"Honestly, it just good business. Firearm companies are realizing that most of the younger generation of gun buyers want something a little cooler than our dads Remington 740.
I'm not saying I love seeing zombie stuff everywhere, just that I like seeing business trying to meet the demands of it's potential customers.

Let's be serious about this, how many more guns is the average baby boomer likely to buy? Odds are good they already own what they want. Yet, those people that are just getting to be old enough to buy their first firearm are potential long term customers. Most people tend to hold near and dear that first firearm / brand that they bought.

This doesn't only include zombie stuff. Why is eotech so popular right now? Why are people willing to spend a few grand on a fn scar? Same thing. Younger people that grew up with video games expect things to be cooler than your average hunting rifle. If you can't be flexible and adapt to your customer base, you won't last long as a business. "

"I think you misunderstood my point. I don't have a problem with talking about zombies or using the idea of a zombie apocalypse as a metaphor for serious disasters and as a way to making prepping and planning fun.

I do, however, think that if a person is seen at a shooting range with a zombie themed gun, it'd be more likely for him to be smirked or laughed at for looking silly than for people to say, "Oh, that's really cool."

And to people who aren't part of the shooting or prepping culture and aren't younger, it will likely look silly or childish."

"I didn't say anything about the owner of the zombie themed weapon or his/her quality as a shooter. I'm only talking about the views others would likely have about him simply by seeing the gun or zombie ammo.

Like most human interactions, its all about appearances, regardless of how superficial that may be. It's even more applicable if the onlooker isn't some one who owns guns or shoots regularly. They would be even more likely to see the owner of some of this equipment as a joke."

"Its not just about the shooters, though. The biggest effect is on those who aren't part of the firearms community. How will they see people who buy "zombie" ammo, guns, and targets? The mostly likely response will be, "Oh, that's ridiculous. Those people are (insert derogatory term here.)"

I just don't see such products as beneficial to the image of survivalist and shooters as a group.

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Who gives a fly f@ck what someone at a range thinks.

If someone don't like, tough.
Their dislike of it pisses me off.
Get a life and worry about your own."

"Not all firearm people are true professionals or act maturely either. A mature or professional shooter should only care that the people are using good range safety and not interrupting their shooting experience. And if they are hitting the zombie in the head, that means they have skills to hit a living target in the head (or center mass) as well. If shooting is not fun and necessary in some situations, why go shooting?



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"I think it adds a fun aspect- something new. I did my first firearm course and bought my first moss590 because of an interest in zombie fiction.

I can honestly say my reasons for firearm ownership and knowledge of them has vastly increased. Had it not been for zeds would I have ever picked up the interest? Maybe, maybe not. But its a fun way to get into something new.

To answer the question though, id say mixed, as things usually are. When you start combining the words "gun" "fun" "fiction" and other stuff like that, people tend to think youre a wee bit unfit for a boom stick."