ZOMBIE APOC WEAPONS
BOOK 3
Chapter One
Rifle
I have to cover the
rifle first, because that is also my melee weapon platform. This
will come as no surprise to long time readers. I love a bayonet. I
love a weapon that was designed with bayonet fighting in mind, rather
than just sticking an attachment on as an after thought. Yes, M-16,
I'm looking at you. Now, I've watched video's of previous
generations of Jarheads ( pre-Sandbox ) claim that the M-16 is not in
fact a delicate wallflower and that they went through training
buttstroking and bayoneting with a training rifle ( hence, it is
abused by class after class ) that then shoot the target at 500
yards.
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I have little reason to
doubt this gentleman. I'm sure that thirty years ago Colt made the
A2's very robust. For their price, I'm sure they were worth it. I
hate Colt, as they rushed production during Vietnam and they were
half of the equation why the M-16 killed our troops over there ( the
other half was the Army idiots changing the designer specs on ammo.
The difference is, I expect the government to kill me through
negligence, NOT a company that wants me to spend money on them ). I
do NOT hate Palmetto State Armory. But I do NOT expect their rifles
to hold up to the same abuse.
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At one time PSA would
sell you a rifle kit at low as $270, if you got in early on a holiday
promotion ( they are insanely more, now, with the nationwide shortage
of guns as LibTard's once again rush to protect themselves against
the very Diversity Crowds they were just championing. No one
remembers the unarmed during the Rodney King riots being told to come
back in two weeks? ).
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Like a non-homosexual
sailor on shore leave, Americans went through an AR Withdrawal for
ten years and were ready to burst. Heck, they didn't even really
LIKE them before the weapons ban. They were a souped up rimfire far
less robust than the $99 stand in SKS. But nothing gets gals panties
as moist as being told NO, and the same applies to guys at the gun
store. If Uncle Sugar didn't want you to have an AR, well then, they
must be worth having. Then all the returning vets who weren't career
Army or Contractors, not having drank the Kool-Aid that everything
Imperial is cool, who had a taste of getting screwed over, they now
wanted an AR to prep for Boogaloo.
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Yes, I know, Boogaloo
wasn't a thing back then. But the fear the US government was going
to screw you goes back even before the Revolution. For an
organization that pushes propaganda though compulsory education (
that should be a clue right there ) about how free we all are, they
sure have a long history of punishing us for victimless crimes. Talk
against the government, drinking alcohol, protesting slavery, hookers
and blow. NOTHING the government does says, hey, relax, I won't hurt
you, no need for that gun. Ah, Hell To The Yeah, I need a gun.
Several guns. Lots of guns. More guns than even I acknowledge a
sane person would stockpile ( you think you have remained sane in
Madhouse America? ).
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Since Industrial Age
America has wage slaved us, it is fitting to use the produced tools
of that Industry to help retain the tiniest bit of remaining freedom.
Industrialization gave us Quantity, if not always quality ( you DO
realize that industrialization is now dead, do you not? ), and you
need quantity food, guns and ammunition. Only then do you even have
half a chance of thwarting the forces of Team Evil in the coming
armed clash, centralized forces attempting to crush the decentralized
ones. Only someone who was in the tender embrace of the government (
military, orphans, prisoners ) knows even a fraction of the evil
those twats are capable of. That is why vets make the best
guerrillas. Not because of training, but foreknowledge.
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As every swinging
dingus with a desire to earn a living in the arms industry noticed
the demand and started assembling AR's ( because the design lent
itself to decentralized production, unlike state factory AK's-or,
really, most other gun designs, so kudos to you Mr. Stoner and
friends ), prices started dropping from the ass humping 90's
versions. Low prices goosed sales, and before we were aware of what
the heck just happened to us, the AR became THE de facto militia
weapon of choice in this country. It could be claimed the AR ( with
the M-16 added to the count ) in civilian hands in ONE country is at
least in count half of ALL the AK's in the world.
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That may be slightly
hyperbolic, but only slightly. Hundreds of thousands a month, JUST
from those companies agreeing to share stats, plus all the Tim Taylor
lower 80% receiver makers, plus all the units sold prior to the
record keeping, and I think it is fair to say there is a good one AR
or M16 for every ten citizens in this country. Last year, with the
Commie governors going Full Retard Red Flag ( what in the actual hump
is wrong with those idiots? Now they tinpot dictator over Beer Virus
), there were more AR's sold than the entire number of M-16's in the
Marine Corps. In ONE month.
