I love Sierra's expressions involving that sniper rifle. ^_^

I love the little heart when she's got it. ;)

Okay that is kind of cute.

My oh my.

To be well armed is to be alive in the future. :)

But of course.

Unless I'm mistaken, that's a 50 cal rifle. Wonder how available ammo is for that, compared to 9mm, 38 and 45 cal, for example.

it is, I bet that ammo might make for good currency in a wasteland, especially among groups that use guns. So, I bet the ammo would be a pretty high price, probably as much as the gun itself

M82 or M107, hard to tell which. There's a ridiculous amount of .50 BMG ammo out there if you don't care if it's match grade since it's a machine gun round and all, IIRC the USMC for example has three million of them sitting in storage with the belt link for the M85 machine gun on them even though they've retired all of those because they were shite.

Odds are it'd be for special occasions rather than common use, but if you need it, it's great to have.

Girl likes her guns BIG!

https://youtu.be/o3vO7n8-9v0

First thing that came to mind. I'm not sorry.

Can you blame her?

I wonder what her Hyena friend thinks though?

He's probably thinking he needs a shotgun. :)

I was hoping he was planing to spank her. ;)

it good story and wow she like of this sniper

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Barrett Light Fifty. (Banned in Kalifornia.)

It's a sweet gun. :) I'd love to shoot one.

One year at CAP Summer Encampment. each cadet got to shoot a blankround through one.

Sounds like fun!

Mmmmm Barrett

Oh yeah :)

Nothing better to make pink mist with XD....now if she could only find an AA-12 XD

Pink mist indeed! ;)

The only problem with a Barret is that you can't just walk into any gun store and buy .50BMG ammo.

The usual source in the current day is gun shows, or buying ammo or components for handloading by mail.

Thats even in states where its not banned... Like California.
(Everything is banned in California..Its a hugely authoritarian state.)

So feeding a Barret...Which is also a huge and extremely heavy rifle.... can be a nightmare in a time when you can buy just about anything you need so long as you have money.

For post apocalyptic scenarios, I recommend the humble caplock rifle and a cap and ball revolver for backup.

2000 caps in 100 round waterproof tins will fit into a space the size of a sleeve of saltine crackers.
You can make caps from match heads as well, but I like having matches.
You can also salvage kids toy pistol caps to make actual gun caps- Theres been a kit made to do that since the late 60s.

A mould to cast your own balls is about the size of a pack of cigarettes.
(Well, they vary in size, but a 19th century brass mould with its own handles is about that big.)

Lead from wheel weights taken from about any garage or tire dealership works fine.
You can also break open dried out car batteries and extract the lead plates to melt down.
(A little hazardous from sulphuric acid remnant fumes, but melt them by tossing the bare plates into a campfire in the open, and it will work safely enough- Just let it burn out and fish the lead puddles out after they cool down to solid.)

A good repro 19th century cap and ball revolver in .44 caliber can penetrate 4-6 inches of pine log at 25 feet.
So its quite acceptable as a weapon for self defense.
And while it takes more practice to learn to use it than a modern firearm, they are also quite accurate and reliable.

the Remington style with a solid top strap is more durable than the Colt type.
But I'd happily take either if offered under circumstances like this.

-Badger-

Um, but there's tens if not hundreds of millions of rounds of belted .50 ammo out there in military bases for the M2. Even if only a tiny percentage of them survived, there'd still be plenty in circulation to run a sniper rifle on.

How many other survivors and scavengers do you have to fight your way through to get that ammo?

How many hundreds of other people thought of it before you did?
How much is still there by the time you get there, and what became of the soldiers guarding it?
Wouldn't they get their families and hold the base? Either waiting for relief, or as a good place to protect what they care about?
The last place I would personally go looking for weapons and ammo salvage is a military facility.

MREs.... Maybe.
Gasoline...Maybe.
But a military base would be a huge magnet for road rat gangs rather quickly after the fall.
They'd want rifles, machine guns, and any other portable firepower.
And I cannot imagine soldiers just shrugging and walking away from it, when it might be the key to their personal survival.
Whats a good deal more likely is someone would order or get the idea to blow the arsenal before vacating, so you get a smoking hole in the ground where the ammo and weapons used to be after all the soldiers left.
Same for any useable vehicles or facilities-
Standard operating procedure in all militaries is to leave nothing useful to an enemy when you are forced to bug out.





