Proper airsoft Zombie Hunter guns

[p.briden]

also in a lot of other zombie fiction burning zombies is very effective means of killing them.

 

I haven't read Brooks' book yet, I'm sure its very good but its by no means definitive. You can interpret the zombie apocolypse scenario any way you want.

 

My personal interpretation isn't as black and white as dead shamblers or fast infected. Alot of people suggest that 'infected' means they're not dead but alive humans who are rabid and psycopathic. In my idea of zombies they are very very dead, in alot of zombie fiction with an infection it is a mutated form of rabies.....rabies kills you . I figure what if there was a mutated rabies virus that had almost parasitic qualities, in the sense that the viruses main purpose is to further its own existance, so it occupies a host (through a bite) and then kills them before reanimating their corpse as a vehicle, the 'infected' corpse then has to feed on others or it will cease to function and die as it has no fresh blood in its system to operate the organs and muscles.

 

also; the word zombie means reanimated corpse, not raving infected but alive nutter.

[Chimpy]

In short it's fiction. What works and doesn't work is only bound by imagination.

 

Until the zombie apocalypse arrives of course.

[Hedganian]

If the overpressure is enough to mince your internal organs the brain won't be any better.

 

 

I suppose that's true. But it seems very wasteful, when a couple of well-placed bullets would achieve the same result without splashing contaminated fluids all over the place.

[Chimpy]

Depends on how close together your zombies happen to be and how desperate you are to get rid of them.

[evansy]

When did the .22lr become a good zombie killing gun? Will it keep its accuracy, penetrate a skull and destroy enough of the brain to put down a zombie at long range? If people want an airsoft 10/22 didnt sun projct make one?

IMO you want something like a 7.62mm nato with upto 600m range which will leave an exit wound the size of a small grapefruit so any remaining brain will leak out.

When it gets close a quiet SMG like an MP5SD or UMP with suppressor would be a good idea with a matched caliber suppressed pistol.

I suppose if your going for a more realistic use whats about aproach Land of the dead has a good selection of weapons which fit that bill.

[Skarclaw]

Why put down a zombie at long range? Sure I can imagine that you might need to sometimes but not enough to warrant carrying some massive rifle. I'd focus on staying the hell away from them and not attracting them to me with gun shots.

[joeco]

My zombie killer shopping list would certainly include this beast:

 

 

and a cricket bat

[Hedganian]

When did .22rf become a good anti-zombie round?

 

When was it invented - that's when.

[evansy]

Why put down a zombie at long range? Sure I can imagine that you might need to sometimes but not enough to warrant carrying some massive rifle. I'd focus on staying the hell away from them and not attracting them to me with gun shots.

Well if you had to shoot zombies would you rather do it at long range or short?

Also subsonic 7.62mm ftw http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=socgmULGVOA

You might loose some range but you'll still do more damage than .22lr

[aznsk8s87]

Having discussed this over lunch with some colleagues, here's what we came up with:

 

An M4 chambered in 7.62 NATO with a UV flashlight. No optics.

A revolver chambered in .44 magnum.

A *fruitcage*-ing mace. And I don't mean the spray kind.

*maybe* a shotgun. If so, must be pump action and sawed off. 12 Gauge.

Derringer in the boot.

Black leather trenchcoat.

 

 

Of course, it depends on what kind of zombies, and what kind of setting.

If it was an elite commando unit designated for fighting zombies, I'd say it'd be similar to AVP - equipped with G36's, laser sights, state of the art equipment, etcetera. If we're talking independent resistance, the loadout mentioned above. If it was us versus them sort of thing, I think I'd take an Imperial Guard approach from WH40K, an M14/SOCOM 16 and a whole lot of faith.

 

 

[Hedganian]

Where are you going to get an M4 chambered for 7.62mm, and why would you want one? It's heavier than 5.56mm and no better at killing zombies. Your colleagues seem to have focused on large-calibre weapons. Were they Americans, by any chance?

 

And what possible use is a UV flashlight? Zombies don't burn in the sunlight - that's vampires.

