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BombShelter


If you're looking for sarcastic humor, you've come to the right place!

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Not bad I guess.

This story shows great potential no grammatical errors I could see I'm wondering if it's tied to the walking dead universe

6631690 It is actually and part of the fact that it is related to TWD will probably play a part in a few chapters!

6632520 like considering how last I checked, everyone in TWD universe is infected with the disease?

6633765 *intensity intensifies*

6633765 Cheeky Trixie emoticon :O

main guy comes off as a total douche shoulda at least made him likable.

6638163 Ah, that's the point, you have to give him time to develope a better attitude

What an asshole

Make him nice!

6656024 Lol give him time! The development of his attitude is a major plot point!

He's from a zombie apocalypse you got to cut him some slack

Ok :3 hope he gets with Twilight <3

Everything that has happened between Josh and rainbow just screams "Tales of the Oppressed".

6658671 That story is actually what inspired me to write this! I'm trying not to copy Teran24 but I also loved the overall feeling of his story.

6659847 More is coming mi amigo!

Well done on the suspense at the end there. Had me like "Oh shit oh shit!" You want to say don't do it but when you really put yourself into the story, that option may be better than what seems like the inevitable alternative. Reading on. :eeyup:

Comment posted by BombShelter deleted Nov 25th, 2015

6666621 Glad you liked it! More suspense and plot twists on the way!

I've never shot a real gun before.

This gun isn't going to last too long in the hands of an owner who's never owned a gun before.
(That's why they give you owners manuals with them. Just like a car, you have to know how to maintain it in order to get the thing to last more than a few years.)
In his hands, even if he gets an infinite supply of ammo, he's gonna demolish that thing within a decade.
Granted, that's plenty of time for the immediate premise of the story, I'm just saying, it won't last him a life time in Equestria (and I doubt the ponies know enough about the finer workings of a firearm and what they need in terms of proper oils for lubrication, proper cleaning methods, etc.).

As well, if he's never even fired one, he's got NO ingrained safety habits.
Life and limb saving things like trigger discipline, knowing not to get your fingers too close to the cylinder gap of a revolver unless you don't care about explosive amputation of your digits, and knowing NEVER to empty a misfired round into ones hand (my uncle had to have his index finger surgically re-attached after this EXACT incident occurred while unloading a misfired .22 LR from a revolver. And that's just what a dinky little .22 round will do!)

There are MANY more things to learn with firearms, and each kind of weapon requires ~virtually~ an entire new set of know-how.

He and the others screw silencers onto their rifles. Unluckily for me, we have yet to find any that will fit on my revolver so it looks like I'm stuck to my bow for now.

Revolvers cannot be silenced.
That's absolute, pure hollywood BS.
Now, you CAN put a silencer on a revolver (though it has to be a custom revolver, as they don't thread revolver barrels normally specifically because it's pointless), but the silencer won't suppress the sound effectively.
Rather than a good +95% sound suppression like most suppressed weapons, revolvers allow gas to escape from the cylinder that holds the round being fired.
Because that gas escapes (thus making noise), only a tiny portion of the sound generated from gas escaping the barrel through a suppressor would actually be muffled.
Thus, a silencer on a revolver would cut down the sound it would make MAYBE 15-20%.

But revolvers are exceptionally noisy, so even a low caliber will still sound like a cannon.
(I've owned two revolvers to date. I know from first hand experience that even a little .22 revolver -my first pistol- would make more noise than my old S&W .40 cal semi-auto pistol that I sold some years back.)

There's no point to putting a suppressor on a revolver.
Well, there is actually ONE specialty revolver in the world on which a silencer will actually work, as ~I believe~ it was specifically designed for this purpose.


That said: The character in the story might not know that. (He'll figure it out if he ever goes to do the bottle-packed-with-steel-wool silencing trick though, but that's even more advanced gun knowledge than "revolvers can't be silenced", so he'd have to hear about that ghetto silencing method from someone else.)

thirty-eight if you count whats already in the chambers.

The proper term for the ammo containing section of a revolver is "cylinder".
:twilightsmile:

I'm liking this story!
(I do feel that this chapter was REALLY rushed. But I can understand wanting to get past this part of the story, it can only play out one way, regardless of how detailed you write it.)

6673672 Ha yeah it was a bit rushed in the beginning. And thanks for the info on revolvers, im more of a rifle guy so I know close to nothing about them. I think I'll do a little research :P

And she told the truth, I can't taste even a hint of alcohol.

In some ciders you absolutely cannot taste the alcohol whatsoever.
All you taste is a super sweet (but not overpowering) apple juice flavor.
Same with a properly made Long Island Ice Tea (and it's generally 20-25% depending on how much vodka and rum(s) you throw in there, so those are FAR more "dangerous". :twilightsmile: It's not actually dangerous unless you drink like +10 of the things, but you'll have a hangover if you down more than 3 without pacing yourself after the first 2).
(Long Island Ice Tea will make you feel no different than drinking regular sweet tea if you drink one and start in on another within ~30 minutes, but by the time you even start to feel the effects, you've already drank enough that you'll be staggering and slurring your words even if you stop immediately.)

6673786
No problem.
:twilightsmile:

As a gun enthusiast, I'm always disappointed when I see misinformation like Carl walking around with Rick's revolver using a jury-rigged maglite silencer on a massive .357 revolver (A 6" barrel Colt Python, which is often called "the Rolex of revolvers" by many revolver fans).

Spreading false information about guns is dangerous. It's not the gun that's dangerous, it's the person using it. More specifically, the person using it is generally only a danger to someone they don't want to hurt when they know too little. But what's even more dangerous than lack of knowledge is thinking you know something, and that turns out to be false information. THAT is the most dangerous thing that can happen in any situation involving a firearm.

All I have to say about this is:WHAT!!!

No!!! It's almost 2 am and I am tired as hell and yet I still read this only to see a cliff hanger:flutterrage: but otherwise a good chapter. Love the story :twilightsmile:

6702687 Glad you're enjoying so much but I think sleep is the priority here XD

6702704 ok I am awake again and ya sleep was the priority :rainbowlaugh: XD

Wtf bruh. I thought amber was gonna come back. Hes obviously gonna revive rainbow ;-; :fluttercry::raritydespair:

6717739 Stuff can still happen in the future. Chill bruh :trixieshiftright:

I'm beginning to think that the wish transported her several moments before she died.

6673624 here, I will keep track of how long till one of said things happen, because I am sadistic like that:pinkiecrazy:

Wow, already people dead. Not afraid to kill off characters I see. Good, I like this guy already just because of that.

Pony walkers? All right!:pinkiecrazy:

I actually like his current attitude, but only because I know about his background. That, in my book , gives him a temporary free of judgement pass.

6658671 oh my god, I am not the only one who has reads that!:pinkiehappy:

Rainbow just wants to snuggle josh? What's so wrong with that? And yes, I'm calling the main character josh. Don't try to stop me.

So hew is a giant undead magnet? Ok, I can work with this. Just let me get a bigger shotgun.

I can actually see rainbow getting excited over a motorcycle. Also, I guess his name is actually josh. Just hadn't been paying attention. Huh.

He's gonna choose rainbow.

Comment posted by lolitsjack deleted Dec 12th, 2015
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