Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 21:14:02 -0400
From: "Mike B." <yahoo at omniphile.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>,
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Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] Breaking News From The CDC
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On 5/19/2011 6:52 PM, Madeleine Yeh wrote:
>     Yes but that stuff is heavy!  The CDC's zombie and
> other disaster kit is suppose to keep you alive while you
> run away.

To where?

> The guns and the sprayer would require a vehicle.

The sprayer yes...that's why I said it should be mounted on an ATV (All
Terrain Vehicle...i.e. a "four wheeler".  That's how my dad's is
mounted.  He uses it to spray the pastures to kill off the weeds that
the horses shouldn't be eating (horses confined to other pastures while
that's being done of course).

The guns?  Should be man-portable without too much trouble.  The .45 ACP
is a pistol that can be holstered (about 2.5 lbs, and it's M1911...don't
know where I got M1918).  The M1 Garand has a sling.  Some shotguns do
as well.  As far as weight goes, the M1 is about 10-12 pounds, but it
also doubles as a club, and with the bayonet, a stabbing spear.
Shotguns vary a lot.  Some are in the same range as the M1, others are
less.  For instance, a Mossberg 590A1 is in the 7-8 lb range.

> I do like the sprayer.  I also like the shotgun,
> but I don't want to be close enough to a zombie to use a
> machete or ax.

I don't either, but it's not always your choice, right?  The rifle and
shotgun and pistol are to try to keep that from happening, but if those
fail, you want some backup.

   I'm not sure if a long range rifle would
> help against a zombie but if you already have a machete
> and a shotgun and a gasoline sprayer wouldn't this be too
> heavy to carry.

Depends on the zombie I guess, but if a 30-06 is too light, there are
heavier caliber rifles that should take down a zombie (assuming that
having their head explode over a good sized area will take one down).

For example, a Barret M107A1.  It's .50 BMG, semi-autmatic, 10 round
magazine, and will kill a car at 600 yards (people, or zombies, much
farther.  Max range is ~7000 yards, but a human-sized target at over a
mile would be a *very* skillful shot...though it has been done). The
zombies can be hiding behind a couple of inches of steel, or a half
dozen cinder blocks, and still be hit.  Can use a suppressor, so they
may not be able to tell where the rounds are coming from if you start at
a good distance away. It is on the heavy side though, at 31 lbs.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9lMViBr6d8).

-- Mike B.
--
"Nothing renews your appreciation for the military like the threat of
invasion by life-sucking aliens."

                              -- Mr. Richard Woolsey, Stargate Atlantis