Calling fellow city dwellers

[Binnie]

(27 March 2013, 19:03)Hex Wrote:

(26 March 2013, 21:59)Binnie Wrote:

(26 March 2013, 19:00)BeardyMan Wrote:

Quote:All going wrong and living in a city is not good.
I own a X7 Phenom so can make a mess of anyone and often do. That's why my friends call me Nutmeg. I paintball anything.

I rest my case

oh no, a paintballer

in an apocalyptic britain, your paint gun won't do you mcuh good, get an airsoft gun instead

Binnie from that ill assume you've never played paintball and know nothing about it. A airsoft gun might cause someone to pause and maybe think twice, it might even kill a pidgeon but a paintball gun can be used with pepperballs, Reballs (thats plastic paintballs that with a little velocity increase can easily break fingers), standard paintballs. Ive been involved with paintball for around 6 years, playing most weekends for a good stretch of that and if i wasnt playing i was working as a marshall. Ive seen grown men have to be walked from a field crying because they have been shot up.
however the 2 main issues with using paintball kit is, paint and air will only last so long, but it would still leave you with something that could look scary enough to give people reason to back off.

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now as for the rest of this topic, personally i think cities will be bad places to be once TSHTF. because people will want what you have and being in much closer confines it will be easier for those people to find you and take what they want. in the wilds its not gonna be so easy for them to find you. plus a lot of those bad people who stay in a city will live and die in the city without even trying to venture out, fear will keep them in the place they know.

living in a city will mean you are mostly limited to scavenging, once that stuff is gone (because remember your not the only one who wants or need stuff) your options really slim down.

but this is ofcaurse just my opinion.

Oh i'm more than familiar with paintball markers, but quickly made the switch to airsoft for a little bit more realism (im more of a milsim kinda guy )

as youve pointed out, recharging your marker will be a chore, i could recharge my airsoft guns from abandoned cars, or a solar charger/12v battery combo!

currently in my arsenal i've got an L85/SA80, G36C, M4A1, M1911, MP5k.

all VERY realistic looking gear!

its still on topic though, you don't have to fire it to install some fear into joe bloggs!