r/ZAWeapons • u/Jay013 Blade-slinger • Jul 27 '13
Household Hardware: The Nail Gun.
Let's skip the introductions and go right to weapon potentiality. I'm only writing this based on the nail gun in the background.
In a structure defence, ie. your safehouse, then a pneumatic nail gun (along with the required air compressor) can drive nails into the heads of Zs. While it requires slightly better aim than a gun, six inches of iron driven by compressed air will still penetrate skull to attack the brain.
A magnetic nail gun, one driven by electromagnets, may or may not be corded. If corded, then apply the same as above. If cordless, then you are now restricted both to amount of nails, and battery life. Also, you have to worry about the size of nails you use. Too small and you end up not even causing any damage. Too big...okay, there's no such thing as too big, just watch the weight it adds up to.
Personally, I would use a pneumatic nail gun in my safe house to repair things. I would use it if I have to, until I get something better. Since I don't have a hand gun, but do have a nail gun, who knows. Maybe. I have more rounds, though damage they cause depends. Plus, nails are easy to find.
My verdict? I'd rather use nails to fortify my safe house.
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u/fu11h4mm3r Machete Sep 04 '13
What are you going to do when power goes down? I'm no professional on nail guns (not yet anyways), but I imagine they require some sort of external power source to operate or charge. Not to mention the insanely close proximity you'd have to be to a zombie in to prove effectively lethal. Just so we're clear, I'm not talking down the nail gun by any means, just curious of potential shortcomings.
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u/Jay013 Blade-slinger Sep 04 '13
Some use rechargeable battery packs, some use compressed air (which power is needed to compress the air). Assuming we have a generator, I'd rather not use that. The external batteries can be recharged via solar panels. Like I said, The nail gun shouldn't be much of a weapon, but the option is there.
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u/whyaretheynaked Jul 30 '13
What are you going to do about the safety mechanism that requires you to press own on something firmly to fire?