End of the world cartridge

[Lloyd90]

Which cartridge would you rather have a few slabs of come the end of the world (just a bit of fun question  ) 

SG, AAA, BB, or simple bird shot. 
 

Not sure bird shot will drop the zombies or the roaming hoarded from mad max 🤣 but prob keep you fed. 

 

[Stonepark]

2oz loads of no1 tungsten in 12g 3 inch.

Deal with anything that roams or flies in these isles.

Edited February 18, 2020 by Stonepark

[Vince Green]

I would have a few thousand .22 LR

[Cheshirelad]

2 hours ago, Vince Green said:

I would have a few thousand .22 LR

+1  

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Can I have a GPMG and the 30mm Rarden Cannon?

7.62 1b1t and 30mm Practice rounds would be the cartridges.

Edited February 18, 2020 by TIGHTCHOKE

[Ultrastu]

Well for me i think id have a .410 bullpup with moderator .and have 3 shells .

Bird shot .sub sonic slug and hv slug .

Think that should cover most situations  

[hedge]

Just shotguns:

Something like SSG fired out of one of these bad boys. Double barrelled pump action shotgun.

 

[Longstrider]

If we are talking shotgun cartridges, then it would be a few slabs of 50gr BB in 3" for the semi auto to work through. Not much going to put up an argument after one or two of those I'm sure.

If it's ammo in general (in order to survive), then definitely go along with the 'lots of bricks of .22 LR'. Might not be a zombie stopper but I now I'd feed well, and a 25rnd mag full from the 10/22 would be sufficient to make even the most vicious zombie decide that there were easier folks to deal with

[NoBodyImportant]

Bird shot is nice but I would have a 7/8 lee slug mold handy. 

[Westley]

Would they need to be non-toxic   ?

[matone]

Think you`ll have a slingshot and some pebbles at the rate we`re going .......

[Dave at kelton]

On 18/02/2020 at 00:57, Stonepark said:

2oz loads of no1 tungsten in 12g 3 inch.

Deal with anything that roams or flies in these isles.

Yep got a hundred no 3 sat on one side just in case and a load of tungsten to load up 😂

[Farmboy91]

25 minutes ago, matone said:

Think you`ll have a slingshot and some pebbles at the rate we`re going .......

So long as the pebbles are non toxic 👍

[Wingman]

Been sitting on a slab of gamebore buffalo's 36gram BB pattern horribly but would do ok for invading zombie hordes. Failing that an SMLE .303 would be my choice.

[figgy]

Any cartridge as you can cut the case to make a slug round. 

[Wingman]

9 minutes ago, figgy said:

Any cartridge as you can cut the case to make a slug round. 

Does that actually work? Seen a few crazy rednecks doing it but it looks dodgy!

[Lloyd90]

36 minutes ago, Wingman said:

Does that actually work? Seen a few crazy rednecks doing it but it looks dodgy!

YouTube it. 
 

Redneck slugs I think they’re called.

[NoBodyImportant]

11 hours ago, Lloyd90 said:

YouTube it. 
 

Redneck slugs I think they’re called.

It’s called cut shell slugs and it works fantastic.  Many deer have been taken with them.  Another trick is to pure candle wax in bird shot.  It’s called wax slug. 

[TIGHTCHOKE]

40 minutes ago, NoBodyImportant said:

It’s called cut shell slugs and it works fantastic.  Many deer have been taken with them.  Another trick is to pure candle wax in bird shot.  It’s called wax slug. 

Great for removal of door locks!

[Centrepin]

48 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Great for removal of door locks!

We used solid shot, direct to the hinges, almost no one beefs up hinges all the prep goes into locks, chains and bolts😉

[islandgun]

On 24/02/2020 at 20:49, Westley said:

Would they need to be non-toxic   ?

It would depend if the Zombies were near wetlands, you can at present use lead for zombies inland here in Scotland [I think] but personally I would use whatever came to hand.. shooting "sitting" zombies is also frowned upon as is peppering out of range zombies, as always use a gun that fits and know your limits...Have fun

[scolopax]

it would be a combination between weight and effectiveness, end of the world scenario you would need the ammo to last as long as possible and most probably need it to be man portable, ie you carry it. A slab of 12 bore shells is heavy.   My vote in a survival scenario would be a silenced .22 rimfire,  a few thousand rounds weigh very little and would provide small and medium game as food for years to come.

Edited February 29, 2020 by scolopax

[gotgcoalman]

End of the world?

 

Muzzle loader is the way forward!

If you can push it down the barrel it'll come back out.

[ditchman]

47 minutes ago, gotgcoalman said:

End of the world?

 

Muzzle loader is the way forward!

If you can push it down the barrel it'll come back out.

sounds like a euphamism for something

[enfieldspares]

AAA would at a pinch cover most of your needs against winged, four legged, two legged and even finned quarry. With specific regard to buckshot in my youth I wanted a career in forensic ballistics. It never came about. But I did meet people who did work in that area as part of that process. From their response to my direct question about buckshot and their professional experience I learned this. That with a shotgun on a human target it is distance that decides lethality (or not) not size of pellet. That lethal wounds with buckshot would have been equally lethal had birdshot been used and not buckshot and that non lethal wounds with birdshot would have equally non lethal had buckshot been used.

Edited March 11, 2020 by enfieldspares