Weapon Madness – Round One – Melee Weapon Contest: Fire Extinguisher vs Shotgun Butt
Not a big surprise, but a lot of people liked the idea of putting A LOT of space between them and the walking dead. Yet, people still recognized the killing power of the .22 pistol. Sure it may lack a lot of stopping power, but as many stated, it would just take a simple shot to the head to kill a zed. The bullet goes in but can’t get out, hence, you play pinball in a zombie’s brain. Be that as it may, the scoped rifle took home the gold while the .22 pistol won some lovely parting gifts.
Being the wuss at heart, I would have elected the scoped rifle. May aim is all right and while I might make Annie Oakley shake her head in frustration, I’d still be able to take a fair share of zombies out before they sniffed my position. And who knows … maybe a few other survivors as well. (One doesn’t need to play nice in the apocalypse).
The next matchup puts a fire extinguisher against a shotgun butt. Which will it be to make it into the second round?
Fire Extinguisher
Pros: great head crushing power, great blinding potential, can be used to push many at once
Cons: clumbsy to wield, heavy, could slip out of your hands
Shotgun Butt
Pros: great control, great accuracy, great power.
Cons: good against just one zombie, not made for swinging, liable to break
Just a reminder about the judging. These are Romero type zombies. They are slow and sluggish. Headshots or decapitations will kill them. Bites will lead to probable infection, then death. You should judge a weapon based on its effectiveness against one zombie to an entire horde. A weapon does not need to be lethal to be effective. If it buys you some time to escape, then it should be looked on with favor.
So which do you think will make for a better zombie killing weapon?
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How much of the shotgun butt do we get?
Considering that the shotgun is a WEAPON designed to suit our human bio-mechanics I think this is a no contest. In the history of the world there has been more traumatic brain injury attributed to the liberal use of rifle/shotgun butts than fire extinguishers.
I wouldn’t really want to use either but, I’d take the shoutgun but over the fire extinguisher based on how much easier it is to swing than a fire extinguisher.
They’re both empty, right? Shot gun butt.
If it’s a full shotgun, I’d take the shotie any day of the week. Hell, I’d take on of my school’s demilitarized M1′s or Springfields over a fire extinguisher.