Reasons not to use a shotgun during a zombie invasion

[Paper]

The entire point of a magazine is to have it loaded BEFORE an intense firefight.

You won't be spraying to kill the zombies if you know what is good for you, so that is 10-30 shots in a single magazine, which when aimed right count as at least 15 kills.

A shotgun does not even carry ten (if I'm not mistaken), and the shells are not interchangeable between other types of firearms.

An MP5 with 9X19 parabellum would work with both an mp5 and glock 17 (as would a .40 and 10mm) and those are the two types of firearms I would carry. The ammunition and firearms are both very light, and would be much easier to carry around during action than a shotgun and a box of shells.

You're not getting my point. I was talking about what you actually have access to. Full auto permits are expensive, so I'm doubting most of the people on here have assault rifles and submachine guns.

And it's always much harder to aim when you're in a tight situation than when you're at a range. I bet most of the people here could hit a target 100% of the time with a full clip in a common rifle like a .22, provided they know how to use ironsights. I know I can, and I barely ever get to the range. But when you're in a panicked situation, you're not going to hit nearly as much. And if you read my original post, you'll see that I talk about the number of clips you have. You may have them loaded BEFORE you get into a fight, but in real life, you're clips don't automatically shove your reservoir ammo into themselves. And how many clips do you have for whatever guns you can access? I don't have more than 2 clips for any of the firearms I could access, and I know most of us certainly don't have supply humvees nearby to save our asses.

As for ammo interchangeability, if you happen to be using a .410 shotgun you could use both the .410 shells and .45acp rounds in a taurus judge if you happened to have one.

[Christmas]

You're not getting my point. I was talking about what you actually have access to. Full auto permits are expensive, so I'm doubting most of the people on here have assault rifles and submachine guns.

All I've seen for full auto permits is an extra 100-200 dollars. Regardless of a slightly steeper price tag, a permit is still accessible.

And it's always much harder to aim when you're in a tight situation than when you're at a range. I bet most of the people here could hit a target 100% of the time with a full clip in a common rifle like a .22, provided they know how to use ironsights. I know I can, and I barely ever get to the range. But when you're in a panicked situation, you're not going to hit nearly as much. And if you read my original post, you'll see that I talk about the number of clips you have. You may have them loaded BEFORE you get into a fight, but in real life, you're clips don't automatically shove your reservoir ammo into themselves. And how many clips do you have for whatever guns you can access? I don't have more than 2 clips for any of the firearms I could access, and I know most of us certainly don't have supply humvees nearby to save our asses/

8 rounds
20-60 rounds (assuming one extra clip)

Shotguns are still beat in quantity before having to access non-loaded ammunition. What are you trying to get at here? This is also zombie preparation, and if I was to prepare for a zombie outbreak, I would have more than two magazines for my firearms.

Zombies don't move terribly fast, so even in a "panic mode" where you have no fear of being shot at, your target isn't that difficult to hit. More difficult than at a range, but not as much as in a firefight.

As for ammo interchangeability, if you happen to be using a .410 shotgun you could use both the .410 shells and .45acp rounds in a taurus judge if you happened to have one.

How common are those two weapons?

[Jeimuzu]

Not very common Christmas. I think..

I watched quarantine a few nights ago, and I have to say.. It was the start of the perfect zombie invasion. Too bad the people in the situation were idiots, except for the drunk guy, who the officer was stupid enough to make stay with the crowd.

I have to say though, being in a dark place like that though, you should definitely get night vision goggles or something.

Probably going to get a lot of bad responses from this, but you can't blame me, I just finished watching Equilibrium.. I would probably like dual glocks, maybe with extended clips, instead of that semi-automatic shotgun. Can hold a lot of clips for them, light weight, and the zombies should die from head shots..

[&&toasties]

Not very common Christmas. I think..

I watched quarantine a few nights ago, and I have to say.. It was the start of the perfect zombie invasion. Too bad the people in the situation were idiots, except for the drunk guy, who the officer was stupid enough to make stay with the crowd.

I have to say though, being in a dark place like that though, you should definitely get night vision goggles or something.

I should watch this movie.

I've honestly never seen it.

Is it worth watching?

[Paper]

This seems to be a reliable source for information about an automatics permit (best answer poster)
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...2143807AAH6ghX.

Needless to say, it's a pain, especially in NJ, where they like to restrict everything.

What I'm saying is because of the difficulty of accessing military grade firearms, shotguns should not be thrown out as completely inferior.

.410 bore shotguns are fairly common. I've mostly seen "home-defense" type models, lower recoil/ higher spread for less experienced shooters, but still plenty of stopping power.

The Taurus Judge is fairly new, and very popular. In fact, the original release of the gun saw shortages because it was so popular. Taurus increased their production to compensate.

[Christmas]

It may be a hassle, and may be unlikely, but we are also talking about the hypothetical scenario of a zombie outbreak, which is also virtually impossible.

[Paper]

Depending upon where you live, it's actually almost impossible. So hypothetically, if you were to stock up for a zombie apocalypse, there's really no way to prepare with the equipment you really want. Which is where my idea of taking the best aspects of a commonly accessible gun comes in and going against the original idea of the article that was posted.

This might be the longest thread on the server.