The protagonists of The Walking Dead training with real weapons

If Rick and his group have survived  six seasons of   The Walking Dead  it is not for her pretty face.

Much of its success is due to his characters (and the actors who play them ) are handled without fear with weapons. Life in  Alexandria  is not easy, but the protagonists of the series of  AMC  are defended with nails and teeth thanks to a strict instruction that use real weapons.

In an interview with  Tech Insider , the gunsmith  John Sanders  has detailed how trains members of this group  : "We make them train with real firearms as well as other blanks, and understand how it feels to have a real weapon between hands ". 
in fact, the gunsmith has undergone numerous times to distribution to actual military operations: " sometimes we have brought professionals to coach: military, police and even  SWATs ". All this has made ​​the cast of  The Walking Dead  in a group that fear. 

Some of the action scenes more intense of  The Walking Dead as also from an emotional level.  This forces the players to be physically and mentally prepared to open fire. The work of  Sanders  is to make them feel comfortable with weapons to act best. 

The alexandrianos are also well versed in handling combat vehicles."Sometimes we mounted on a  Ranger  and we did shoot quite sometime.  Russ Smith , who has worked with us for years, has a road with a barrel 50 caliber we have used in the shooting" boasts Sanders. It refers to  4x4 which stormed the prison in the third season. 

Those fans who are interested in seeing what new weapons arrive in Alexandria should be well tuned to watch for upcoming episodes of  The Walking Dead . The closest of them, ' The Same Boat ' (6x13).