For the love of god do not use pistols! There are alot of reasons why not to use them like; accuracy, handling, cost, reliability, etc. Almost all military organizations use this slogan, "Use the pistol to get to the better gun" or something like that. The only reason to carry them really is to trade

I'd rather a pistol over a lead pipe anyday, just use with discretion

how you gonna hold a zombie off with one hand and put the barrel of your long gun up to his temple if you get caught off gaurd

pistols dont have long barrels, and thats the whole point of them

thats exactly my point

oh..... I thought you were trying to say a lead pipe is better cuz pistols have a long barrel where the pipe has a swing range

There are a few pistols that do indeed have long barrels. Most of the old school black powder pistols had an average of 13 inches on the barrel alone, but they weighed in at 28 pounds. As for not using a pistol - that is because the average lethality range of a pistol is in between 25 to 50 yards (completely dependent on the caliber and load of the weapon). With this being said - the military does most of their combat through long range, suppressive fire, or through large blast ratio. Thus for short range they rely on shotgun for spread pattern, rifle for long range accuracy and light machine guns for suppression. To add to this you are looking at ammunition available. 9mm, .40, .45 are common in any stores and any gun owner will more than likely have one of these three types of ammunition. All in all it is always a great idea to have a secondary weapon. Pistols are exactly this. SECONDARY.

.22 should also be easy to find because its the cheapest to buy so people commonly shoot it, but it doesn't pack as much of a punch. the only reason the lethality is so short is because pistols are hard to aim at distance, its hard to hit a target at 10 yards with a pistol, it takes alot more practice

It is not the aim. I can guarantee that you will be able to hit a target the size of a lemon in 10 yards no issue with some hard training. It is because of the resistance the air causes which ultimately slows down the projectile to less-that-lethal-speeds. As for a .22 - its lethality is because it bounces around in your body. If doesn't have enough penetration to initially punch through the skull unless you are danger close. Which is why I left that munition type out.

I will fire anything I can get my hands on, but any bullet can go through the eye, or nose easily and sometimes the mouth or ears, it just takes better aim to get the kill shot

Yes, the ear, mouth, eye, and temple are weak spots. So is the nose. However the issues with using these weak spots is that some of them are not really effective. The ear is directly below the brain. If you shot straight through you might not touch the brain at all, however might just shoot through muscle. The temple's path of penetration is mostly effective for eye sight. The reason people die from this wound is because of Hydraulic Shock. With a .22 there is limited to no hydraulic shock and the path if it were straight through this weakness would lead to limited damage before passing through the other temple. The eye is the best selection. 98% of people who shoot themselves in the eye die. The Mouth is only effective if you are shooting at an upward path, unless you by chance hit the spinal cord directly. Though I still believe the .22 will not sever the spinal column, so the better option would be to shoot through the mouth in an upward path to strike the brain-stem.

well thanks for telling me how to commit suicide incase of a zombie outbreak thanks for telling me about the temple thing, I did not know that, i thought temple was just like "auto-death"

Yeah, that was what one of my other friends thought until he woke up blind in the hospital.

The deagle could penetrate the human skull...

Hand guns are a great weapon to keep with you at all times. There will be times when carrying a long gun is less than desirable, such as if you have a fortification and your in the kitchen a long gun would get in the way and be potentially dangerous. Also if your in the john it would be nice to still be armed in the stall. Should you rely on a handgun only? Lord no, but they do have a place in every armory.

hand guns are good for a last resort after you have used your primary and secondary weapons. i would go with a 9mm or a 45mm(get exstended mag) but never use a hand gun as your primary unless it is a last resort.

Hand guns were never designed to be a primary weapon, it is an up close weapon. But post Zday I wont be caught without one on me. Whether it be my .357 revolver or my .45 auto I will have one on me as a last resort weapon.