Jury-Rigged Boomstick

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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 isn't 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.

Jury-Rigged Boomstick Modifications
	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 infront of you.	1800 Credits 12 Enor Pearl 18 Bismor
	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.	1800 Credits 18 Croppa 12 Jadiz
Tier 3 10	Stun Duration	+2.5s 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 30 Magnite 20 Enor Pearl
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 25 Jadiz 15 Magnite 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 25 Croppa 15 Jadiz 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 longer than 5 seconds	4400 Credits 110 Umanite 60 Enor Pearl 40 Bismor
	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 converted to Fire + Heat Damage	Convert some of the damage to Fire damage	4400 Credits 110 Jadiz 40 Umanite 60 Bismor

Overclocks

Jury-Rigged Boomstick [Expand/Collapse]
Overclock	Effect	In Game Description	Price
Compact Shells	+6 Max Ammo -0.2s 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 100 Jadiz 65 Magnite 120 Umanite
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 80 Umanite 135 Enor Pearl 100 Bismor
Shaped Shells	-50% Base Spread -4 Ammo	"Specially shaped shells result in a tighter shot, but you can't carry quite as many of them."	7700 Credits 135 Jadiz 70 Enor Pearl 95 Bismor
Double Barrel	2x pellets +90 blast wave damage -1 clip size -50% Ammo +50% spread	"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"	7950 Credits 100 Croppa 125 Umanite 75 Enor Pearl
Jumbo Shells	+8 Damage -10 Max Ammo +0.5s 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 105 Enor Pearl 65 Bismor

Stats Breakdown

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.

Unique Overclocks

Special Powder

Special Powder is a Clean Overclock

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 skins can be seen at Weapon Skins.

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