[darkchild130]

Thompson with a drum mag and dum dum rounds. Blow them frickin heads apart!

Desert eagle in any calibre

Machete. Im thinking when the zombie hordes get close you will be wildly hacking them apart rather than calmly stabbing them in the brain.

 

Basically weapons that can do a lot of damage to bodies.

 

Darkchild

[Skarclaw]

Well if you had to shoot zombies would you rather do it at long range or short?

Also subsonic 7.62mm ftw http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=socgmULGVOA

You might loose some range but you'll still do more damage than .22lr

 

Don't need to do damage, just enough to destroy the brain, which a .22 can do unless you are super unlucky.

[Pablo]

It seems a reminder is in order.

 

THIS IS NOT AN ANTI-ZOMBIE LOADOUT THREAD.

 

I'm interested in what AIRSOFT gun you think SHOULD be in the box marked Zombie Hunter Special Edition - in other words, what REPLICA GUN would be good for a Zombie Hunter type loadout. Maces and machetes are irrelevant unless they're bolted to the frickin' gun, in which case they'd better be LARP ones.

 

Clear?

 

Thanks for your time, folks...

 

EDIT: Molotovs? Jeez, yeah, each gun comes with a plastic replica beer bottle half full of liquid and a hanky hanging out the top...

 

 

....hmmmmmmmmm, I have an idea...

[Hedganian]

*Shuffles feet and looks at the floor*

 

Yes, Pablo....

 

Anyway, I think something along the lines of the tommygun-modified 10/22 would be good, with a nice skull or something on the stock and a cool Bible quote (think Pulp Fiction) about smiting things engraved on the side somewhere. That would be a cool airsoft anti-zombie weapon.

[TheMerchantOfVenice]

Roger that.

Back to the topic.

I believe a P90 would be the ultimate compromise in terms of accuracy, power of rounds, lightness of rounds, and compactness in a firearm. I'd say just a normal P90 with a Red Dot or a Flashlight.

 

[apmaman]

The Flame Thrower isn't a bad idea.

 

They bodies would catch fire and the flesh holding them together would disitegrate and leave them unable to move. Unless you can move with no muscle liniments or tendons or any other tissue.

 

Although I'd prefer having a moltov because flamer throwers look heavy. Giving me time to leg it and watch them slowly fall apart in a fiery fashion

 

As for a gun, I guess an old SLR would be good. More than enough oomph to go through a few Z'ds. That funny looking Bizon SMG would be nice. 64 round 9mm mag so ammo's not to hard to find and with its high capacity, small size its a good thing to have.

 

I dont think theres any airsoft versions of this..

 

http://www.dreadgazebo.com/gunporn/wp-cont...nporn-bizon.jpg

[Hedganian]

The point is that a flame thrower doesn't kill them quickly enough, or stop them being a threat while it kills them. And the only thing worse than being eaten by a zombie is being eaten by a burning zombie.

[aznsk8s87]

Yes, they were Americans.

 

Sorry Pablo.

 

If there were to be any one gun that would totally be BAMF for zombie killing I'd definitely think along the lines of a Thompson that's been modernized. Anyone here ever play Resistance: Fall of Man? You know how they modernize the guns from the 40's? Yeah.

 

It still needs a *fruitcage*-ing big flashlight on it, though.

[Pablo]

The point is that a flame thrower doesn't kill them quickly enough...

 

 

It's also not gonna be reasonably priced in an airsoft version, and it's gonna eat BB's like no tomorrow. I've seen the vids on YouTube, doesn't really appeal

[apmaman]

The point is that a flame thrower doesn't kill them quickly enough, or stop them being a threat while it kills them. And the only thing worse than being eaten by a zombie is being eaten by a burning zombie.

 

I always picture zombies as the slow moving ones. Since they're dead I dont think they would have much control over there bodies so giving the flames plenty of time to eat through them before they eat me.

 

Its also free lighting when it gets dark!

