Smith Carbine

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About the Smith Carbine
The Smith Carbine was a 0.50 caliber breech-loading rifle patented by Gilbert Smith on June 23, 1857 and successfully completed the Military Trials of the late 1850's. It was used by various cavalry units during the American Civil War. The Smith Carbine was unique in that it broke apart in the middle for loading and it used rubber cartridges which sealed the gases in the breech. The downside was that these cartridges were difficult to remove. It is estimated that more than 30,000 Smith carbines were manufactured between 1861 and 1865. In the Calvary it was much safer to be riding a fast steed and to be armed with a saber, revolver and - most importantly - a cartridge-firing carbine. Light, short, handy and fast firing, the cartridge firing, cavalry carbines of the Civil War signaled the coming end to the single-shot muzzle loader era.
In Fistful of Frags
Due to the fact that Sharps Rifle is hard to acquire in the game, the Smith Carbine acts as the sniper of the load out. Able to kill with a single head shot at any range and deliver a meaty ~76 damage close range to the chest. This weapon is very popular. (The second most used gun in the game after the Schofield ) The Smith Carbine does have a low rate of fire as it only holds one shot at a time and takes 3 seconds to reload. An advantage for the Smith Carbine is that it's the only weapon to have a damage "ramp up" over distance, for example, close range - shooting someone in the head will do around 140 damage, but a head shot across the map will deal a whopping 165 damage. A good strategy for the Carbine is to find a place on the map undisturbed and use the zoom-in iron sight's 96% accuracy to pick people off at a distance. (However there is some deviation) Alternatively you can run around with the Carbine in close quarters and as soon as someones in your face shoot, then kick them with the boots perk, most of the time this will kill your opponent. (Also you get the +10 Notoriety of the Kick as opposed to the Carbines +8) Finally It would be wise to choose knives over dynamite to have something to fight with after firing your one round. You can Get the Smith Carbine from spawn and in the Blue Chest.
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Smith Carbine ExtraCategory:Rifles