I see that most people pick the shotgun. Why do they do that? They usually say some stuff about killing zombies, and then mention it also conserves or has longer lasting ammo.

Why don't they choose the Uzi? Is it just because of poor conservation issues?

Everyone (probably not everyone) knows the Uzi is the better weapon if not for this, but nobody goes out of their way to try to change the way they play.

When you see some zombies 30 feet away? Just shoot it with your pistol. When you see zombies attacking your closet with your buddies? Just shoot with your pistol. The key is your pistol.

Pistol!!!! Use it like you need it. Don't think for a second its a secondary weapon, it can kill just as many as your shotgun or uzi will. Combine with melee to realize that you dont need to deal with slow reload times from a shotgun. Just mow everything down!

Uzi/Assault Rifle/Auto Shottie all have the same ammo issues. This is because you can really blast a ton of zombies without even thinking. It only takes 1 shell to kill a zombie however, not 2-3. It only takes 1 bullet in the head to kill a zombie from the other two guns.

Now I dont want to derail this thread with a weapons conversation, but remember: Bullets go through things, headshots kill things in one hit. Those 10 bullets you just wasted into a zombie could have been just 3-5, and those bullets go through that zombie and kill the one behind it.

Also you have to understand how the ragdoll works. I hate analyzing games to such details, but once you recognize how zombies die after getting hit in a number of places, you know whether they need another bullet or not.

Remember the zombies that kind of get shot once, stand around, then fall to their knees after like 5 seconds? Its those zombies that people are wasting bullets on because most of the time they go down quickly with a direct barrage. All these things add up to whether you are actually doing damage or wasting bullets. Same for not using your pistols at all.