Guns of the apocalypse

[Kernel Crittenden]

A few seasons back Carl, the little kid on Walking Dead, was using a Marlin M1894 in several episodes. He was shootin' up a storm, all the while the gun was missing it's rear sight. I don't know if that was done on purpose, or if the shows "Gun Wrangler" just missed it. Apparently, he ditched that Marlin (maybe due to the missing sight), because I haven't seen it since.

 

[rkwood]

Most of the AR's in The Walking Dead are missing their rear sights also. My guess is that is done so the actors' facial expressions can be more easily seen by the viewers. It looks pretty stupid though, once you realize that the sights are missing...

 

[islamoradamark]

the top guns will be the ones that have the Ammo for them

 

[turbo6]

Watch The Road. In my view, that is what the apocalypse would be like.

A Model 10 with two rounds left. A few bolt action hunting rifles in the hands of the roving marauders. A pump shotgun with reloaded shells in a bandoleer.

No fancy guns in that movie.

Sad movie, and visceral enough to seem like a plausible scenario.

Basic, dependable weapons will rein supreme maybe with some high end stuff in the hands of bandits.

Most people aren't preparing for this sort of thing. So something like your basic 5 shot revolver passed down from family, thats been collecting dust for years would be a common weapon.

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[Arik]

It's just a TV show meant to entertain those who enjoy guns and the drama they put into the show. If the guns are too modern then watch a western. Lol

The fallacy of your observation is that you assume something coherent will come out of Hollywood or the media in general as it pertains to firearms. It goes back to when Winchester 1892 carbines and 1873 SAA's were regularly used in movies and shows depicting the Civil War era time frame.

I've gotten to the point that I like to sit up and take note of when Hollywood actually gets something right with regards to firearms every once in a while.

What Jim said. They are just shows for entertainment. I personally have no interest in western guns or movies. Despite the fact that I like guns I wouldn't know the difference between a Colt SAA and whatever. Nor would I know when they were used. It's entertainment.

 

[speedyquad]

i look at it this way, there will be A LOT of people that have no idea of what firearm is what. when the walkers start walking and the non shooters start shooting, they will seek out scary military style weapons because the military guys(hollywood military anyway) can shoot fast, far, and never miss with them. who wouldn't want that? especially when there is a slow shooting bolt action sitting next to it. me, i take both. hopefully the bolt has a nice scope. i can drop food at a distance and drop the walker from far away too. then when things get close and i need to pray and spray, well that scary military style rifle should be ready to go.

 

[Stainz]

I thought a wide range of ammo would make a handgun desirable - like something chambered for .327 Magnum - like my 632 Pro. It could also shoot .32 H&RM, .32 S&WL, .32 S&W, & .32 ACP. Of course, try to find any of those calibers - now, even. The rimfires are out - they are still non-existent locally. I thought that maybe my Governor would be good - .45 ACP, Schofield, and Colt - and 2.5" .410's. I decided to peruse my local WallyWorld for 'in-stock' ammo to help me decide. It was just like several years ago... .40 S&W is readily available. So, find a 646 and some moonclips - or, gasp, an evil-bottom-feeding & rude-case-tossing semi-auto - an M&P .40!

I need a good slingshot. TWD last night slurped.

Stainz

 

[GatorFarmer]

See Track of The Wolf or a custom maker for a 20 gauge flintlock trade gun. It will fire solid or shot. You can cast bullets, make powder, and knap flint.

Though Greeners old Paradox bore could make a comeback.

I wonder if replicas of the Hall carbine can be had...

Optics are going to increase hit probability and speed. Stick an Eotech on a Krag and I'm might surprise you.

Having a solar charger and AA cells would be handy.

Things would have to be pretty far gone for guns to go away.

 

[the ringo kid]

Walking dead cranks up new episodes starting tonight!

And we lost another character I liked. I liked the black dude but cant think of his name? I thought his character was a good one one who could always bring the rest back from murderous rages.

 

[just jim]

I am thinking the show does a focus group as they do the show. They pick out who is next to leave by their popularity. Tyrese wasn't that popular due to some bad decisions and perceived weakness. Plus he was the moral compass which hollywood always kills off.

The guns are the cool factor the young identified with their computer games. The show plays to the audience and knows who is watching. Best part is they have really good writers, best on TV today in my opinion. They drag the empathy out of the viewers with emotional tools that really creates a big following. Most of Hollywood is well past it's prime so it's great the show proves it can still be done.

 

[Faulkner]

And we're off again into the assumption that the apocalypse will happen. Maybe one day, minus zombies; but not, I think, in my dwindling lifetime.

I don't know . . . I often think our economy is so fragile that society in general is on very thin ice. When the wrong economic block is removed or the appropriate trigger event occurs we could be 30 days away from the beginning of very bad times.

 

[Arik]

And we lost another character I liked. I liked the black dude but cant think of his name? I thought his character was a good one one who could always bring the rest back from murderous rages.

