Preparing for the Zombie Apocolypse

We have an old root cellar, not what i would say Stocked, but we could make do. Living in Iowa we always have the threat of tornadoes and blizzards/ ice storms ( and presidential candidates)

Only place where we are slacking is in the gun/ammo part... we have a BB gun.

so... for a "gun virgin", what would you zombie pros suggest!?

We have an old root cellar, not what i would say Stocked, but we could make do. Living in Iowa we always have the threat of tornadoes and blizzards/ ice storms ( and presidential candidates)

Only place where we are slacking is in the gun/ammo part... we have a BB gun.

so... for a "gun virgin", what would you zombie pros suggest!?

Remington 870 MCS 12 gauge

I know The Walking Dead makes a crossbow look like a great weapon for Zombie survival, but in reality it's far from it.

1. You have limited ammo, and after every shot, you have to recover your bolt (arrow), assuming it didn't shatter or get bent from the shot.
2. Takes 2 arms and a leg to reload.
3. Reloading is time consuming, and awkward.
4. Fairly useless in close quarters
5. Lethal head shots are hard to achieve without sufficient practice.
6. Anything mechanical can, and will, fail you when you need it most. A simply cut of the string, and it's nothing more than a paperweight.
7. Moving targets are incredibly hard to take down in one shot.
8. You're screwed if you have 2 or more zombies coming at your quickly.
9. Cumbersome for traveling with, would get hung up on everything you're trying to sneak through.
10. You always need a clear shot for accuracy. Even a tree twig will deflect your shot.

My main weapon would be a machete-type tool, with a hi-capacity 12 gauge pump as my emergency back-up, and then rely on stealth to avoid having to use either of them.

I know The Walking Dead makes a crossbow look like a great weapon for Zombie survival, but in reality it's far from it.

1. You have limited ammo, and after every shot, you have to recover your bolt (arrow), assuming it didn't shatter or get bent from the shot.
2. Takes 2 arms and a leg to reload.
3. Reloading is time consuming, and awkward.
4. Fairly useless in close quarters
5. Lethal head shots are hard to achieve without sufficient practice.
6. Anything mechanical can, and will, fail you when you need it most. A simply cut of the string, and it's nothing more than a paperweight.
7. Moving targets are incredibly hard to take down in one shot.
8. You're screwed if you have 2 or more zombies coming at your quickly.
9. Cumbersome for traveling with, would get hung up on everything you're trying to sneak through.
10. You always need a clear shot for accuracy. Even a tree twig will deflect your shot.

My main weapon would be a machete-type tool, with a hi-capacity 12 gauge pump as my emergency back-up, and then rely on stealth to avoid having to use either of them.

I agree. A X-bow would only be good if the zombie is standing in front of a tree and a friend was filming you. Then you could nail his head to a tree and put it on Youtube. Otherwise I'd like a katana or if the zombie flow was slow, a baseball bat for the dramatic splatter effect. Maybe a chainsaw on a stick. No, a pole with a chainsaw on each end like that double ended light saber that the sith apprentice had except instead of light saber blades, it's chainsaws. Yea

To hell with stealth. I want the zombies to see me. I want to become like a black hole of zombie death, swarms of zombies orbiting closer and closer until, splat, slice, rip, hack, slash, poof.

No problem with the zombies....cut their arms off and put collars and chains on them!

We have an old root cellar, not what i would say Stocked, but we could make do. Living in Iowa we always have the threat of tornadoes and blizzards/ ice storms ( and presidential candidates)

Only place where we are slacking is in the gun/ammo part... we have a BB gun.

so... for a "gun virgin", what would you zombie pros suggest!?

Remington 870 MCS 12 gauge