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And I don't even really
much care for the AR. But you have to acknowledge what an impressive
feat took place this century. Most American's aren't very fond of
each other, but they can all agree that the militia weapon to have is
the AR. You will have to wade through the high tide of spare parts,
post-apocalypse. You can't even say that about the AK, the second
most popular choice ( far too many different standards, little
interchangeability ). But do NOT for one second think my zombie apoc
weapon is an AR. It isn't. Because all those civilian AR's? To
stay price competitive, I would bet a jelly filled donut they are no
where near as robust as the old military rifles.
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Not as far as field
use. I'm sure they are fine. But as far as buttstroking and
bayoneting? No friggin way I'd trust an AR. You, yourself, might be
stuck with an AR for the zombies. Me? I want a gun that can be used
as a melee weapon. You go right ahead and practice dropping your
carbine on its two point sling and fast drawing your 9mm. Me? Naw.
I want to use what is already in my hand, for when the ammo runs out.
I'll use an old school WWII surplus bolt gun. Continued next time.
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Jim, you're such a tease, keeping us minions in suspense, lol
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't like dingus teasers in TV and movies, to suck you in further. I really don't want to burn out new arrivals with too much semi-auto hate and similar, all at one time. Slowly boiling the frog :)
DeleteRight, following. I have always been of the mindset that as a (MWP) Minionite Wolverine Partisan, operating in an austere low or no support resouce environment the go to longarm would be the most robust and simplistic design first, then followed by an opfor -opposing state forces weapons for battlefield scavenging attributes. That ar15 thingy was down the list. As things did evolve as you articulated, I had adopted out of a future group, herd, tribe, necessity needs a few of those wayward ar-15 rifles and integrated them into operations.
ReplyDeleteLike tool purposes, there is narrow fields of utility that those arms work well for. (Mission specific) However, with general conditions of a hermitage, compound, heavy terrain, barriers, etc there are other kit items that are more appropriate and the first to be grabbed off of the racks when an MWP deploys out of his B-pod hovel.
Flash the right hand signs and act cool amongst those other Wolverine Deplorable kids, while having the right type of ar-15 / Muh Guns! to help fit in. Then it is just Staying Frosty from there lads.
Ha! Good point. Even during Boogaloo, there are social standards that must be upheld for tribe unity ( or its short term useful derivative ).
DeleteFrom the Worst Tattoo department:
ReplyDeleteEugene Oregon.
April 18th, 2020 6pm.
One of the elite -- in this case, an angry militant feminist millennial female -- stomped through a grocery.
Her bicep tattoo:
"MAINTAIN 6' DISTANCE" with red arrows pointing fore-and-aft.
Garsh.
I intended to maintain a six-foot distance.
Can you imagine her buried six-feet deep, us walking across her grave?
I'm getting all quivery at the thought.
Do we still have to wait for recess to play?
This game has so many rules...
It's still their game, so the rules get to change. Patience, Grasshopper. As for the tattoo, now I'M thinking about getting one. Appropriate whenever, wherever there are people.
DeleteOne advantage the AR was, and it is a niche one. After injuring my shooting shoulder, the lower recoil becomes attractive.
ReplyDeleteI still have my Enfield and love it, but after putting a few rounds through it, I become stiff as a board, so it becomes my hunting rifle, while any high volume shooting goes to the AR.
I'm in the same situation. Not an injury, just a slight build that feels the recoil, bigly. I started out planning for carbine ammo reloads ( as well as shooting pads ), then had the disastrous 80% build failure that made lemonade out of lemons. Low recoil, ( used to be ) cheap ammo, spare parts availability. Familiarity with vets, even. Lots of great reasons, only ruined by lack of ruggedness.
DeleteLord Bison, even in the Civil War, the casualties in the Army of the Potomac included only 1% from bayonet wounds. Bayonets by that time were mostly for intimidation, and not so much for sticking people. Of course, they were actually great for intimidation. Back up 80 years, or less, and bayonets were extremely important.
ReplyDeleteI expect that even in the Pacific, few Japanese were killed with the use of American bayonets. As in the famous scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," a bullet works quite well against a man with a blade. Sam Colt may have "made men equal" but he certainly made a man with a Colt superior to a man with a blade in almost every case.
Only on the worst day of your life would you likely need a bayonet to defend your life, and that is why they are essentially afterthoughts on both ARs and AKs.
