I am actually quite a good shot. With both rifle and pistol. My dad reckoned this was an essential survival skill so all of us kids got thorough training starting at about 9 years old. Said training also included a LOT of training on when NOT to shoot as well as the how of it all. My late bloke had an impressive gun collection, which I maintained. Got rid of most of it during one of the amnesties but kept the good stuff (properly kept in a safe and properly registered). Bring on dem zombies - they ain’t got no chance against me. Helped along by the fact that I discovered in my late 30s that I actually have very very good reflexes - top 3% of the population. I coulda been a jet fighter pilot had that come my way when I was younger. Still, that’s in the family DNA so maybe I can recruit some of my near kin to help out with the zombies.
My family had guns for hunting when I was young and I was once or twice allowed to shoot a shotgun into the ground. I assisted by scraping a few of the rabbit hides for curing. But that’s the extent of my experience.
When I went to the range accompanying a friend I used the bench mounted precision guns with tiny bores. I took a long time aiming which is how I got good results. (Nearsighted.)
I don’t have any experience in loading, breaking the gun open, cleaning, or maintenance. Any ‘masculine’ skills I just wasn’t taught and had to try and pick up myself later in life.
I do have some very limited experience with metalwork so could potentially smelt down soft scrap metal for small pellets like (idk) birdshot, but wouldn’t know how to recast bullets or pack them with powder. I would not know how to make the soft point bullets required for larger game. I don’t know how to make proper bullets.
I also don’t know how I’d handle shooting under pressure, or manage the weight or recoil. Bigger guns kick back.
Also I no longer eat meat and at this point might even be unable to digest it.
Also I think the bullets need moulds to cast them. You could try with impressions in sand but that won’t give you the ones with cavities you can pack to ignite. Ignition caps. The stuff what makes them fire
I am actually quite a good shot. With both rifle and pistol. My dad reckoned this was an essential survival skill so all of us kids got thorough training starting at about 9 years old. Said training also included a LOT of training on when NOT to shoot as well as the how of it all. My late bloke had an impressive gun collection, which I maintained. Got rid of most of it during one of the amnesties but kept the good stuff (properly kept in a safe and properly registered). Bring on dem zombies - they ain’t got no chance against me. Helped along by the fact that I discovered in my late 30s that I actually have very very good reflexes - top 3% of the population. I coulda been a jet fighter pilot had that come my way when I was younger. Still, that’s in the family DNA so maybe I can recruit some of my near kin to help out with the zombies.
My family had guns for hunting when I was young and I was once or twice allowed to shoot a shotgun into the ground. I assisted by scraping a few of the rabbit hides for curing. But that’s the extent of my experience.
When I went to the range accompanying a friend I used the bench mounted precision guns with tiny bores. I took a long time aiming which is how I got good results. (Nearsighted.)
I don’t have any experience in loading, breaking the gun open, cleaning, or maintenance. Any ‘masculine’ skills I just wasn’t taught and had to try and pick up myself later in life.
I do have some very limited experience with metalwork so could potentially smelt down soft scrap metal for small pellets like (idk) birdshot, but wouldn’t know how to recast bullets or pack them with powder. I would not know how to make the soft point bullets required for larger game. I don’t know how to make proper bullets.
I also don’t know how I’d handle shooting under pressure, or manage the weight or recoil. Bigger guns kick back.
Also I no longer eat meat and at this point might even be unable to digest it.
you will find all you need to know in dead tree books in libraries
Books heavy, necessary skills outdated
Also I think the bullets need moulds to cast them. You could try with impressions in sand but that won’t give you the ones with cavities you can pack to ignite. Ignition caps. The stuff what makes them fire