zombie apocalypse?

[kimporter]

went to a gunshow in lexington,ky yesterday and saw a TON of that ****,and a few nice smiths i could'nt afford,anyway whats the deal with that? i want to see guns not zombies or scented candles(yup had them there too!)i'd even like to see the boy scouts back selling buffalo jerky rather than that ****

 

[Smith357]

A few years ago Vampires were all the rage, before that it was Aliens, in the 50s and 60s it was radioactive monsters like Godzilla. It's just a sign of what is popular in the culture. Zombies are hot right now with a hit TV show, books and movies, and zombies are killed with guns. You can't really fault the firearms industry for trying to capitalize on the trend, and from a pure marketing standpoint it makes sense to exploit the zombie craze to increase the bottom line. When the big thing were vampires the industry really could not capitalize on the wooden stake and cross market.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Zombie newbie here.
Which guns are best suited against zombies?

 

[StatesRightist]

The whole Zombie thing is ridiculous. Now they are having Zombie shoots(targets) and selling Zombie Ammo. It makes gun owners look like the juvenile, irresponsible, low IQ'd twits the anti-gunners are always trying to paint us as. The "craze"needs to go away IMO.

 

[sigp220.45]

Zombie newbie here.
Which guns are best suited against zombies?

Only head shots count, they attack in hordes, and are attracted by noise. My zombie gun is the one in the middle, at least until I retire and have to give it back. Then I'll have the fun of picking something else.

I enjoy all the zombie stuff. I can't wait for the next season of The Walking Dead, and am looking forward to World War Z (though the alleged PG-13 rating makes me wonder).

I'm glad the gun and ammo companies are cashing in, and I couldn't possibly care less how it makes gun owners look. Whoever doesn't like us isn't going change their opinion based on the availability of zombie ammo, and if it brings in younger shooters I'm all for it.

I'm 53, by the way, and have been a zombie fan since "They're coming to get you, Barbara .........."

 

[GKC]

The whole Zombie thing makes no sense to me, either. For one thing, they are supposedly "undead" or the "walking dead" right? Then why can you "kill" them? As for head shots only, I've seen them in the movies being "killed" with a body shot. I don't really watch these movies, other than a few minutes when I am clicking around the channels late at night, trying to find something suitable to numb my brain. They are TOO numbing! The only zombie movie I've watched all the way through was one with Woody Harrelson in it...I can't remember the name right now, but it was a comedy, which is what this nonsense is, IMO.

Which is exactly why I don't think the ammo makers should make "zombie" ammo...it's not a toy, and I too think it sends the wrong message.

 

[Stevie]

Only head shots count, they attack in hordes, and are attracted by noise. My zombie gun is the one in the middle, at least until I retire and have to give it back. Then I'll have the fun of picking something else.

I enjoy all the zombie stuff. I can't wait for the next season of The Walking Dead, and am looking forward to World War Z (though the alleged PG-13 rating makes me wonder).

I'm glad the gun and ammo companies are cashing in, and I couldn't possibly care less how it makes gun owners look. Whoever doesn't like us isn't going change their opinion based on the availability of zombie ammo, and if it brings in younger shooters I'm all for it.

I'm 53, by the way, and have been a zombie fan since "They're coming to get you, Barbara .........."

What grips are on that Sig?

Oh! Zombies..screw the zombies...it's the walking un-dead that concern me...although headshots still would work.

 

[Ethang]

The whole Zombie thing makes no sense to me, either. For one thing, they are supposedly "undead" or the "walking dead" right? Then why can you "kill" them? ....

Its not the Zombies that are the "walking dead" ....

 

[Gunhacker]

I got a big chuckle a few weeks ago, I found myself in the market for some .50 cal sized plastic ammo cans/storage boxes, the milsurp metal ones are just too costly with shipping, and the plastic ones will fit my need.

MTM makes a decent plastic one, saw them on Brownells, a "regular" version for $17.99 and a "zombie" version for $9.95 with a "are you ready" graphics on one side of it. I thought what the hey, I need ammo cans worse than my dislike of the graphics, so I ordered 10.

Mr. UPS truck arrives a few days later, open box and discover the zombie graphics is just an adhesive backed label add on... peels right off plastic in an instant.