Okay, to be fair, we are talking about the ZOMBIE apocalypse. But I understand what you are saying, because bayonets are also my REGULAR apocalypse choice. By the rationale you cite, and which everyone else agrees with, we also don't need pistols. Too few are killed with them ( this was the study at the beginning of WWII which ushered in the M1 Carbine, to replace the 45 for almost all support troops ). But most tactical Tommy's want to carry a pistol, Just In Case. That is what a bayonet is, as is the fixed blade knife ( they used to be one and the same ) you carry. Last ditch weapons as back-ups. At least one bayonet fight in modern Iraq served just that purpose, and that was with a silly ass bullpup. I believe in true light weight infantry, and a bayonet rather than pistol is part of that. As is bolt action over semi. I understand the bayonet was technically obsolete with the end of cavalry. But it can return to usefulness at the Apocalypse, given the death of ammunition factories. You kind of anticipated an article or two in advance, so expect a repeat of this elsewhere.
DeleteBayonets?....Meh!. Duct tape and ginsu knife. Pokey stick
DeleteSigned, Ron Popeil (it slices, it dices...)
It never gets dull!
DeleteCheck bud k, smokey mtn. Knife, etc type of knife catalogs for deals on middlin quality knives or bulk quantity deals that get clearance blown out for more sales. This depression will spur desperation sales to clear warehouses. Buy stupid amounts of blades and implements like a redoubter's compulsive high cap magazine buying addiction disorder. Dynamics in the future may make blade work with frenemies equally as often occuring as firearms actions. Stay sharp edged, and frosty.
DeleteYou know, all this gnashing of teeth over the end of China trade, no auto parts, no bike parts, no machine parts, and I totally spaced, no more knives. This could be problematic.
DeleteYeah, now is the time for a walk around and mental exercise of inventory gaps or priority changes. Check over workshop and hermitage goods and hardware needs, not just flir guns and toiletpaper.
DeleteSo far, I've been pretty good about not second guessing myself. No sweating over the Amazon web page stressing about what I should get. If the globalist Chinese factory model is done, no need to beg an extension with even more extra warehousing. Been doing it for years, time to stop. Breath. Relax. Just concentrate on food.
DeleteI assume you mean "bullpup" and autocorrect dry humped you?
DeleteAutocorrect
DeleteAnother great advancement 😊
A great reason to not have a phone/tablet.
DeleteFor myself, it would have to be the lever action carbine. The world's first assault rifle. Easy to top off the magazine after each round expended. Even in 30/30 it is far more powerful than the standard 5.56 poodle shooter. I prefer the Marlin because of the side ejection, over the Winchester.
ReplyDeleteAlso tough enough to use as a club.
Not semi-biscuit.
DeleteClub-biscuit.
Perhaps pistol ammo-biscuit.
Indeed got one to match the .45 Colt revolver. Hell of a thumper with Max loaded pistol rounds (only with Ruger pistols never S&W, Taurus etc.)
DeleteWheel guns and lever actions-for when we want top accessorize as well :)
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ReplyDeleteGlad you didn't Go Dark. Good practice though, for all of us.
DeleteThe MWP cannot be deemed wrong or not of a proper gear standard by any one else in Apocalypse conditions. Just being still alive and able to roll out of your B-pod with any armaments and martial kit is Minion badge wearing worthy enough. When in actuality as things progress deeper along most yuppie gear queers will be toasted, remainder of the chumps will be scurrying around scatter assed at the kit and gear level with dorky behaviors as depicted in that movie "a boy and his dog". Don't be that guy, and stay frosty.
ReplyDeleteAwesome movie. They don't make 'em good anymore, those PA types. Now it is just gay zombies.
DeleteColt originally designed a hard-chromed bolt group for the AR. The bean counters didn't want to pay the extra, so they kept the same design but with a black phosphate finish. The hard-chromed bolts, and nickel boron, etc., are much more forgiving of fouling.
ReplyDeleteRomans 14:11
There are more people selling AR parts than liver pills to old humpers. I imagine this item is readily available? I never looked. I don't have to worry about it anyway.
DeleteYup, that's what AR's have going for them. I much prefer the Ruger Mini rifle, but I can get an AR magazine for $5 and can't even find one locally for the Ruger.
ReplyDeleteEven to this day, Ruger has free advertising from syndicated TV. All they had to do was push the narrative that the Mini was a descendant of the M-1 Garand and M-1 Carbine. They could have been a contender ( granted, there were other issues like factory only fixes, but still...), especially all those decades the AR was so damn expensive. And they threw away chance after change. So don't hate the AR, hate Ruger.
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