Zombies are coming!!!!

Try fruit.  Water jugs don't represent human heads as well as a watermelon or cantaloupe.  The human skull is an amazing composition of different pieces of bones.

There are videos .  I am not sure what range, but the destruction and damage looked good.  Still, I get the feeling that the range on the video was closer than 50' feet.

I've seen 12 gauge buckshot in action.  It can be destructive... but I still stand by my prior assessment that you want power, and ammo capacity at close range.  Buckshot will have power, but not capacity.  Using it at mid-range cuts away from power, and ammo capacity is still an issue.

so there slow shuffle zombies not fast pathogen zombies right....


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Right... we are using the "traditional slow-shuffle" zombies and not the new generation ones (a la 28 Days Later).  If we were using the fast suckers... I don't even wanna think about it.  :-X

I think as a backup to firearms, a lightweight and extremely sharp katana would be nice. I say katana because a curved blade is much easier for slicing. One quick swipe across the throat woud do it I think. Granted ONLY as a last resort, and ONLY if they're the slow moving zombies...

You'd want as much cutting power as possible when in melee with slow zombies.  The best decapitation weapon would be an axe.  All the weight and force is at a heavy, weighted end... made sharp.  Also axes can be more utilitarian in purpose than a sword and the haft can be used to block and parry the grasping arms of the zombies.

Yeah... I know, I have put too much thought and energy into this line of thinking and such... 

I've been thinking on what to do about teh fast, pathogen type zombies... I'm still thinking it over and mulling things, but I might try to write a small supplement to the survival guide when it comes to fast zombies.

Good point on the axe. Now are talking something with a very broad head like a battle axe? Or a woodcutting axe?

And for the fast zombies, you only need two things. A gun, and a bullet... For yourself.  Or maybe a BFG.