With the exception of the stick on label, a bright green handle and latches, it is basically the same freaking box as the "regular" one being sold for $8.00 more ... love them zombies in this instance , but I can do without them... got too many at work in the form of upper management.

 

[GatorFarmer]

The whole Zombie thing is ridiculous. Now they are having Zombie shoots(targets) and selling Zombie Ammo. It makes gun owners look like the juvenile, irresponsible, low IQ'd twits the anti-gunners are always trying to paint us as. The "craze"needs to go away IMO.

Laugh. As opposed to dressing up like cowboys and outlaws? Or dressing up to relive the Civil War etc? The number of zombie guns and accessories are still fewer than cowboy / retro 19th century pieces.

What we need are some zombie cowboy guns.... I kill my zombies with a Krag.

 

[GKC]

As opposed to dressing up like cowboys and outlaws? Or dressing up to relive the Civil War etc? The number of zombie guns and accessories are still fewer than cowboy / retro 19th century pieces.

The difference I see is that the re-enactments are based on a real period in our country's history. Zombies? Not so much (other than some of our elected officials, of course.)

 

[RightArm]

There's more than on kind of zombie. Movies tell us it can even be an escaped biological weapon. The idea between books, movie, and gun/ ammo manufacturers is that it can happen any where any time. In the meantime, it's all in fun. You can completely load up on ammo and tell the wife it's just in case. Afterall, we have the Mayan thing on its way. That's got to be worse than that Y2K thing. Enjoy.

 

[McBear]

The whole Zombie thing is ridiculous. Now they are having Zombie shoots(targets) and selling Zombie Ammo. It makes gun owners look like the juvenile, irresponsible, low IQ'd twits the anti-gunners are always trying to paint us as. The "craze"needs to go away IMO.

This cannot be repeated enough.

But it is not the anti-gun folks that should be the concern. It is that very large middle group, neither pro-gun nor anti-gun that see this and form or change an opinion.

 

[AZ_Shooter]

Zombies are popular right now because they are an analogue to what we fear ourselves becoming. They represent loss of humanity, not to mention the complete breakdown of civilization as we know it. Opened up a box of "Zombie" 5.56 ammo the other day and you know what? It looks like it does the exact same thing as any other equivalent cartridge sold by any other company. The zombie craze will pass.

 

[canoeguy]

I'm looking forward to the day, a few years from now, when at a gun show I se a young, 20 something man trying to sell his used "Zombie Killer" labled AR-15, with Biohazard lazer etched inlays. I think he will have wished he bought the AR in the plain black wrapper instead...

 

[A10]

Zombies are popular right now because they are an analogue to what we fear ourselves becoming. They represent loss of humanity, not to mention the complete breakdown of civilization as we know it.

Deep....very deep.

I find the whole zombie thing a little irritating, but I don't hold it against anyone. The glow in the dark grips may have some use. I kinda like the Walking Dead, but don't go out of my way to watch it.

One thing that really got to me a while back was when a video game programmer made a game up using folks from the opposite political persuasion of his as the zombies. When you dehumanize folks due to their beliefs you are walking a dangerous road.

 

[sigp220.45]

But it is not the anti-gun folks that should be the concern. It is that very large middle group, neither pro-gun nor anti-gun that see this and form or change an opinion.

These are exactly the people that have created the zombie craze in the first place.

It's not just gun owners who watch zombie movies and tv shows, read zombie books, and buy zombie merchandise (there is a lot more than ammo and targets). If a lot of just plain folks didn't buy in, you wouldn't have a craze.

I try not to live in fear of what others think. I like the genre, but luckily we live in a free country where participation in zombie stuff isn't mandatory.

I think a greater threat to our gun rights is all of us older guys (myself included) become crotchety old "get off my lawn, you damn kids" types. Sometimes we treat FUN like its something to be avoided at all costs.

Stevie - those grips are Hogues of some kind. My kids gave them to me for Father's Day about ten years ago, so I'm not really sure.

 

[AZ_Shooter]

One thing that really got to me a while back was when a video game programmer made a game up using folks from the opposite political persuasion of his as the zombies. When you dehumanize folks due to their beliefs you are walking a dangerous road.

True Enough. Not a new idea, just a change in delivery.

