Shotgun Pistol

### Description

Phenomenal stopping power in a pistol? Believe it! Pairing a double-barrel shotgun with a pistol grip, this contraband blaster packs a punch! Don’t worry about aiming – with a blast radius like this in the palm of your hand, destruction is guaranteed!

## Statistics

### Ammo Clip

2 rounds

The **Shotgun Pistol** is a shotgun/pistol weapon in the Zombie Army series. The Shotgun Pistol was introduced in the Year 1 - Season Pass via the Shotgun Pistol bundle.

## Summary

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The Ithaca Auto & Burglar Flues model or "shotgun pistol" as it is called in-game is a break-action side by side double barrel shotgun. It was produced between 1922 until 1933. with a short barrel of just 10 inches, it fires the 20 gauge shells, and although the numer is higher these shots/led balls inside the shell, are smaller than a typical 12 gauge shell because it would take up to 20 shots/led balls to weight one pound for 20 gauge and 12 shots for 12 gauge to also weight one pound (thats how the gauge system works). the shots inside the 20 gauge are 15.63mm in diameter an for 12 gauge they are 18.53mm in diameter. 20 gauge is used to hunt small game like rabbits. the small size of the weapon meant that it could be easily concealed and it was mainly used by (bank) guards, police officers and for home defence, as such a small weapon could easily be hidden in every nightstand or automobile (car) hence the name Auto & Burglar. the Flues model as shown in-game featured a so called saw handle grip and a very distinctive spur at the top of the grip, meant to absorb recoil. otherways the users hand could flip up all to way to the lever (due to heavy recoil) at the front of both barrels potentially injure the user, the lever was used to unlock and expose the chambers of the weapon for shell extraction and reloading, like many other side by side shotguns.

### Strengths

* **Damage:** Like all the other shotguns, damage is high, easily capable of killing multiple zombies with one shell because of the area of effect damage and the high spread of the weapon.
* **Rate of Fire:** Like the M30 Drilling, the shotgun pistol doesn't require a pump action animation before firing another shell, meaning the fire rate is the same. you can empty the two barres within a second, the pistol shotgun also has a trigger mod upgrade, meaning one trigger pull will result in firing all two shells instead of one at a time.
* **Crowd Control:** It has high spread and high fire rate will quickly kill multiple zombies, clear a path in tight situations and close quarters
* **Reload Speed:** With the maximum of just two shells ready to fire at any given time, reloads will be quite frequent, luckily reloads are quick approximately 2.5 seconds for empty reload and 1.5 when upgraded.

### Weaknesses

* **Capacity:** With just two shells before having to reload, one of the lowest in the game, capacity is not a strong suit of the shotgun pistol. it goes without saying, you need to make your shots count with this one.
* **Range:** Just like its real life counterpart, the spread is increased while sacrificing range, courtesy of the short barrel length of the weapon. shots outside of point blank range are often not enough for a one shot kill, and you only got two shells to spare before having to reload again. The drilling has a clear edge in range over this weapon, but will take up the precious secondary slot in your loadout wich could otherwise contain an mp44 fg42 or ppsh 41 to name a few.

## Comparable Weapons

* **M30 Drilling**: A break action shotgun, with 3 12 gauge 00 buckshot shells capacity is somewhat comparable with the shotgun pistol. reloads are frequent but quick, about the same capacity, damage is lower compared to the drilling but more than enough for a one shot kill potential. the shotgun pistol has one clear advantage over the other shotguns in the game and that is in the loadout screen, the shotgun pistol is treated in-game like a hand gun or a third weapon/sidearm meaning you get to select an SMG in your loadout while still having a shotgun ready on your hip, although the shotgun pistol has some clear weaknesses over other shotguns.

* **Webley MKVI**: Somewhat comparable, high damage, one shot kill potential, treated as a sidearm in the loadout and about the same fire rate. although the webley has a higher reload speed with the speadloader upgrade, higher capacity and far more range. but it's missing the spread thus area of effect damage because it fires a .445 cartridge instead of multiple 20 gauge shots.