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Authors: Etienne DeForest, Art Gelsinger
doesn't have quite the body-blasting, boner-building power of its cousin the deer slug, it does make up for this shortcoming with some very admirable attributes of its own. For those of you who do not know what buck shot is, it can best be described as a large cluster of extra large BBs contained inside a plastic shell, with an even larger charge of gunpowder behind them. Upon firing, the result is an uncompromising barrage of shrapnel that may not uproot bodies from longer ranges, but will definitively send them head first (that is if they still have a head) into the dirt.
The shrapnel effect is what makes buck shot the best overall ammunition in medium-ranged combat with zombies. Not only does it have the ability to dislodge the brain from a zombie’s skull, but it can also send several of its friends to the floor as well, thus slowing the enemy's otherwise unending advance and giving you the chance to finish them off or conserve ammunition by running away.
In close-range combat, say while clearing a room, a 12-gauge buck shot round can effectively deprive of existence one to three flesh-eaters at a time. It can also significantly slow the advance of two to four aggressors in one shot if aimed at the legs or torsos of the assailants. This strategy can grant a plausible retreat to an otherwise impossible combat situation. Although they have not been properly destroyed, you and your allies now have the option of removing yourselves from their presence while the undead attempt to pick themselves off the floor.
Incendiary rounds:
While virtually nonexistent outside the realm of movies and videogames, it is because of the incendiary round option that the Remington 870 was chosen as the ideal weapon for mid-range zombie combat. Although incendiary rounds are inherently hard on any gun, due to the intense heat produced by their discharge, the Remington 870 is the one gun with enough cojones to withstand this highly devastating round.
It should be noted that after firing any amount of incendiary rounds, your gun will need to be cleaned thoroughly. The amount of soot and residue they leave behind can cause even the most reliable shotgun to jam and misfire, if not melt altogether – a potentially lethal situation when facing an unrelenting zombie advance.
It is a well-known fact that zombies hate fire almost as much as black people hate water. Once caught aflame, they run around like frantic rats in a cage. The indigenous people of Easter Island learned this lesson and turned it to their advantage. We, in modern times, need to embrace the tactic of our ancestors and use fire to our advantage as well.
The incendiary round releases an intense twenty foot flame from the end of the gun barrel. With a heat so intense, any organic material caught in the outburst will instantly catch on fire. These rounds cannot be purchased at your local big box outdoor supply shops, however, and they are highly illegal in most states. Chances are you will have to find them in a smaller gun store with more exclusive clientele, or possibly at a white supremacist rummage sale. Sorry folks, we got ourselves a bonafide black president now. The race war is off!
Close-Range Combat
Although hand-to-hand melee with zombies can be orgasmically entertaining, for both spectator and participant alike (see page 13 in Florida Keys ), it is not the most efficient means of zombie combat. Unless you have a light-as-air chainsaw with unlimited oil and gasoline, and a blade that never dulls (see Doom 1-4 ), hand-to-hand combat with the undead will consume your energy while leaving you in much closer-than-comfortable proximity with your enemy than is generally considered healthy. When facing particularly superior numbers, it will be nearly impossible to come out alive in melee against the zombie masses. But if you absolutely must…
Preferred weaponry for combat at arm’s length:
If extremely lucky, you will never find
The shrapnel effect is what makes buck shot the best overall ammunition in medium-ranged combat with zombies. Not only does it have the ability to dislodge the brain from a zombie’s skull, but it can also send several of its friends to the floor as well, thus slowing the enemy's otherwise unending advance and giving you the chance to finish them off or conserve ammunition by running away.
In close-range combat, say while clearing a room, a 12-gauge buck shot round can effectively deprive of existence one to three flesh-eaters at a time. It can also significantly slow the advance of two to four aggressors in one shot if aimed at the legs or torsos of the assailants. This strategy can grant a plausible retreat to an otherwise impossible combat situation. Although they have not been properly destroyed, you and your allies now have the option of removing yourselves from their presence while the undead attempt to pick themselves off the floor.
Incendiary rounds:
While virtually nonexistent outside the realm of movies and videogames, it is because of the incendiary round option that the Remington 870 was chosen as the ideal weapon for mid-range zombie combat. Although incendiary rounds are inherently hard on any gun, due to the intense heat produced by their discharge, the Remington 870 is the one gun with enough cojones to withstand this highly devastating round.
It should be noted that after firing any amount of incendiary rounds, your gun will need to be cleaned thoroughly. The amount of soot and residue they leave behind can cause even the most reliable shotgun to jam and misfire, if not melt altogether – a potentially lethal situation when facing an unrelenting zombie advance.
It is a well-known fact that zombies hate fire almost as much as black people hate water. Once caught aflame, they run around like frantic rats in a cage. The indigenous people of Easter Island learned this lesson and turned it to their advantage. We, in modern times, need to embrace the tactic of our ancestors and use fire to our advantage as well.
The incendiary round releases an intense twenty foot flame from the end of the gun barrel. With a heat so intense, any organic material caught in the outburst will instantly catch on fire. These rounds cannot be purchased at your local big box outdoor supply shops, however, and they are highly illegal in most states. Chances are you will have to find them in a smaller gun store with more exclusive clientele, or possibly at a white supremacist rummage sale. Sorry folks, we got ourselves a bonafide black president now. The race war is off!
Close-Range Combat
Although hand-to-hand melee with zombies can be orgasmically entertaining, for both spectator and participant alike (see page 13 in Florida Keys ), it is not the most efficient means of zombie combat. Unless you have a light-as-air chainsaw with unlimited oil and gasoline, and a blade that never dulls (see Doom 1-4 ), hand-to-hand combat with the undead will consume your energy while leaving you in much closer-than-comfortable proximity with your enemy than is generally considered healthy. When facing particularly superior numbers, it will be nearly impossible to come out alive in melee against the zombie masses. But if you absolutely must…
Preferred weaponry for combat at arm’s length:
If extremely lucky, you will never find
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