Chukidori wrote:
If that ar-15 is semi auto sure.
I still believe fully automatic weapons are a poor choice. theres always the temptation to go full auto in a panic situation. Zombies will NOT die from body shots. Zombies are simply a dead body being utilized by a virus of some kind. The only way to take out a zombie is to destroy its head...They no longer need their vital organs to function, and all "guns" are designed on that principle. Of inflicting lethal damage on a LIVING target. you can pump rounds into a zombie all day long, severe limbs etc and it will stil be combat effective untill you put one in its brain.
Its most economical to take ONLY head shots. And a .22 is the perfect choice. a .22 to the skull will inflict as much damage as your .40 and 5.56
A shotgun is also not a very good anti-zombie weapon. The ammunition for it is bulky, you must be at close range to use it..and the riusk of blood splatter , and thus spraying infectious material everywhere onto your self and your party is greatly increased. plus why use the shot gun when a .22 from a distance is sufficient. the shot gun will only serve to physicaly "move" zombies out of the way. Its not worth the weight and the extra ammo.
Just read this il tidbit... umm full auto would be a fine choice, just don't be an idiot! Who said we would be shotting at it's body in full auto hmm? The ability to burst the rounds (just give the trigger a quick tap) would actually increase the chances of you hitting a head because your aim (at least mine) doesn't get affected that badly by the first 3 or 4 rounds from a fully automatic Assault Rifle.
As said before, the .22 might not penetrate the skull fully, plus even if it got through the skull the actual tissue damage or stopping power a .22LR round does is very minimal and the muzzle velocity is the same as a 9mm. I'd personally rather have a bullet with almost twice the diameter with the same speed hit a zombie. More tissue damage = more brain damage thus more dead zombie.
And how can one say a shotgun isn't a good (almost best) zombie killing weapon there is? Yes you need to destroy its brains, so just aim high! IT's been proven that a shotgun has the highest chances of hittting a target (if not once then probably multiple times). Also, equipped with buckshot (0 or higher) the damage would be great. All buckshot pellets are larger than a .22 round and the 000 is the same size as a 9mm! having 6-9 pellets almost the size of a 9mm bullet heading towards a target AT THE SAME TIME is awesome! You only need one of those to get in that brain to really put 'em down. And for a tight crowd you could even hit another one or two zombies with the spread.
Ammo isn't that big of a deal, it is big and bulky i know, but they have more killing potential than a few rifle or handgun rounds. Easier to hit with for sure. Don't grab a little entry gun, go for the fullsized shotty with the long barrel. A Mossberg 500 Persuader (I have one) can fit 9 12 gauge shells (8 + 1 in chamber). Don't worry too much about reloading, grab a bandolir! and if you have to just knock on on it's *** with a chest shot so you can reload.
Now for this range "issue" is no biggie. The effective range on a regular shotgun is about 30 to 75 meters (about 25 to 70 yards for you Americans). Thats an average of multiple fullsized shotguns in 12 gauge. You can still kill one at the maximum EFFECTIVE range easily if you aim.
You also forgot about choke, having a full choke allows 70% of the pellets to hit a 30" circle at 40 Yards. Cut the size of that circle in half and you get a head sized target with 45% of all your shot hitting that target. So for 000 buckshot (the 9mm sized stuff) thats about the equivalent of two or three 9mm bullets (at slower velocities though) hitting the zombie's head. I like those numbers alot. Zombies move slow so getting a quick bead (even faster with a red dot sight) isn't hard.
For splatter issues, I'm pretty sure most of it goes out the back if you hit them right. I don't know for sure because i've never put someone down with a shotgun but I'm just using common sense. Also how far do you think blood spatter goes??? I'm not gonna run up to a zombie to cap 'em, like 5 meters is plenty to avoid real contamination and i sure hope you're not firing a shotgun with a buddy thats close to the zombie.
Love Hollywood eh?
