I prefer low yield nuclear devices launched via a pumpkin catapult.
.22 pistol or rifle suppressed.
More ammo carrying capability.
Longer range, and more accurate.
Wow. Covering the eyes renders this guy unrecognizable. Looks like my belief that Clark Kent still looks like Superman needs rethinking. Not.
But if you need to take something down, and dont want everyone within a mile to know where you are, it might just work better.
Recently picked up a crossbow at Cabellas (not I don’t even watch the walking dead, I just wanted something to shoot which had re-usable ammo, and didn’t want to learn to use a bow). It was on sale, and came with some decent accessories.
Now maybe every other crossbow in the world, or at least the ones he’s handled are drastically different than the fairly cheap one I grabbed, but I see little similarity between what I have and what he describes.
My crossbow has a good trigger (with a few dozen firearms in my collection, I consider myself an adequate judge). It is balanced and quite easy to shoot. I generally shoot it at a range of about 100’ and the practice tips lodge quite deeply into the target. I haven’t really tried longer range shooing because I don’t want to lose a bolt if I miss the target.
He is correct that reloading is nothing near quick. However you can buy crank/ratchet set ups which do the job quicker than the device he describes (which I currently use).
Truth is, shooting a crossbow isn’t appreciably different from shooting a rifle to my mind. The author is also clearly not an expert because he proffers the weight of the tip of the bolt instead of the whole bolt when calculating projectile energy. Bolts are generally over 400 grains in weight.
Depending on the SHTF scenario in mind, a crossbow likely could be useful, but one has to keep in mind that not every tool suits every situation.
A crossbow would be better than a pointy stick, but that’s about it. They are fun toys, but practical applications are very limited.
IF zombies were real, a tomahawk doesn’t need to be reloaded (but does require arms reach targets). Else, it’s hard to beat a suppressed .22 rifle & pistol. Plus, you can more comfortably carry (relatively speaking) a thousand rounds of rimfire...
Now when it comes to SHTF “zombies” (all those inner-city entitlement-minded folks fleeing the big cities in search of your food & shelter), a .22lr may not be the best choice for stopping someone dead in their tracks, but it would probably cause them to rethink their plans when you start gut-shooting them before they can get within 50 yards of you.
Interesting to think about and strategize; not anything I expect to encounter in what’s left of my life though...
Don’t know what firing a Cross Bow sounds like, but I suppose it would be most useful when killing a target requires as little noise as possible, I wouldn’t count out the need for any weapon, there are to many possible scenarios to predict what is useful and what is not, you have to plan to be on the offensive not always defensive.
The best weapon you can have is at least one former combat military man who can teach tactics and the fundamentals of shoot move and communicate, in a serious SHTF situation you are not going to survive long standing alone, it seems to me real preparation involves more than protecting yourself and your family you must develop a team and prepare as such, if the WD show demonstrates anything real it is that.