Weekend time waster, zombie style

I just wasted a half hour of my life! It's like the old choose your own adventure books, only with a lower graphics budget!

Oh, The Horror

alternate title: Somebody better clean this up before we open.


This was put together by my friend, ZDigger, who never grew up and does cool things with Lego's.

"Taxonomy of Modern Dangers"

Shameless stolen from Tam, whose snark never fails to get her on base. This is a homerun and worth passing around.

It occurs to me that some newer readers may not be up on the entire "Taxonomy of Modern Dangers" thing, so as a recap, here are several good reasons to carry a gun:

Zombies (of course)
Pirates
Ninjas
Vampires
Werewolves
Bears
Face-eating monkeys
Killer space robots
Hippies (generally peaceful, but can become erratic and dangerous during mating season)

Various hybrids of the above, such as zombie bears or ninja vampires
Remember: If you are prepared for the dead to walk the earth in search of human brains, then a hurricane or attempted mugging is no big deal.

Isn't this well spoken truth awesome? The only thing I can think to add is clowns.

"Handgun Shotgun Rifle" (for bugout) meme....

In continuation of the firearm list MeMe's. I have one I would like to propose to the rest of the Internets. If you had to leave your house RIGHT NOW because of some disaster, lets go with zombies. You do not know if you are ever going to return, and you only have room to take one rifle, one shot gun, and one handgun. What are they?

My three choices for BugOut, from what I CURRENTLY own would be-

Handgun: Sig P226 in 40 S&W, with light rail and night sights

Shotgun: Remington 870, 20 inch barrel, rifle sights.

Rife: Sako FinnBear in 30/06 with 3-9 scope and sling

I know that the first two on the list were the same as yesterday for my self defense list. But I dropped the AR in favor of my favorite hunting rifle. Why? Simply because I can hit anything I can see. Also, I am not carrying around one of those scary black rifles. Granted, if things are so bad that we are carrying around rifles, it shouldn't matter very much. Also, my handgun and shotgun more than effectively cover my short range self defense needs. This allows me to take a rifle with a bit more range and punch.

Bug Out Firearms

Somebody save us, the gun blogs are fired up with the tired classic; what guns to you take when the zombies come and force you to flee your home.
First the obligatory link roll. Here are people that have already done this post:
JayG, TheFirearmBlog, and the original source is The Survivalist Blog.

So the question is, what firearms go with your Bug Out Bag? Luckily I have wasted time devoted alot of thought to this very problem. First, let me clarify my Bugout plan. I have no real desire to evacuate unless absolutely necessary. I have food, water and shelter at my home. I can think of few things short of zombies and/or total destruction that would cause me to flee. Should that day come, I plan on hooking up my hippy hating pickup to my camper and packing as much stuff into that as possible. This way I am taking my shelter with me and stand a lower risk of becoming a refugee. With this plan in place, there is a long list of firearms that will be traveling with me. They include about four pistols, two high power rifles, two shotguns, two 22 rifles, both AR's and about 400 pounds of ammo (thats about 181kg for those on the communist system). The food water and other consumables are beyond the scope of this post, we can cover those later.

The next stage of the plan involves no camper and just the pickup. This lack of room shortens the list to the following:
1) Sig Sauer P226 in 40s&w
2) Sako FinnBear in 30/06
3) Remingotn 870 12 gauge with 20" barrel
4) Ruger 10/22
5) Colt 22 pistol
6) Evil Black Rifle

But should the unthinkable happen and I needed to Bug Out with just what I could carry, I think that the choice would be my bolt action 30/06 and the Sig. If I had room and I thought that I could add the weight, I would add a 22 pistol and the AR.

Alot of people question my choice of a bolt gun over the AR, to me it is simply a matter of power and precision over rate of fire. I can do more with a bolt gun than I can with an AR, and the pistol fills in most of the bolt guns shortcomings. The bolt gun takes my effective range out to unrealistic distances for defense (If I can see it, I can hit it), and the pistol gives me a higher rate of fire.

I have one final question for you. When all these bad things happen, and some long haired hippy PETA lover lets all the lions out of the zoo, do you really want to shoot one with an AR?

These are my choices; what are yours?

Zombie Apocalypse

So I have found another delightful MeME:
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p.s. A word to the wise, if you want a high percentage, leave your family behind.

Help! Who owns my first directing attempt?

First, a little background. My very good friend at SD Outdoorsposted a video of me, at my
house, in my backyard, with my target stands, my smoke bombs, my burn barrel, my fire, my gun, my ammo....get the picture? He ran the camera, did the editing, and posted it on his website(this was months before my blogging debut).
Here is the offending video
So my question to both my loyal readers is this: Who owns the rights to the video? Please leave your comments below.

How many golf clubs do you need?

So in a bit of inspiration from New Jovian Thunderbolt and his post:
http://jovianthunderbolt.blogspot.com/2008/10/need-over-want.html

I have decided to include my .02.
When somebody asks you, "How many guns do you need?" ask them, "How many golfclubs does a golpher need?" The answer is always the same. Alot.

Here is my bare-minimum list:
1. Bolt action hunting rifle, capable of taking deer sized game.
2. 22 rifle, for small game
3. Semi-Automatic pistol, for self defense.
4. A carbine for zombie defense(AR or AK or Mini-14 your choice)
5. 12 ga shotgun for everything under 50 yds.

Bear in mind that is a minimum list. The full list is little longer. It also includes the ability to shoot a zombie at 8oo yards.

Undead Fish

She just lays there like a dead fish! I mean undead fish.
I normally don't steal from the other guy but this is cool.
http://www.myzombiepinup.com/

Packing

So the family and I are getting ready to drive from West Texas to Utah this weekend for my cousins wedding reception. Mrs. Sigboy says to me "What are you going to pack?" With out skipping a beat I reply " A rifle, shotgun, two pistols and an assualt rifle." After all it's only a wedding, there's no need to go heavy.
I should have been smarter than that, she was wondering what kind of clothes I was packing. After our discussion a commitee was formed and it was decided, with little imput from me, that I should be fine with one pistol and one high power rifle. I seriously hope that we do not get over-run by zombies. It could be ugly.
http://www.sdoutdoors.net/?p=53