Wood or aluminum baseball bats?
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For that prize I would expect a functional killer robot and not just a figure.
Baseball bats are bush league.
You'd be better off with nothing than with a bat.
If you're serious about home defense, you need a good, reliable 12 ga. shotgun.
Easy to handle, easy to use, easy to learn, and you'll probably never even have to USE it because the mere sound of racking the slide alone is more than enough to give any would-be burglar a "brown trousers" moment.
You'd be better off with nothing than with a bat.
If you're serious about home defense, you need a good, reliable 12 ga. shotgun.
Easy to handle, easy to use, easy to learn, and you'll probably never even have to USE it because the mere sound of racking the slide alone is more than enough to give any would-be burglar a "brown trousers" moment.
But it's so much more exciting and dramatic when the bat breaks in half!
Have nunchaku gone out of style already? 
Well, are you a purist? If so, go for the wood. It's possible to get better performance out of an aluminum bat, but with the wood the quality of your manslaughter will be beyond reproach. You don't want any asterisks popping up.
And if you really take the guy's fucking head off make sure you're clean; you don't want to perform so spectacularly that people start wondering if you might be juicing. Other than that, swing away and we'll see you in 5 to 10!
And if you really take the guy's fucking head off make sure you're clean; you don't want to perform so spectacularly that people start wondering if you might be juicing. Other than that, swing away and we'll see you in 5 to 10!
Two words: battering ram.
Has anyone here actually been hit in the head with a solid object?
It really doesn't take much force to knock you down at all. Certainly nowhere near the sort of force that would damage a baseball bat
I was hit in the head by a thrown wooden bat while I was pitching once. Knocked me right on my ass and left me dazed, and did absolutely nothing to the bat.
Fortunately, besides a scar on my forehead, there was no permanent damage.
Has anyone here actually been hit in the head with a solid object?
It really doesn't take much force to knock you down at all. Certainly nowhere near the sort of force that would damage a baseball bat
I was hit in the head by a thrown wooden bat while I was pitching once. Knocked me right on my ass and left me dazed, and did absolutely nothing to the bat.
Fortunately, besides a scar on my forehead, there was no permanent damage.
Or so you think.
If you are looking for something with potential to be a deterrent, forget about the baseball bat. Buy a 12 gauge, pump-action shotgun and learn how to use it.
If you go with the wooden bat, you've got to make sure you're holding it right and that you hit the bad guy with the sweet spot, otherwise you'll feel it in your hands and who wants that?
An aluminum bat, on the other hand, has a bigger sweet spot so you don't need to worry so much about how you hold it when swinging, and the "tink" sound of the head coming off the bat is so much louder than the sound of the head coming off the wooden bat.
An aluminum bat, on the other hand, has a bigger sweet spot so you don't need to worry so much about how you hold it when swinging, and the "tink" sound of the head coming off the bat is so much louder than the sound of the head coming off the wooden bat.
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If it gives you piece of mind to have a baseball bat under your bed, then go for it, but go for a nice, solid Louisville Slugger instead of metal (they're cheaper, too). Better yet, how about just keeping your phone by your bed so you can call the cops?
Guns freak me out because I know that I'll end up as one of those statistics where I shoot myself thinking the gun was empty; I went to a shooting range once and I was never more uncomfortable in my life. Besides, nobody has ever accidentially bashed their own brains in while cleaning a baseball bat.
Guns freak me out because I know that I'll end up as one of those statistics where I shoot myself thinking the gun was empty; I went to a shooting range once and I was never more uncomfortable in my life. Besides, nobody has ever accidentially bashed their own brains in while cleaning a baseball bat.
I'm sure it can be done. After all I hit myself in the face with a hammer a few minutes ago.
Plus, the broken bat becomes a stabbing weapon (also very useful against vampires).
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