M4 Shotgun

A semi-auto military shotgun from locked crates. Fast follow-up shots win fights indoors that a pump would lose, but it does nothing special outside.

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Characteristics

Category: Weapon

Stack size: 1

Durability: 100

Craftable: No

Researchable: No

Damage: 168

Fire rate: 200 shots/min

Magazine: 6

Reload: 5.8 s

Overview

In-game description

A semi automatic military issue shotgun

The M4 is a semi-auto shotgun, so the second shot comes as fast as you can click instead of after a pump. In a base or a stairwell that difference wins fights the pump shotgun would lose. Out in the open it does nothing special, and many players keep it for buildings and forests.

Pros

Cons

Quick follow-up shots in tight spaces
Takes every shell, from handmade ones to slugs

Loot only, no blueprint
Falls off fast past close range

It comes out of locked crates at Oil Rig, on ghost ships and under the Chinook, with rare drops from heli and Bradley crates and heavy scientists. The other semi-auto loot shotgun is the Spas-12, which also shows up in supply drops and at bandit vendors. Feed the M4 buckshot for compounds and switch to slugs only when the fight stretches out.