wouldn't a .22lr rifle be the best bet for zombies?

[rustyduck]

sure a shotgun or ak47 would be great but i don't keep tens of thousands of rounds for those. i saw the obama coming and i did buy tens of thousands of rounds in .22lr. the cheap bulk stuff of all brands.

zombies need head shots. all .22lr rifles i ever shot are plenty accurate for that under 50 yards and im willing to bet the .22lr will go in the scull at that range. zombies are slow and make easy targets. the trick is to have plenty ammo. those movies and games with fast zombies are lie.

but which .22lr rifle? i never had any luck with semi auto .22s and bulk ammo(is what i have and you are most likely to find laying around). i have a henry lever and its great with only a couple failure to feed every 500 rounds or so. but reloading the tube mag takes too much time.

maybe have a semiauto, lever, or pump in .22lr when moving from point a to point b, then a single shot crack barrel .22lr with a couple boxes of bulk ammo at your side when you are in a good position to slaughter.

 

[MrLefty]

With their decreased brain function, would the 22lr really do the job? I'm not so sure I'd bet my life on it.

 

[Guate_shooter]

Not to **** on the thread but I have been testing out .22Mag against .17HMR, unfurtunetly nobody manufactures blocks of .17HMR or that would be my choice we shot some fence post a couple of weeks ago (nothing else to do) the .22 Mag made a good dent in it but it did not went through, the .17 HMR drilled a clean entry hole and dented out a good bit, I think if closer it would have passed on both sides but I was worried about it recochet towards us.

My nephew likes to shoot ravens with the .17HMR and all you see is feathers blowing up, when shot with .22LR or .22Mag is a clean kill no fun

 

[DAVE_M]

Out of any zombie situation, I have a feeling that Zombieland would be the most probable. Everyone would probably get bored with the zombies and start playing around.

I say you could use the .22lr, but a golf ball launcher would be more entertaining.

 

[Baldrik78]

zombies need head shots.

You need to play more Left 4 Dead 2. Head shots help, but arent necessary.

Ellis w/frying pan FTW.

 

[rustyduck]

left 4 dead games aren't realistic with the fast zombies and all. the new dead rising game would be more to the real world, but still not 100% realistic.

 

[Hardballing]

But...when zombies attack, and assuming you yourself are not either zombie food or zombified, wouldn't you try to make it to military weapons?

Chainguns, flamethrowers, grenades, stuff like that? So why would you need a .22?

Me? Abrahams tank if I can get it. Just gonna squish em.

 

[rustyduck]

I would just settle on a flame thrower. Gas/Diesel is plentiful and cheaper than ammo and you can kill a whole lot of zombies with a single squirt

this is more of a realistic zombie thread. how many of us have a flame thrower on the gun rack??

"wouldn't you try to make it to military weapons?"

too risky.

 

[Gus McCrae]

Sure, it will work. The only problem will be those people who are using the event to act bad. You might want 5.56 at that time.

 

[Ritten]

this is more of a realistic zombie thread. how many of us have a flame thrower on the gun rack??

Use WD-40 and a lighter for CCW.

 

[Baldrik78]

left 4 dead games aren't realistic with the fast zombies and all. the new dead rising game would be more to the real world, but still not 100% realistic.

You'll have to forgive me - I did not know where were talking about "real zombies." In that case, the legal ramifications of going to the mall and popping teenagers and housewives in the head with a .22 would probably stop me worrying about it.

 

[cheese]

this is more of a realistic zombie thread

I lol'ed.

 

[cheese]

I dunno. Flamethrower's plus zombies equal flaming zombies that spread fire. Might not be the best thing?

 

[CUJOHUNTER]

There's zombies...!?

 

[SirIsaacNewton]

I think type of zombie is huge. Are we talking the slow moving zombies that gnaw on you or the 28 day later zombies that run a 4.3 40 while on fire because if we are talking about the later I want knock down power.

 

[Tulse Luper]

The best way to dispatch Zombies is by regularly taking your meds.

 

[kirkdbergeron]

You need to play more Left 4 Dead 2. Head shots help, but arent necessary.

Ellis w/frying pan FTW.

LoL you got a point!

 

[Leonidas]

Use WD-40 and a lighter for CCW.

I found that deep woods OFF has more range.


My first choice would be my Spud Gun.

 

[Leonidas]

i've made flame throwers before... they're really not hard at all to build. even in a realistic zombie situation i would rather a homemade flame thrower over a .22lr rifle.

Wow. You got plans. I want one.

 

[kirkdbergeron]

Wow. You got plans. I want one.

Yeah me too!