Jury-Rigged Boomstick
| “ | 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. |
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The Jury-Rigged Boomstick is the Scout's default secondary weapon. It is a double-barrel shotgun which has had its barrels sawed in half, resulting in a stubby profile and poor accuracy. The metallic barrels end at exactly the same spot as the wooden handgrip, and the lack of stock results in pronounced recoil. Like other shotguns it fires several pellets rather then a single bullet.
Modifications
There are five tiers of modifications and each tier has two to three upgrades. Only one modification can be equipped per tier.
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| Tier 1 |  Expanded Ammo Bags |
+8 Max Ammo | "You had to give up some sandwich-storage, but your total ammo capacity is increased!" |
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 Double-Sized Buckshot |
+3 Damage | "Bigger and heavier handcrafted specialist dwarf buckshot. Accept no substitute." |
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Tier 2 6
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 Double Trigger |
+7.5 Rate of Fire | "Tweaked trigger mechanism allows you to unload both barrels in quick succession dealing massive damage to anything infront of you." |
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 Quickfire Ejector |
-0.7s Reload Time | "Experience, training, and a couple of under-the-table design "adjustments" means your gun can be reloaded significantly faster." |
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| Tier 3 10
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 Improved Stun |
+3.5s Stun Duration +20% Chance |
"Stun enemies more often and for a longer time!" |
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Expanded Ammo Bags |
+12 Max Ammo | "You had to give up some sandwich-storage, but your total ammo capacity is increased!" |
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 High Capacity Shells |
+3 Pellets | "It took some creative 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." |
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| Tier 4 14
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 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!" |
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 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?" |
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 Improved Blast Wave |
x2 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 in front of you." |
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| Tier 5 18
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Auto Reload |
+Auto Reload | "Reloads automatically when unequipped for longer than 5 seconds" |
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 Fear The Boomstick |
+50% Proximity Fear Chance | "Chance to scare nearby creatures whenever you shoot" |
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 White Phosphorous Shells |
50% of Damage converted to Fire Damage + Heat | "Convert some of the damage to Fire damage" |
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Overclocks
Overclock calculations happen after modifiers.
 Jury-Rigged Boomstick [Expand/Collapse]
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Compact Shells
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"You can carry a few more of these compact shells in your pockets and they are a bit faster to reload with." |
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Special Powder
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"Less like gunpowder and more like rocketfuel, this mixture gives a hell of a kick that you can use to get places." |
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Stuffed Shells
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"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." |
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Shaped Shells
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"Specially shaped shells result in a much tighter shot, but you can't carry quite as many of them." |
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Jumbo Shells
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"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." |
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Double Barrel
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"Unload both barrels at once, no regrets. As an added bonus the simultaneous firing of both shells has an amplifying effect on the blast wave." |
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+6 Max Ammo 
-4 Ammo
Stats Breakdown
Stun: Due to weapon's stun chance being per pellet, the chance of a stun happening (before considering any resistances) increases when more pellets hit a target:
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13+ | |
| None | 30% | 51% | 65.7% | 75.99% | 83.19% | 88.23% | 91.47% | 94.23% | 95.96% | 97.17% | 98.02% | 98.61% | 99%+ |
| Improved Stun | 50% | 75% | 87.5% | 93.75% | 96.87% | 98.43% | 99%+ | 99%+ | 99%+ | 99%+ | 99%+ | 99%+ | 99%+ |
Reload Delay: Typically the delay after firing before a weapon can reload is equal to . The Boomstick is unique in this regard as unlike other weapons it has a set 0.25s delay after the last shot is fired before it can reload. This means modifications that increase RoF have no effect on its reload delay.
Shockwave: When firing the weapon there is a pill shaped area of effect placed 2.5m in front of the gun. This AoE has no damage falloff.
- Armor Breaking: 200%
- Length: 1.5m
- Radius: 1.5m
Unique Modifications
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 White Phosphorous Shells |
Causes each shell that is fired out of the Boomstick to have part of its damage be converted to Fire + Heat damage. The Front AoE shock wave Damage is not included in the conversion. |
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 Fear The Boomstick |
inflicts Fear to all enemies within a 5m radius around the Player with every pull of the trigger. |
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Unique Overclocks
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Special Powder |
Whenever the weapon is fired and the player is not on the ground, they will gain 13 m/s of velocity directed away from where they are looking. A well-timed shot can push the player up to ~16 meters in the air. If both shots are unloaded in quick succession with the Double Trigger upgrade, the amount of distance covered goes up to a maximum of ~47 meters. Because the effect simply adds velocity to the player and does not remove existing velocity, the player's previous speed and direction will affect their path. |
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Shaped Shells |
The Base Spread is changed from 35 wide to 5 wide (85.7% lower), and from 10 high to 5 high (50% lower). |
Mastery
Each modification that is purchased advances a mastery bar by one unit.
Mastery unlocks:
- Three modifications – First Stripe Weapon Paintjob
- Seven modifications – Deepcore Weapon Paintjob
- All (13) modifications – The Company Special Weapon Paintjob
Skins
Full gallery of all Frameworks and Paintjobs can be seen at Weapon Cosmetics.
Gallery
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
- The Special Powder's effect is similar to Team Fortress 2's Force-a-Nature knockback jump, which is also used by the game's Scout class.
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