The axe sounds the best to me. I recall someone had mentioned that in Resident Evil, fighting up close sucked. I'd like to point out also that this was done with a dinky little knife, not an axe or a sword. Swords sure as hell don't need to be reloaded, and you can find an axe pretty easily if you manage to break it zombie # 243's neck. Now, if it's a 28 days//weeks later kind of deal, I'd go more for the gun.