I would use it when I see a large group, but a rifle or handgun would be better if there is only one, chances are you could miss, and just get his attention going your way.

p.s. The seriousness we put into the idea of slingers vs. zombies makes me think of how much I love this forum, lol.

Looks like I'm not the first one to say this forum is hilarious.  

EDIT: I just saw that quote as ilovepancakes's signature 

Masiakasaurus wrote on Dec 1^st, 2011 at 3:01pm:

You would get far better leverage on cutting pole arms anyways. Hewing spear, naginata, anything with a decently long blade and a fairly long shaft. Plus, if all you have to do is significantly damage the brain, you want something that can punch through a skull. Pollaxes and hammers are suddenly a very good option.

Little, fangible Rounds would be awesome but again put a few hole's in the brain and it's lights out. I'd rather have a few thousand hollow points than a couple hundered varmint grenades.
Would he be most dead with a 12gage yeah but just completely dead would be good enough for me.  

Assuming I had adequate cover (shamagh and long pants and sleves) and less than a dozen zombies or so (or if the were in a more confined space so I could take them on in fewer numbers) I am still pretty sure I would prefer a kukri or a wakazashi. If you have ever tried to hit a moving head or neck with a long spear you know how difficult it can be, not to mention if you have 3-5 undead spines that need severed within the next few seconds. Would a spear be better for keeping them at a distance, yes, but what happens it the spear sticks in a bone or the zombie(s) starts moving up the shaft? However It is easier to train previous non-fighters to stab with a spear than hack into the zombie horde without getting flanked.

With a Kukri I could cut the arm then head, arm, neck, arm, arm, head. etc with out the risk of getting my melee weapon stuck and if I had some cover fire and then sheath the kukri and freerun back to the colony. And as we all know from childhood you aren't supposed to run with a sharp stick in your hand. And an AR is ususaly a lot easier to shoot with both hands.

The Chinese War sword Rat Man showed would be pretty awesome but me being of normal stature would probably slow down after the first few zombies.

One of the better melee options would probably be a bayonet at the end of a shtogun.

You seem to like that bottom knife RM,  I remember that in that one dinosaur thread

I like this knife,  its enough for me

Masiakasaurus wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2011 at 11:43am:


They called the Frangible rounds "varmint grenades" on the commrecial so I was just lableing accordingly. Now don't get me wrong the concept of a tactical atlatl is cool but I (althouhg I don't have a lot of expierince with atlalts) would find it to be pretty tough to hit the head/spine of a zombie running towards me. My accuracy with the sling is probably comproable to my accuracy with a atlatl so I think I would probably spend more time break up lots of bricks than making a few darts.

The only time I wouldn't have acess to "tons" of ammo would probably be on raids. In which case having light weapons like a sling and a kukri, in addition to your main light weapon (AR, AK, 1911, etc) really come into play.

Rat Man, Having done a good bit of knife training, I can say that even a couple inches on a fighting knife makes a big difference so start with the bayonet (prefferably at the end of a gun) and keep the boar knife for option D or E.

Roman tactics would have been more like support this giant shield and when the enemy comes up stab around and move forward. But this realally only works if you have hundreds-thousands of people cause if they break the line or flank (assuming you aren't in phalanx) it becomes chaos. So short sword/Large knife tactics would change to say run to a hall way and that way you have them coming at you from one direction and only a few at a time.
Then once you have enough of them stacked up so that the others can't immediatly procede you can run back to the colony.

I am seriously considering getting a kukri from the kukri house, the only question is which one! They are all so well priced and well made it's turning out to be quite a difficult decision.

However companion weapons are somthing for another thread, hopefully within the next few weeks.  

Yes this forum is pretty awesome. I think it's becasue of the small amount of members it kind of like a slinging clan and we can joke around often.