As adapted from an article on Orion Woods Brigade.

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

7. Pistol-based carbines – This is a general category, but there are so many variations that you just need to play around and find the system that would be right for you – hopefully mated to your primary handgun choice. For example, if you were a Beretta 92/M9 user, then you would use a 9mm CX4 Storm carbine that uses the same magazines. Another example is the Marlin Camp Carbine, which uses the S&W 59 magazines.

This allows you to use the same magazines for both the pistol and the carbine (less gear to have to keep track of) and also means that if one of those was to fail, your accessories wouldn’t be automatically rendered obsolete. There are also complete “upper” kits to convert Glock and 1911 lower receivers (etc.) to full-size carbines, but I don’t have a lot of experience with these.

Because we are talking about taking out the undead and not a big game animal, the typical arguments against the diminutive size of the pistol round are not at issue.

8. The Uzi – The semi-auto version of the notorious sub-gun of the Israeli army, the Uzi is a robust, reliable weapon that feels great in the hands. With its future-from-the-1960s look, the Uzi is so ugly it looks good. It aims well and is a pleasure to shoot. The “clip in the grip” loading style is natural and easy to load under the pressure of an undead invasion.

This probably should have been included in the pistol-caliber carbine section, but the Uzi is such a classic, it needs its own number. The Norinco version is much cheaper than its IMI counterpart and some of the parts will even trade out for field repairs.