 

 

But I agree if its the fast moving ones fire is only good for getting rid of them if you have barricaded yourself in behind a steel fence or wall of some kind. Since they cant get to you but you can get to them, you can make them burn away. Which is what I would of done on Dead Set. Instead of trying to distract them. Syphon out the petrol in the other cars around, pour through holes in fences on silly zombies. Find out what human flesh smells like when it begins to cook..

 

Sorted!

 

 

It would be so cool as a airsoft weapon though... but im going to stick with the Bizon.

 

AK reliability with higher capacity and a smaller overall size so easier to run about with.

[Hedganian]

Syphon out the petrol in the other cars around, pour through holes in fences on silly zombies. Find out what human flesh smells like when it begins to cook..

 

Like roasting pork. Then like burning pork....

 

Or so I'm told......

[DanHS]

The sort of rifle I'd like to have as an airsoft specific zombie gun would be a magazine fed semi auto full sized rifle, with an extended mag. Perhaps a Tokarev, or Remington 7400. Still needs a striker on the muzzle, not so much for smashing zombies, but as I said before, for smashing through windows and doors.

 

An all black Remington 7400 with a folding stock and red dot, and the striker on the muzzle. Perhaps a suppressor that covers most of the barrel as well, so it remains short enough but has little muzzle flash and less of a report, just the crack of the bullet (not in airsoft of course, but thinking of the reasoning in 'real life'). And make it GBB on an external rig, with M14 AEG mags for the simplicity and availability. That's my zombie killer airsoft gun.

 

As for the real life situation, I still think a rabies epidemic is not unreasonable, in which case you just want to get to a secure high point where you can shoot at the infected people who just attack everything. If you can't get out onto the water (rabies victims are usually afraid of water, the old name for rabies was "hydrophobia"), then you may need to camp out on/in a building and pick off any infected you see while waiting for them to all die. A rabies epidemic would last quite some time, as lots of animals and people would get infected by the remains of those who had already died, and with that much dead infected bodies around you'd seriously want a gas mask and NCB suit. So don't forget you'd also have to kill off animals as well as people. They will be frightened of water and very loud or large things, so fireballs, big noisy guns, etc, could actually do quite well scaring rabies victims away from a place.

 

Now going back to fantasy, you need those zombies heads to be blown apart, limbs severed (but be careful, if you cut a zombie in half, the upper body may still be able to crawls towards you), and burned to a crisp (good way of ensuring the infected carcass won't get other animals infected, but be careful of the zombifying agent being carried in the smoke). I like my shortened semi auto rife, gives the feel of being on the move, then taking cover holed up in a safe spot for a little while, picking off the zombies that are wandering about with semi auto headshots, then moving on. Boobie traps that are easy for uninfected people to spot, but unnoticeable to zombies are a good idea. Zombies will wander into them and die, while any other survivors can steer clear, and perhaps follow you and group together. That doesn't have anything to do with zombie hunter edition guns, so I'll stop with that.

 

So my two zombie hunter edition guns are now a 10/22 with 30rnd mags, folding stock, red dot, suppressor, and muzzle striker, and a Remington 7400 with a suppressor, 20rnd mags, small 2.5 magnification scope, and muzzle striker. Both GBB's that can run on external HPA rigs or small internal CO2 tanks, and perform flawlessly.

[WhutJP]

well, an all out gun that would do everything i would want would be a semi auto mid-range calibre (not as small as a .22 and not as large as a .308 or whatever). Im thinking 20rnd mags (its the largest id want the individual mags to be)

 

The gun would be a hunting rifle style/length gun, the butt would be reinforced and have an axe-like blade on the underside for when things got close.

also that means that further down the barrel is a grip for when its an axe.

 

 

The gun would also have a laser sight so that when they are close (but not close enough for the axe) i dont have to aim down the sight (i dont have to worry about it giving away my position either - zombies are stupid).

 

the laser would be built in so as to be sturdy and not get knocked off. Otherwise i would use iron sights.

 

 

airsoft wise, for practicality's sake i would say it should be an aeg, but GBB is really cool... perhaps and aeg with blowback to compromise.

 

 

 

[Unit 318]

I fancy [this] for zombie killing. I don't know why, it just looks like part...