Semi Auto versus Full Auto? What do you like and why?

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Permalink Reply by Komrad seantpage on August 20, 2010 at 6:46pm

I'm not firearms expert - hard to be here in the UK but I have shot a bit & they always say a fool/untrained person can't miss fast enough with a machine gun. So semi I think.

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Permalink Reply by AG. on August 20, 2010 at 6:51pm

I'd want something that'd do both, but if I HAD to pick, I'd take the full auto first. Shoot in controlled bursts will conserve ammo, and when the shit hits the fan I'll spray lead at eye level.

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Permalink Reply by Bota2112 on August 20, 2010 at 8:43pm

Totally agree with ya Rhino. Semi-auto all the way. full auto is just a waste of ammo, and in the zombie apocalypse ammo will be worth its weight in gold and then some!

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Permalink Reply by Komrad Kolossus on August 21, 2010 at 3:01pm

semi-auto better control and saves ammo

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Permalink Reply by Bastion WFP on August 21, 2010 at 9:15pm

This is kind of tough is semi auto more practical against a horde? You bet. But against a platoon worth of raiders? Hell No. So both have their pros and cons for me if you've ever shot full auto it just feels good ya know? Feeling that recoil, who knows maybe I'm just trigger happy anyway I'd go with Semi auto just cause theres probably gonna be a helluva lot more zombies than raiders

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Permalink Reply by Komrad Sp1kestrip on August 22, 2010 at 1:28am

I would have to say, for an apocalyptic scenario I would choose full auto. As already stated, fire in short bursts to conserve ammo, but empty the magazine when danger is too great. Better to have the option of spray 'n pray than be stuck pulling the trigger 40 times. 

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on August 22, 2010 at 5:15am

brother. even in uzi or mac i would want semi auto. basic reason is this. when it comes to recoil or what some calls kick. you may make a kill with the first hit, maybe even the next two or three. but what about the other six or more that come out of those guns in that same full auto burst? those rounds are gone and all you hit was maybe a wall or other objects in that general area. those rounds could have been the differance between life or death come the next zombie battle. to close of a call if you ask me, especially if ammo turns into a hard to find and valued item. i admit when it comes to a mac that semi mode ain't much. i owned one, i know this all to well. but an uzi is a whole new ball game. with a wood or collapsable stock, the hit ratio with an uzi in semi auto is as good as any other firearms with enough skill and practice. so for me, its still semi auto. save a few bullets, save a life. maybe your own.

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Permalink Reply by AG. on August 24, 2010 at 1:00am

Nobody can pick up a gun for the first time and be an excellent marksman with it. Zombies don't walk in a straight line, they hobble side to side. You will most likely be under stress or in fear when trying to aim steady. I have very little experience with firearms and I would know I would have a lot of trouble aiming for as small a target as a human head one trigger pull at a time. An untrained individual would most likely pull the trigger more than 4 times to hit the head. It's not like the movies where hitting the head is as simple as a trigger pull, move the gun, trigger pull. So to anyone who practices hitting small, moving targets semi auto would be perfect with a semi auto gun. But for the majority of us who have limited to no experience with them, it is a quick way to get overwhelmed by the undead as your stuck shooting one inaccurate bullet at a time. That is, of course, if you don't practice or aren't trained in doing so.

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Permalink Reply by Fearless Freak on August 24, 2010 at 9:31am

thats what annoys me about most zombie films, they come across all these weapons fully loaded and suddenly become experts with firearms

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Permalink Reply by Komrad Sunyak on August 24, 2010 at 2:36pm

I am a good shot and would favor the accuracy of a semi auto weapon.

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Permalink Reply by Cobra Kommander on September 7, 2010 at 12:42am

Semi, conserve your ammo!

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Permalink Reply by saint.357 on December 13, 2015 at 4:43pm

i would also have to go with semi full auto is only useful against humans, even then according to the army's own statistics even a trained soldier misses 90 percent of the time, because it basically comes down to, catching your target by surprise or both of taking cover and firing at one another basically blind until someone screws up and gets caught in the open. Rather then being soldiers on the front lines i think survivors will have to take up a more sniper like mentality, going for one shot one kill, conserving ammo and hiding rather then going in guns blazing. 

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