User blog comment:Cfp3157/Season 3 Episode 1: Frank West vs Rick Grimes/@comment-4844014-20130330183825

Right..

Kicking off with Melee weapons, I'm handing with to Rick. To Machete is a strong, reliable, sharp cutting machine and Rick's got alot of experience with it as he slaughtered his way through countless waves of zombies to find Lori's body. As an added factor, the blade will be covered in zombie blood and contents, old and new, and if that got in Frank's bloodstream through a cut, he won't be very well.

Next with revolver's, Rick's Colt Python get's this. It's firing with double action which means pulling the trigger both cocks the hammer, and then releases it, as opposed to Frank's single action M3 which needs to be cocked manually. Rick can fire faster, the edge is his.

Into pistols, Rick's got the edge again. The Glock is packing a magazine double and beyond the size of Frank M1911 and Frank just can't compete with that.

Regaring Shotguns, based on reputation, it's known that the 590 has much greater kick on it than the Remmington, and for the sick of Rick who is often in light clothes, that could knacker or even potentially injure him arm with extended usage. Howeve, the Mossberg is lighter, and in a close fight like this, I'd say it's even. The Mossberg is lighter, but the Remmington has less recoil which could have long term impacts.

Looking at Assault Rifles, Rick kicks off with the advantage of a lighter gun - his M4A1 weighing in at 3.1kg vs. Frank's gun which weighs in at 3.4kg. Aswell as this, Rick's M4A1 is capable of firing at a rate of fire of 950rpm compared to Frank's SIG which fires at a solid 700rpm. Ultimatley, the M4A1's got a muzzle velocity of 884m/s compared to the SIG's 850m/s which should make all the difference and gives Rick the edge here.

I can't be asked to do snipers. It would probably be a tie.

Well, looking at the warriors, it's close, but I'm going to side with Rick for two main reasons.

Firstly, Rick was a cop. He went through all the training being a police officer requires including weapons training, tactics, etc.. and that is much better training that what Frank brings. Aside from this, Rick knows the layout and enviroment of the prison much better and is fully adapted to it unlike Frank who is new to the prison and will be unfamilar with the close combat scenarios, choke points and bottlenecks. Aswell as this, Rick is now a savage beast, he'll take intelligent approaches to fight Frank but he will be ruthless and won't stop until he has killed Frank.

It's close, and Frank will be a tough one, but Rick's got the better weapons, the training and the enviroment experience to win here.