Tyrese (sp?). I liked him but I think they kinda painted his character into a corner. Big, capable guy but if he couldn't kill that man who threatened the baby. ....I dunno. I did like him, he was the only one left with some humanity. Even Rick and Glenn both said they just wanted to kill that cop lady for the sake of it. Almost like don't ask just kill, this way there are no maybe later

 

[Arik]

I am thinking the show does a focus group as they do the show. They pick out who is next to leave by their popularity. Tyrese wasn't that popular due to some bad decisions and perceived weakness. Plus he was the moral compass which hollywood always kills off.

The guns are the cool factor the young identified with their computer games. The show plays to the audience and knows who is watching. Best part is they have really good writers, best on TV today in my opinion. They drag the empathy out of the viewers with emotional tools that really creates a big following. Most of Hollywood is well past it's prime so it's great the show proves it can still be done.

It is a zombie world and people will die. Can't keep the group together forever. In the book there is one popular character who gets killed and they are heading towards DC. I'm curious if they will follow the book. BTW in the book Rick looses and arm when he fought the Governor. That obviously didn't happen

 

[just jim]

It is a zombie world and people will die. Can't keep the group together forever. In the book there is one popular character who gets killed and they are heading towards DC. I'm curious if they will follow the book. BTW in the book Rick looses and arm when he fought the Governor. That obviously didn't happen

They for cast what is going to happen, if you watched close you could see who is the next to die

 

[Dezfan]

The real question may be:

What will be the AMMO of the apocalypse ?

My grandfather and my Dad both owned and shot 38 revolvers.

After the passing of my Grandfather & Father, my brothers and I split everything up.

Between them both, I think there may have been 200 rounds of 38 Special in the bottom of the gun case. 2 boxes of 7mm mag, 3 50 round boxes of 22LR, and some assorted 12 gauge.

When they went shooting, they stopped by the LGS, picked up what they needed for the day, weekend, week and off they went.

The only round I can ever remember my Dad buying in "bulk" was 12 gauge dove shot at the beginning of dove season as we all shot 12 gauges.

Now, I and many others purchase our preferred ammo a 1000+ rounds at a time.

I have more 9mm ammo stashed away than my Grandfather and Dad ever owned or fired combined.

This is just the difference in today and the past.

In the past they never worried about ideological zealots in the government making their preferred firearms or ammo of choice illegal, so there was no urgency to stockpile.

If you look at gun sales and ammo purchases over the last 20 years, I think 9mm, 40 S&W, 223/5.56, 7.62x39, etc... are going to be very common if an apocoliptic situation were to arise.

 

[mc5aw]

The AR platform is like a set of Legos these days. If you can stumble upon parts and ammo just about anywhere you go that's going to be hard to ignore.

As it was pre-December 2012. All it took to make everything AR specific instantly vanish was a psychotic shooter followed by the threat of a government firearms ban. A true threat of impending societal collapse would make the panic of 2013 look like a middle school bake sale.

 

[LostintheOzone]

those high end mall ninja guns will be in safes.
The real guns of the apocalypse will be the tried and true workhorses we all know and love.

Carbines. 30-30, 357, 44 mag, M1's, AR's, AK's. You know which ones.

 

[Alpo]

My grandfather and my Dad both owned and shot 38 revolvers.

After the passing of my Grandfather & Father, my brothers and I split everything up.

Between them both, I think there may have been 200 rounds of 38 Special in the bottom of the gun case. 2 boxes of 7mm mag, 3 50 round boxes of 22LR, and some assorted 12 gauge.

When they went shooting, they stopped by the LGS, picked up what they needed for the day, weekend, week and off they went.

The only round I can ever remember my Dad buying in "bulk" was 12 gauge dove shot at the beginning of dove season as we all shot 12 gauges.

Now, I and many others purchase our preferred ammo a 1000+ rounds at a time.

I have more 9mm ammo stashed away than my Grandfather and Dad ever owned or fired combined.

This is just the difference in today and the past.

In the past they never worried about ideological zealots in the government making their preferred firearms or ammo of choice illegal, so there was no urgency to stockpile.

If you look at gun sales and ammo purchases over the last 20 years, I think 9mm, 40 S&W, 223/5.56, 7.62x39, etc... are going to be very common if an apocoliptic situation were to arise.

I think the reason why your Grandfather and Father never stocked ammo was because they never had a shortage.

WW2, and (according to Skeeter Skelton) the only civilian ammo being made was 22 rimfire, 12 gauge shotshells and 30/30s. But 90% of the people that were adults, in WW2, were in the service, where there was no ammo shortage.

People, now, have been through shortages, so stockpiling is more intelligent.

 

[Straightshooter2]

...Also earlier this year they used Dale's Model 70 Winchester that's been around since the first season.

CW

Correction on my part. Merle had the Model 70 shooting from the rooftop in Season 1. Dale had a laminated stock Remington 700.

CW

 

[Rick_A]

Guns? What guns?

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