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Piet and I were discussing our next effort in this series and decided that a little variety was in order, and that we should incorporate shotguns into the next match. We’re still working on stepping out of our comfort zones while battling the living dead, and while we’re comfortable shouldering a rifle against the zombie hordes, neither of us were entirely certain precisely where shotguns would rate in the battle.

It’s fine and good to say a shotgun is a good anti-zombie weapon, but is it really?

With that in mind here’s the scenario;

A day off, finally a day off. Ignoring the few chores that you really should be attending to you’ve decided to sneak off and put in a little time at the range. A quick hour or so, before getting back to the administrivia of day-to-day life. You’ve grabbed your shotgun simply because it’s been languishing in the back of the gun cabinet, and your favorite pistol and a few boxes of ammo for each.

Top 40 music plays quietly on the car stereo, and as that generic bubble-gum pop tune you hate so much starts playing and you reach for the tuning knob a trembling voice announces that the emergency broadcast network is assuming control of the station. The good news is that horrible tune won’t be stuck in your head, the bad news is that some sort of chemical spill has taken place on the other side of town, and the military is instituting a quarantine, martial law and a curfew all in one fell swoop.

Stopping your car only long enough to load your pistol and shotgun you execute the worlds worst U-turn and drop the hammer, heading for your significant others workplace back in town. There is almost no traffic into town, but the roads are jammed heading out, indicating to you that you are, at least, inside the quarantine zone.

Arriving at your significant others workplace you see three horribly disfigured people hammered on the main glass doors, wide eyed employees inside can be seen peering over partitions and desks. It’s a matter of moments before that glass shatters.

You boldly step from your vehicle and rack the slide (ejecting an unfired shell which arcs gracefully through the air and under your car). Kicking yourself for going “hollywood” in the heat of the moment you step forward and….

Course of fire will be as follows;

Standard 8 1/2×11″ Zombie Target

Stage 1: 3 targets engaged at 50 yards with 4 1 oz. slugs. (any targets not hit within the “kill zone” will be moved forward to stage 2, if all targets killed with first 3 rounds then 1 additional slug may be used in stage 2).

Stage 2: 5 targets (plus those missed in stage 1) engaged at 20 yards with 2 rounds 00 buck (center of pattern to be within the “kill zone”), then 10 rounds pistol.

Stage 3: (Hail mary) Any targets remaining from Stages 1 and 2 engaged at 7 yards with 5 rounds pistol.

Targets to be initially photographed in place at the completion of each stage, and to be individually photographed on completion of match. We’ll set the deadline for this one as September 19, 2007. Although this may be rolled back if conflicts arise.

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