Zombies in the Army Times..

[Bravo Team Leader]

On the back Cover of the Army Times has zombies.. Who would have thought? It's the Aug Issue. the article wasn't bad.. Had some books I never heard of plus the Us.Army Zombie Guide(nope) in it. The weapons listing was interesting. Had the winner from last years Top Shot in it saying he would carry a Ruger 10-22 Rifle. He stated "I can carry a ton of ammo for it, and besides I can hit what I'm aiming at" Interesting Any one else read this?

[reaper239]

i'll have to see if i can track down the aug issue, i'm sure it's somewhere on base.

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

On the back Cover of the Army Times has zombies.. Who would have thought? It's the Aug Issue. the article wasn't bad.. Had some books I never heard of plus the Us.Army Zombie Guide(nope) in it. The weapons listing was interesting. Had the winner from last years Top Shot in it saying he would carry a Ruger 10-22 Rifle. He stated "I can carry a ton of ammo for it, and besides I can hit what I'm aiming at" Interesting Any one else read this?

Yo Bravo,

I googled the Army times and guess what? Your forum comment is sitting there as a possible link. LOL. Anyway, I found the following:

http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federa...rmy-times-way/

[Cabbage Patch]

Here's a more direct link to the story.http://militarytimes.com/offduty/hea...-guide-072611/

[Bravo Team Leader]

Thanks Bro..

[mem]

I bought a Ruger 10-22 for my birthday. Cheap ammo, lots of plinking fun and in case our shack in the briars is over run with the undead i can take a few of them out before they get me.

[Cabbage Patch]

I'm really curious about the value of the .22 LR in a Zombie Apocolypse scenario. A Ruger 10-22 with a suppressor would make a sweet setup, but would it be effective? I know that the Russians sell a .22 LR sniper rifle with a built in silencer for use in urban warefare settings, but I've never seen anything that describes the combat performance of the round. Does it really have the power to stop a zombie with a headshot? What is its effective range? Are the range and/or the terminal ballistics impacted by adding a suppressor? I'd love to see a link to some sort of study on the subject.

[jwaj2002]

I've got everything I need right here, a big ass truck... access to more of them, sharp big pointy objects, and a full metal shop to make other zombie killing devices

[usmcludwig]

@Cabbage Patch


The range of a .22 is impressive, but since the round is smaller- it would be most effective in a 200 meter range.
I think it could be ideal in a Z-Day scenario because of the round and how it works
Because it is so little, when it enters a body- it bounces around in there and tears up the insides. Put that to a headshot and you have a higher chance of a 1-shot kill, but even if it took 3 shots, the ammo is so light and abundant that it wouldn't be a huge deal
Now for a suppressor, shit, unless you were using magnum rounds, I really don't think you'd really need one horribly bad. I remember when I was a kid, like 8 years old, I had a .22 rifle. I remember I couldn't tell the difference in sound of my pellet gun and rifle. It is about the same sound for noise imo.
In close quarters, if you had something similar to a ACOG scope, you could make it work, especially with a sexy Rugger model- o hell ya.
O and lastly, yes- I would most def imagine that a suppressor would heavily affect the round at ranges. Close quarters, not so much at all.

[gaijinpunk]

saw this! JL Borne (of Day by Day Armageddon fame) was consulted / quoted! Good stuff!