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Now, America has a new and dangerous quarry species that's emerged this year: the zombie.
Of course, they don't exist, or do they?
It all starts right here in the swamps of Louisiana. Last year, a local hunter claimed
he found his trailcam smashed. He retrieved the card from it and found this picture. Fake
or not, it has helped fuel a craze. For zombie target shooting. It's not just one company
riding this bandwagon - there are loads offering cartridges, knives, chainsaws - chainsaws?????
Even brand giant Hornady has brought out a zombie bullet. The clue is it has a green
tip. These targets with the weeping jammy goo are selling like hot cakes, and are coming
in all shapes and politically incorrect sizes.
It’s a 5 billion dollar industry between video games and movies, tv shows, you know
there is a new movie coming out with Brad Pitt and it’s just a growing industry and
we are just getting a lot of great feed back, because zombies are such a huge thing you
know they’ve got zombie ammunition, zombie fire arms throughout the whole show there’s
countless products, people we’re working with want a program with us because if you
have the zombie gun you need some zombies to shoot
Also protecting the American public from zombie attack are a range of special shotgun cartridges
being advertised in this film. They come in a variety of gauges, .410, 20-bore but they
are blanks and intended, say the manufacturers, for recreational use. Hmmm... whatever that
means.
This round produces a tremendous amount of noise a huge muzzle flash, theatrical almost
in its effect and again it’s recreational it’s not for accuracy where you are putting
holes in a target, it’s just for having fun with fire arms, if you do it safely.
So, what if you accidentally mix these cartridges with real cartridges?
Not recommended by any, this is real bullets, real ammunition, it’s a real threat and
it is not intended to shoot at people. If you are going to shoot at a zombie target
or something along those lines fine, but all rules of fire arm safety apply. If you’ve
got a real gun it’s a real threat so you have to treat it accordingly. So it’s not
a recreational force on force type of paint ball load not by any means.
Oh my God. The question remains: why are American shooters so keen on shooting zombies? Is it
because they are human-like targets but don't come with the shame and guilt people feel
when they shoot more 'human' human targets?
Some people might say that the reason we chose a zombie is because you are supposed to shoot
zombies. If zombies are coming after you, you have got to destroy the attackers or the
attack line so that is kind of what we wanted to do. You are not shooting a human target
you are shooting a dead target.
So, here you are: zombie targets - coming to a graveyard near you.
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