I Know I'll Get Flamed But Best Round for Killing Zombies

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I think I'd stick with my DPMS AR15. I know there'd be a problem with overpenetration, but I just watched "Land of the Dead," and there were so many zombies that one round could go through multiple zombie heads. Plus I know I can get a head shot every time with that gun, even on the faster-moving zombies. I change my vote to .223.
 
Hey, this issue is so important they're gonna do an episode of Shooting Gallery on anti-zombie/werewolf/vampire stuff. Michael Bane said so right here on this board. :D
 
i'd go ak style rifle 30 round mags or beta mags, in 223. you can carry more rounds in 223. if not that, then 22 mag , or hyper velocity hollowpoint semi auto lr's. Can carry a ton of those rounds, and when the zombies come, you need maximum ammo count.
 
Ask Larry Correia. He wrote the book about killing the undead.

pax
 
My glock 22 because it would be closest then my 12 Gauage browning BPS. Then the next door neighbors my dad and myself would get all of our arsenels together and save the neighborhood.
 
marksmanship-wise, a common problem is the strain from keeping one eye closed, having to open to rest, then having to re-adjust your sight picture....

Huh? You must really not shoot real guns a whole lot... Both eyes open is the correct method, camper...

Seriously, I'll direct you guys back to the second reply to the thread... I don't think anything would beat the M1 Carbine. Fast, plenty of capacity, reliable, and a big enough slug to punch skull. A 9mm version would be better.

Aimed fire, guys... Aimed fire...
 
is it me, or is a zombie invasion every varmint hunter's wet dream come true ? Think about it, plenty of targets, no limitation on where you can waste em, fairly large and usually slow moving, lots of calibers you can use to wack em (anything from a 22lr to a 50bmg will work), and you can raid your local gun store for more ammo and guns if you need to without worrying about being arrested :evil:
 
Hollow points man...

GOTTA have hollow points for the craniums...
 
We don't need no steenkin guns...

What really is needed is an overgrown weedwhacker that takes a 1/2" steel cable that is 75 feet long. Sit atop it, throw a switch, pop a beer and watch the zombies stagger forward to get decapitated. Sorry, I'm a sick puppy.
 
12 gauge 00 buckshot. Opens up them zombie heads like overripe melons
And, of course, a ballpeen hammer for CQB
 
For a mobile loadout I would want 3 guns. Any mag fed 22lr with lots of mags for long to medium range work (preferably with suppressor), a Saiga 12 gauge for close range, and a sidearm for SHTF situations, probably a 9mm glock 34 with extended mags. While I can relate the idea of sitting on the roof and blast zombies all day, I would prefer to keep a lower profile. The noise would only attract more zombies, and trap you until the zombies die or you starve, or worse, they find a way inside your defenses. They may be dumb but they are persistent and very strong, and will keep battering away until they break through or their arms are stumps. You've got to sleep sometime, in that situation its only a matter of time before you wake up only to be devoured by the horde. My solution would be to gather a small group of friends/family and go find a small island and camp out there, ala 28 Days. I would only use the guns if absolutely necessary, as using them would quickly bring more targets than I have ammo for.
 
An interesting question. My original thought would be a flamethrower. As I continued thinking about it, I couldn't help but imagine the outcome though. As I understand it a Zombie doesn't like to be set ablaze. The undead bastard, though allready dead, would probably panic and begin to run while alit. A bunch of running flaming Zombies would probably pose a large danger to catching parts of the surrounding environment on fire as well. Then a bunch of little flamming Zombies burns down half of Chicago again. (Not that Zombies burned down Chicago the first time... though the idea hasn't been discounted.)


Since we are playing a fantasy scenario I'd like to think big. Perhaps a
40mm HE round from a Mark 19 would be nice for Zombies. It could take out several closely standing Zombies at once, and the ones that don't have their heads summarily vaporized will at least have some missing limbs. It would take a tank to top a semi-automatic belt fed 40mm grenade launcher. Hmm... a tank... an M1A1 ... Yeah!!! that's the ticket.

Yes English Kanigit and I agree on that one.
 
i think the best thing to have would be something extremely accurate and low recoil. the round can be anything powerful enough to penetrate the skull. stopping power is unimportant cause only head shots can stop them.

I'd still want the round to be fairly decent so i could be sure of skull penetration.

maybe a glock in .380 with laser sight. I say glock because i want it to withstand the test of time and elements. i aint gonna be doing any gun cleaining.
 
How do you know the zombies would be aggresive? I mean, do you know them personally? Have you even met them? You cant go by how Hollywood portrays the zombies; just think of how Hollywood portrays the average gun owner. When the zombies come you might make great friends with one, you might bring him to the range, have bbq's, have sleepovers, go fishing, etc.; then you'll feel silly for talking about blasting him. :p
 
According to Return of the Living Dead the movie
Night of the Living Dead lied: you can't kill the
undead. But then Dawn of the Dead and Day
of the Dead
showed zombies killed by bullet or
machete to the brain, so what to believe? In RoTL
Atomic Annie was useless.
 
According to Return of the Living Dead the movie
Night of the Living Dead lied: you can't kill the
undead. But then Dawn of the Dead and Day
of the Dead showed zombies killed by bullet or
machete to the brain, so what to believe? In RoTL
Atomic Annie was useless.

Hate to lay down some geek one-upsmanship here, but in RoTLD burning into ash was the only way to get rid of the undead. The problem came when the chemicals in the ash leached out into gravesites (hence the ironic twist at the end of the movie of spreading the zombie crisis from using the nuke).

:p


"Believe" in Romero zombies, the rest are either parody or imposters!
:D
 
An e-tool is the ultimate zombie killer. Just hack their heads off, and it never runs out of ammo!

Break-open boomstick is pretty good too :)
 
Zombies aren't real...but I would use an AA-12 Auto Assault Shotgun with a 20 round drum loaded either with slugs or 00 Buck will take care of em up close, XD .45 for a side arm, and if I felt like luggin the extra weight, a Springfield M1A with a 4X scope. And obviously enough ammo for the lot to take down Nicaragua.
 
Flac for me...

Pretty sure some 7.62 NATO's (.308 Rem for those of us south of the Mason-Dixon) fed through an FN F-2000 would do the trick, if you could come up with a duffle bag and a ___load of 30rd mags.

That, or figger out how to trick out a Cx4 in .45ACP with some sort of drum mags and have a friggin ball!

:evil:
 
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