Would a .22lr kill a zombie?

Well placed shot is key

Absolutely not

Quarter sized kill zone

frick me sideways if the zombies that come are World War Z zombies. Those things were fast as fuuuuuuck

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Quarter sized kill zone

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1200lb BEAST

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Would a .22lr kill a zombie?

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this may be the most legit OB question ever


1. it would have to a head shot

2. it would have to have enough force to penetrate the frontal lobe and damage the parietal lobe as to disable movement in the zombie, (if movement in the zombie brain is not dictated by the the parietal lobe, go ahead and scratch this)

3. the ammo that is being used, well.. we can go on forever, the type of grain (60, 40, 36, etc.), then we got FMJ, hollow point, rat shot, those hyper velocity hollow point (which i don't really know the difference)

4. The gun in question.. pistol or rifle?

5. The zombie in question, because zombies are not real and we don't have anything to base specific variants off of.. well, this is all kinda pointless

that being said, at close range.. rat shot will probably be my answer, (depening on the zombie), with a Sig. At long range good ol' 10/22 with anything about 36g and well placed shots should do the trick, (whether it be a FMJ or hollow point)

.22s have excellent penetration but don't transfer much energy. Where a larger bullet may be able to have a little more cushion on shot placement, I think a well placed shot would do the trick.

Also, the quieter shot wouldn't attract many more zombies from the area. Thinking a keltec pmr 30 with a silencer would be clutch.

A .22LR pistol is my preferred backup when I'm out on a zombie hunt. I actually carry two backups, the other being a Taurus Judge. Some consider it overkill, but imo you can't be too careful in zombie country and my Bushmaster is prone to jamming at inopportune times. When I'm hunting high fence zombies I only carry the .22.

Well I'm late to this party. All of the good points have been made. Anybody know about bone degradation? I would be the skull isn't as strong as a living person's so that increases the .22's capabilities if that is so. I would like a 1911 sidearm chambered for .22 in this scenario. More, quieter shots.