Jury-Rigged Boomstick

Jury-Rigged Boomstick
Equipment Details
Type	Shotgun
Used by	Scout
Slot	Secondary
Availability	Default

“	You take a shotgun and cut it in half. You're left with a light handcannon that handles like a large pistol and has the stopping power of an 18-wheeler loaded with watermelons. A true classic.	„
	~ Item Description

About

The Jury-Rigged Boomstick is the Scout's secondary weapon. It is a double-barrel shotgun which has had its barrels sawed in half, resulting in a stubby profile. The metallic barrels end at exactly the same spot as the wooden handgrip, and the lack of stock results in pronounced recoil.

The Boomstick excels in close-range. It fires a colossal eight-pellet shot which each pellet dealing significant damage. Shots fired at point blank into a target's weakpoint will annihilate all but the strongest of foes. Often times it isnt even necessary to hit the weakpoint, so long as all the pellets connect. The high stun chance and "blast wave" emitted by the weapon make it a decent crowd control tool, and the moderately fast reload keeps to available to use in a pinch.

Despite the Boomstick's extreme damage potential, it does have drawbacks. As the design obviously suggests the gun can only hold two shells, meaning that accuracy is vital for this weapon's success. Thankfully the weapon doesn't demand too much precision of its wielder, as the close-quarters nature of the gun means that hitting shots is easy. The weapon is limited by extremely poor range however; anything less than point blank will not cause all the pellets to land, resulting in significantly reduced damage. As a result, the Boomstick is a high risk, high reward weapon; get in close to deal maximum damage, but make sure you don't get hurt yourself closing into an effective range.

Initial Stats
Damage 12 Bullets (per shot) 8 Stun Duration 2.5s Magazine Size 2 Max Ammo 24 Rate of Fire (per second) 1.5 Reload Time 2.0s Stun Chance 30% Front AoE Shock Wave Damage 20

Modifications

There are five tiers and each tier has up to three upgrades, only one upgrade can be equipped per tier.

Scout Upgrades
	Mod	Effect	Description	Price
Tier 1	Expanded Ammo Bags	+8 Max Ammo	You had to give up some sandwich-storage, but your total ammo capacity is increased!	1000 Credits 20 Enor Pearl
	Double-Sized Buckshot	+3 Damage	Bigger and heavier handcrafted specialist dwarf buckshot. Accept no substitute.	1000 Credits 20 Bismor
Tier 2 6	Double Trigger	+7.5 Rate of Fire	Tweaked trigger mechanism allows you to unload both barrels in quick succession dealing massive damage to anything in front of you.	1800 Credits 12 Enor Pearl 18 Bismor
	Quickfire Ejector	-0.7 Reload Time	Experience, training, and a couple of under-the-table design "adjustments" means your gun can be reloaded significantly faster.	1800 Credits 12 Jadiz 18 Croppa
Tier 3 10	Stun Duration	+2.5 Stun Duration	Stunned enemies are incapacitated for a longer period of time.	2200 Credits 20 Croppa 30 Jadiz
	Expanded Ammo Bags	+12 Max Ammo	You had to give up some sandwich-storage, but your total ammo capacity is increased!	2200 Credits 20 Croppa 30 Jadiz
	High Capacity Shells	+3 Pellets	It took some creating thinking, but we finally found out how to pack more buckshot into each shell. Just... Handle with care, they're liable to take your eye out.	2200 Credits 20 Enor Pearl 30 Magnite
Tier 4 14	Super Blowthrough Rounds	+3 Max Penetrations	Shaped projectiles designed to over-penetrate targets with a minimal loss of energy. In other words: Fire straight through several enemies at once!	3800 Credits 15 Magnite 25 Jadiz 36 Enor Pearl
	Tungsten Coated Buckshot	+300% Armor Break Bonus	We're proud of this one. Armor shredding. Tear through that high-impact plating of those big buggers like butter. What could be finer?	3800 Credits 15 Jadiz 25 Croppa 36 Umanite
	Improved Blast Wave	+20 Front AoE Shock Wave Damage	The shockwave from the blast deals extra damage to any enemies unlucky enough to be in the area extending 4m infront of you.	3800 Credits 15 Magnite 25 Enor Pearl 36 Bismor
Tier 5 18	Auto Reload	+Auto Reload	Reloads automatically when unequipped for more than 5 seconds	4400 Credits 40 Bismor 60 Enor Pearl 110 Umanite
	Fear The Boomstick	+50% Proximity Fear Chance	Chance to scare nearby creatures whenever you shoot	4400 Credits 40 Croppa 60 Jadiz 110 Magnite
	White Phosphorous Shells	+50% Damage % as Fire	Convert some of the damage to fire damage	4400 Credits 40 Umanite 60 Bismor 110 Jadiz

Unique Modifications

White Phosphorous Shells

White Phosphorous Shells causes each shell that is fired out of the Boomstick to have 50% of its damage be converted to fire damage, as well as potentially igniting the enemy. Not to be confused with the Deepcore 40mm PGL's Incendiary Compound, the weapon does not lose 50% damage.

Fear The Boomstick

Fear The Boomstick adds a %50 chance to incite Fear in nearby enemies, causing them to flee in terror. The effective range is about the same as the Boomstick's blast wave function, meaning that this mod pairs well with the Improved Blast Wave mod.

Overclocks

Jury-Rigged Boomstick
Type	Overclock	Effect	Description	Price
Clean	Compact Shells	+6 Max Ammo -0.2 Reload Time	You can carry a few more of these compact shells in your pockets and they are a bit faster to reload with.	8550 Credits 120 Umanite 65 Magnite 100 Jadiz
	Double Barrel	+Double Barrel +1 Damage	Unload both barrels at once, no regrets.	7950 Credits 125 Umanite 75 Enor Pearl 100 Croppa
	Special Powder	+Shotgun Jump	Less like gunpowder and more like rocketfuel, this mixture gives a hell of a kick that you can use to get places.	7050 Credits 125 Croppa 65 Enor Pearl 95 Bismor
	Stuffed Shells	+1 Damage +1 Pellets	With a bit of patience and some luck you can get one more pellet and a few more grains of powder into each shell without affecting the gun's performance or losing an eye in the process.	7850 Credits 135 Enor Pearl 80 Umanite 100 Bismor
Balanced	Shaped Shells	-35% Base Spread ----- -2 Pellets	Specially shaped shells result in a tighter shot but the number of pellets is reduced.	7700 Credits 135 Jadiz 70 Enor Pearl 95 Bismor
Unstable	Jumbo Shells	+8 Damage ----- -10 Max Ammo +0.5 Reload Time	These large shells pack a lot more charge for a big increase in damage but they also take up more space so total ammo is limited.	8800 Credits 125 Jadiz 65 Bismor 105 Enor Pearl

Skins

Full gallery of skins can be seen at Weapon Skins.

Trivia

• In real life, sawing a shotgun's barrel does not increase its damage potential. It reduces the weight and length of the weapon making it easier to carry, but it affects the range by reducing muzzle velocity.