EST
aaaahhhhh... and i've done some research on easy clean-up (i don't remember the link) but it had a pretty good procedure and i could even "fish" for the zed with one of the spear guns i have here at the house the empty tiger pit does prove useful, and as far as manpower goes, nothing beats time and persistence. and even the digging would be good conditioning.
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Zenigata |
10. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 10 2010, 2:14 PM EST
(1)Actually tiger pits would be a great way of getting rid of zombies, assuming you have enough time to dig them. What you do is make it deep enough so that the zombies can't climb out. that way, you can go to that pit once a day or so and then kill the zombie. Once dead, drop some wood and fuel and set the zombie on fire. that solves the problem of trapping and disposing of zombies all in one go.As for defense against raiders/slavers yet somehow avoid accidentally killing innocent civilians... well there's always a pro and con for everything... Do you find this valuable? |
zachy_vengeance |
11. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 10 2010, 2:53 PM EST
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A tiger pit definately doesn't sound like a good idea IMO. In order to make one deep enough to trap an average male of around 5' 9"-6'+, you're looking at probably 8-12' deep, and wide+long for the raider or zombie to accidentally fall in. The amount of time and effort that would take that could be used for something more usefull makes that just worthless. Why did the Romans invent the ark for their bridges instead of building their bridges 80' tall and solid brick the whole way down? Same consept applies here. Do you find this valuable? |
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Zenigata |
12. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 10 2010, 5:02 PM EST
Perhaps it would take a long time to make an effective tiger trap but since zombie survival would probably span for weeks/month/years maybe, allocating an hour of digging can get something done.But for me, I'd make a long pit about 4 feet deep and as long and wide as needed. The dirt I dig out will be placed on one side of the pit so that when a zombie tries to go through, there's a 4 feet pit and a 4 feet wall that blocks its way. Add spikes, glass, sharp stuff, etc, if you want. ___ ---------------> / 4 feet Dirt wall zombie _________ / _______ \____/ 4 feet pit Trapping them will be hard since they can lose interest and leave but the point of this kind of pit/wall is to at least deter zombies. Plus it's easier and faster than making an 8 feet wall. With a small team of survivors, you can fend of zombies or raider. Unless the zombies come in by the hundreds and create an undead ramp over the fortification or the raiders are prepared and can outnumber/outgun you and your group. But those scenarios can overcome most, if not all, fortifications. BTW: Sorry if the diagram might come out wrong and if it's unnecessary. Do you find this valuable? |
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Mr_Jumbles |
13. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 10 2010, 5:44 PM EST
"As for defense against raiders/slavers yet somehow avoid accidentally killing innocent civilians... well there's always a pro and con for everything..."well the worst that would happen to a LIVE human is breaking a leg or something from falling into the hole 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Mr_Jumbles |
14. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 10 2010, 5:46 PM EST
"A tiger pit definately doesn't sound like a good idea IMO. In order to make one deep enough to trap an average male of around 5' 9"-6'+, you're looking at probably 8-12' deep, and wide+long for the raider or zombie to accidentally fall in. The amount of time and effort that would take that could be used for something more usefull makes that just worthless.cuz a human wont become TRAPPED in water cuz uh ... HE CAN SEE IT ... DUR Do you find this valuable? |
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mcflurry82 |
15. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 10 2010, 10:01 PM EST
"good call, and even if i posted up signs, they would only aid invading raiders of the trap. tiger pits are officially out of the question. that is.. unless they serve another purpose like a known raider assault on my Base or some practical purpose where human casualties are not an issue."putting up signs sounds rational to me. but they don't really need to warn the surviver about the traps. posting a sign that says signal for survivors or something like that would work just fine. i would assume that a raider would try to sneek in to your shelter instead of giving away his presence. but thats just me Do you find this valuable? |
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vautaw |
16. RE: Baseball Bats
Dec 10 2010, 10:41 PM EST
i think i would rather go for the allocated digging rather than compromising, considering the ammount of exercise involved in such a large task would be outstanding and the ammount of time consumed would help prevent boredom lol as far as signs go, i actually have my own written language. the language (so named) is simple all it really is is the alphabet with a line or two missing from each letter, it looks really cool but is very easily cracked.
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Ready_For_Z-Day |
17. RE: Baseball Bats
May 14 2011, 3:04 PM EDT
Well, you could attach nails, and then hose clamps or a similar metal band (A lead weight could work if you could find a way to keep it there....).
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zombomb |
18. RE: Baseball Bats
May 14 2011, 3:27 PM EDT
Here's my idea. 1.Take a short, hollow, metal bat 2. snap, cut or break off the knob at the holding end. 3. pour about 1 cup of concrete into it, so it pours, molds and hardens on the the hitting end. 5. let harden and reattach the knob This gives you a short, relatively light bat that has an incredibly fast AND strong swing. Opinions? Do you find this valuable? |
chitoryu12 |
19. RE: Baseball Bats
May 14 2011, 4:34 PM EDT
"Here's my idea.Have you actually tried this to see if it works? Do you find this valuable? |