Then think about the weight of that rifle...
Are you on foot?
Do you have a good vehicle and fuel to carry your goods and weapons?

The Barret is for sniping at long ranges.
Not really useful at 25 feet when someone is deciding whether what you have is worth the risk of you killing them to take it away.

Not many scavengers willing to risk a bullet in the guts to steal a black powder rifle or pistol.
But they would take you on for a Barret and whatever they could get for it at a trading post because its rare and worth a lot of other stuff they need.

The key to being a survivor after the fall of modern civilization is to be well enough armed to stay alive, and look like trouble to take on- But never so well equipped that you look like a target thats worth the risk to take on to a group of desperate scavengers.



Yeah, I'm an old and experienced sort of guy....
And this is not the first time I've had a conversation like this.
Usually with friends who are ex military.

-Badger-

Yeah, but still, one ammo can is 250 rounds and that's enough to run a Barrett roughly forever, I'd think you'd have more problems finding magazines than ammunition if you're dealing with the entire remaining military stock being suddenly dumped on the market. It'd probably be one of the few calibres that was really easy to get hold of, given that it'd get spread around by untrained idiots thinking they can take an entire town with one technical.

Not saying it's a practical carry weapon because, you know, it's a giant cannon designed for shooting at trucks and helicopters, but I don't think you'd have problems feeding it if you decided you had to have it.

Oh, I agree that under the right circumstances, its hell on wheels.

But under the scenario we see so far, its just not a good choice as a survival weapon.

Two people, on their own and on foot. Trying to survive in a post apocalypse situation on their own.

And everything they own, they have to carry on their backs....

.50 caliber rounds are, what? a quarter or a half a pound each?
Not counting the rifle, which is something like 25 or 30 pounds empty?

Add their packs, if they have them, and any camping gear and food, and they have to haul 50 to 100 pounds every day; assuming they have a full can of ammo.

Humping that much weight all the time on foot gets old real fast.

Given my own choice, an accurate .22 target pistol and a brick of ammo added to the black powder gear is enough firepower for as long as the ammo lasts, is extremely versatile, and adds very little weight and bulk for long trecking on foot.

Now, if they get even something as puny as a compact car to put their stuff in, and the ability to hump gear is no longer an issue, as long as you can find gasoline.

Horses or mules are viable choices too- So long as you know how to care for them.

Even a llama will work well for packing more gear than you can haul on your back.
Just get used to them spitting at you....

-Badger-

Oh yeah, I wasn't meaning to imply it was a good idea, just that if you decided to do it you probably could find ammo. :)

Oh, you can find ammo for anything if you look hard enough.

I can still find rounds for things like 11mm Mannlicher rifles made in something like 1889.
(I actually still have a few of those in a stripper clip in my gun box...)

Hell, I can get rounds for the Steyr-Solothurn S18-1000, 20mm anti tank rifle.
They cost something like $30 a round now, but genuine original WW2 German made and stamped.

I know a source for 90mm shells for US tanks and tank destoyers.
Solid steel slugs of course- The only type legal to buy.
But live and fireable, if you have a federally registered 90mm gun to run them through.

-Badger-

I have to admit, my choice was solely aesthetic. I love the look of it. I saw it in the opening to Fallout: New Vegas, and was like, that's a sweet gun. ;)

Odds are it'd be for special use, and while perhaps not the most versatile, I can always downgrade later if necessary. :)

Oh, I figured that, sure.

I just can't help myself sometimes in offering advice for things like surviving after everything goes to hell.

Its been a popular topic of discussion in my usual social circles since the early 80s, and I've devoted entirely too much time to it, over the years.

-Badger-

But... the rifle is big and beautiful and she MUST have it.

Point granted.


-Badger-

Time to head to the Bullet Farm! Be careful you don't run into those War Boys from the Citadel so you don't end up a blood bag

Sierra is careful :)

Me want Barrett to. D:

The State of Connecticut tried to ban .50 caliber weapons on the grounds gangbangers preferred them. The Barrett is four feet long and weighs something over 15 pounds. Yeah, that'll conceal under a trench coat... not. It turns out that no one in the state had ever been shot with a .50.

Love these characters. Great story, and kudos for choosing   faeseiren for the art!

Yeah, it's not a low profile weapon. Though it will be very effective if you need it!

Plus a slight bit of tail wag once she gets her paws on it. Yup, this relationship is going to work.

I love the heart above her. ;)