As adapted from an article on Orion Woods Brigade.

Continuing our discussion of good guns for the undead . . .

5. AR-180 – Built at the time to be a better weapon than the AR-15, this rifle has become a favored weapon by Armalite collectors, the IRA, and Terminator 1 fanboys. It is very reliable, easy-to-carry (integral folding stock), but unfortunately doesn’t take standard AR mags without modification. This ridiculous issue may have been an f-you to the Colt folks who got the AR contract, or may actually be for some other reason that I have yet to discover. This issue was thankfully remedied on the latest incarnation, the AR-180B, which sadly has omitted the folding stock.

Check out the StormWerkz aftermarket mounts to make this a really formidable intermediate sniper weapon.

6. Saiga 12 or 20 gauge semi-automatic shotgun – One of the coolest and least talked about AK-mods is the Saiga shotgun system. In its standard configuration it appears to be nothing more than an ugly, designed for import to silly American’s, how-can-we-make-this-using-our-same-tooling comm-bloc version of a shotgun. On first glance, you’d be right, but throw in some Mad Dog custom 12 gauge drums and the Tapco T-6 stock set, and you are really looking at a great, reliable weapon system to take you though to the EOTWAWKI. Eat your heart out, Mad Max.

Check out the article in the August 2008 SWAT magazine about the Krebs Custom upgrades. It really makes this system shine.