This might just be the stupidest piece of bandwagon-jumping I have ever seen. Let us tick off the failure points…
1. Limited magazine capacity and no options for larger ones.
2. Miniscule sight radius.
3. Miniscule sights.
4. No option for mounting better sights.
5. Small grip means it is easier to drop in high-stress situations (like a zombie nomming on your head).
6. If the zombie apocalypse is going on, there really is no need for a small, easily pocketable, concealable firearm.
7. Fairly common, but not universal caliber.
8. Short barrel unnecessarily robs an underpowered cartridge of even more power, while increasing noise signature.
9. No actual modifications/improvements to the firearm, just billboarding. Hell, even a laser would be something.
10. And, best of all, paired with a book
And, y’know, I could swear that Ruger makes a .22 rifle or two…
So, yeah, welcome to the zombie party, Ruger. As per your standard operating procedure, you are only a few years behind everyone else, and have successfully contributed absolutely nothing original. Bravo.
(Courtesy of Say Uncle.)
You would think that a Zombie invasion is all the excuse you’d need to bust out the EBRs, a pocket pistol would be the last thing I’d think to use. That branding/logo would make more sense on an AR variant than a pistol.
All this complaining about liking zombies before they were cool is dangerous.
You go down that road, and eventually you’ll be wearing shitty clothes, drinking Schlitz or Pabst, and hanging out with the rest of the hipsters!
Guess Ruger thinks the Zombie Apocalypse is going to start at Wonka’s Chocolate factory and will have to fight off the newly turned Oompa Lumpas.
For the record, I am the owner of one (1) fifteen (15) round magazine for my Ruger LCP.
I’m surprised they aren’t offering a package deal including a couple of boxes of this: http://www.hornady.com/store/380-Auto-90-gr-Z-MAX
Ruger and Hornady are trading the bike back and forth as they take turns jumping the shark. I dread asking: who’s next?
@pyro: Recently I’ve been wondering if the best weapon to use against zombies is… barbed wire. Just tangle them up and let them rot in place.
John Hardin wrote:
That would make sense, but it seems like in most of the zombie shows/movies I’m seeing, they don’t continue to decay and seem to last indefinitely. They don’t dry out or fall apart any further, and aren’t consumed by bacteria, insects, or other animals. Of course I’m probably just over-thinking things lol
Wow, you guys in the gun blogging community are harsh when it comes to companies releasing zombie themed gear. I don’t remember who ripped on the Hornady zombie ammo, but it wasn’t pretty. It’s just something they are doing for fun… Nobody actually believes these companies expect their stuff to be used in an actual zombie apocalypse, do they?
We started the zombie meme to represent criminals in a societal breakdown ( or any crime situation for that matter), so the antis wouldn’t latch onto any of us for talking about killing people. I view it as a good thing that companies are listening to our community and are having fun with the meme, just like we are.
Zombie ammo and zombie defense guns are commercially available and, personally, I think that’s cool.
If you watched the overhead video of the Occupy-Oakland riot and seen the Black-Bloc Sturmabteilung group get all zombie-wild and trash Whole Foods, you’d know a little pop-gun isn’t going to do it.
They looked like zombies, wore black like dead bugs, swarmed quickly like recently filmed zombies, attacked others who weere too pacific – and given the numbers you need an AR at least, an AK probably mo’betta because they would recognize it. As far as I can tell be ready because they are getting ready, and they want it to happen. They need their own Horst Wessel to go down in the streets to make *it* happen – and they’ll do it to him themselves if need be to ensure they get the response they want. It’s all in the playbook. This is what they are working towards and it’s how Hugo Chavez took Venezuela. Standard Tactics.
@ BigHayden:
Zombies are serious business around here =P
But really, I don’t have a problem with them marketing it, I just find it an odd choice of gun/caliber. Then again, it might be that it’s a good way to attract new gun owners with something less intimidating while appearing fun or playful.
@ Pyrotek85: Pretty much my thinking as well… and, y’know, I could swear Ruger has gotten into the EBR market as well
. Hell, this was a golden opportunity for them to offer a from-the-factory SBR that people might actually be interested in, and the more people interested in such things, the more leverage we have to get rid of the entire notion.
@ wfgodbold: Can hipsters really have guns, though?
@ Bob S.: Hey, those little bastards were scary even without being all undead-ified and crap…
@ Tango: Ah, I sit corrected then
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@ John Hardin: A lot of the mythologies surrounding them seem to short out that part of the whole biological process… No way to know for sure, of course, but I would think heading north and waiting would also be a good tactic
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@ BigHayden: Pretty much everyone ripped on the Zombie ammo, because it falls under the same category as this nonsense.
I view this as somewhat like putting NASCAR branding on a Fiat 500 – sure, it is a car, and sure, cars are used in NASCAR, but, damn, that is just stupid.
Likewise, “we” did not start the zombie meme – George Romero made the term part of the American psyche, after he borrowed it from at least a century’s worth of other stories, mythologies, and folk legends.
@ DirtCrashr: I am still voting for “concealed position”, “long range”, and “suppressed” – mixing it up with zombies or looters seems like a failing proposition to me, no matter how many EBRs are on your side.
So I guess I’m the only one that would seriously consider buying one of the zombie editions if I was in the market for that type of pistol because it makes me giggle?
To answer my own question: The next company to grab the bike is Taurus…
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2011/11/really-taurus-really.html
@ Oddball: “Because I can”, “because it makes me smile”, “because I want it” are all 100% acceptable reasons in my book to purchase anything… that does not make the “anything” any less dumb though
. I know slapping some high-tech delrin bullpup kit on my Mosin-Nagant is a fullblooded travesty, but damned if I am going to do it anywise!
@ John Hardin: I have been trying my best to sit on my tongue about that thing… at least it is in a very respectable (but noisy) caliber.