 

[REVL33]

i killed this zombie at 15 yrds with 686 zombie gun

 

[arch stanton]

At the gun show in OKC yesterday I actually saw zombie garden gnomes. I was a little disappointed that the show had more tables of filler like that instead of guns but what else is new. I did manage to find a pretty slick 2 inch Model 30-1 at one of the the tables that was actually selling guns.

 

[GatorFarmer]

The difference I see is that the re-enactments are based on a real period in our country's history. Zombies? Not so much (other than some of our elected officials, of course.)

Cowboy Action Shooting is not a historical exercise. If anything is being played out... it is celluloid westerns. There is even a sideline of it devoted only to the guns of The Wild Bunch. This has spawned retro 1911s.

Unlike a zombie shoot a CAS affair even has a dress code. You HAVE to wear your old west costume.

Then of course there are buckskin clad mountain man shoots... guys who live like Confederate soldiers and even an armored Waffen SS group that speaks only German in the field. They are located in the midwest.

A fair amount of shooting sport is centered on dress up and make believe. Even shooting pretend birds made out of clay.

Besides... there really are what effectively amounts to actual zombies.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Anyone who thinks there are no real Zombies only has to drive the New Jersey roads for a few hours in order to be quickly disabused of that erroneous conclusion.

 

[jkc]

When the big thing were vampires the industry really could not capitalize on the wooden stake and cross market.

I'm afraid you're right about that --- thinking I'd make, well, a killing, if I cornered the market in the vampire-vanquishing utensil market, I now find myself with an extensive unsold inventory of crosses, stakes, and silver bullets in various calibers and weights, as well as myriad mirrors. It's now all offered at fire-sale prices, until it's gone, or until vampires are, uh, resurrected, as the ghouls de jour...

 

[GKC]

Cowboy Action Shooting is not a historical exercise.

Activities like Cowboy shooting are based on, albeit loosely, an actual period of time in our history, and to some extent, the dress, manners, and weaponry of the real people who lived in that day. I didn't say it was a 100% faithful recreation. What else is the point, though, if not to pay an homage to the era?

 

[Sebago Son]

"They're coming to get you, Barbara .........."

Ooooooo... MP5/40. Daddy wants! Tradeja all the barbies in the world for that!

 

[GatorFarmer]

Activities like Cowboy shooting are based on, albeit loosely, an actual period of time in our history, and to some extent, the dress, manners, and weaponry of the real people who lived in that day. I didn't say it was a 100% faithful recreation. What else is the point, though, if not to pay an homage to the era?

Escapist fantasy would seem to be the point - inspired my movies and tv shows. Same as a zombie shoot.

I had forgotten about Red Dead Revolver Undead Nightmare... The genres already mixed. Apparently some CAS shoots do involve zombies already as well.

 

[buffalobill43]

whatever make the money these days

 

[a_keith13]

I have seen my fair share of morons looking at guns, trying to buy guns, shooting guns irresponsibly and proving to everyone around them that they are from the shallow end of the gene pool. And guess what, not one of them had anything to do with the "zombie fad".

I love The Walking Dead, it's a great show. I like the zombie max bullets, I think they are neat and if I can pick them up cheap enough I will buy them (especially if they are cheaper then the critical deffense box sitting next to them... its the same bullet). If these zombie shoots can bring in more people for competiton and more funds to local gun clubs, I am all for it. I also believe I am a very responsible gun owner and an extremely safe gun enthusiast.

The idiots that give gun ownership a bad wrap are not coming out of the wood work becasue of the zombie craze. its our responsibility to teach our children and friends to be a responsible owner and safe shooter of their zombie gun, if they choose to buy one.

 

[sigp220.45]

Ooooooo... MP5/40. Daddy wants! Tradeja all the barbies in the world for that!

Even better - its an MP5/10mm. It'll make headshots all day at 50 yards, farther if I do my part. I was instructing at a patrol rifle class once and had it along. For s&g I tried it on the 300 yard steel targets - once I figured out the massive holdover I could keep up with the M4 boys pretty well.

 

[Sebago Son]

Oh Man... it's a 10? Geeeeez. Now I'm all hepped up! Thought that they had all been recalled. Wanna trade for my first born? I'll still throw in all of the barbies!