76 Eagle

The 76 Eagle is a weapon in Ravenfield

## Usage

The 76 Eagle semi-automatically fires a group of 12 low-velocity pellets with a moderate spread. Each pellet deals 25 damage with very little damage falloff. It takes 3-5 pellets making contact to knock a bot down.

Because of the random projectile scatter, its reliability range caps at around 30m, but it can still pose a serious, if inconsistent threat to those up to 60m away.

## Strengths

The 76 Eagle finds itself well at home in virtually any close-quarters scenario. Since only 4-5 out of 12 pellets need find their mark to score a kill, a single accurate blast is generally enough to put down any target in range, sometimes even two at once. What's more, if even a single pellet scores a headshot, it is a near-guaranteed kill, regardless of range. Its pump action also gives the user an excuse to duck regularly behind cover, the dense cluster of pellets offering an alternative to the sort of continuous fire that would otherwise leave one vulnerable for several seconds it a time.

This gun possesses something of a range "sweet spot" sitting roughly between 20 and 40m. At this range, the projectile spread is about wide enough to forgive minor user inaccuracies by thoroughly saturating an area, whilst still being narrow enough to ensure multiple hits against a single target. At this range, the gun specializes in covering blind corners or narrow doorways, where targets often cluster. At its maximum recommended range of 60m, it is still likely to score a pellet hit, giving the weapon a fair chance to finish off wounded targets.

## Weakness

Despite its proficiency at close range, the 76 Eagle is still a hard sell. For those seeking an effective CQC weapon, virtually any assault weapon will do the trick without sacrificing utility at range. Its niche skill of covering narrow doorways is also seldom needed on most medium-to-large maps, where the ability to hit something at a distance is almost always more important. For that reason, it finds an invaluable partner in the Condor revolver, whose power, accuracy and fire rate greatly compensate for the point-blank and 60m+ blindspots that trouble it.

Its slow fire rate and low ammo capacity may also render the user vulnerable during reloads, or even between shots, especially at close range, where a single target surviving or evading a blast can spell doom for the unfortunate user.

## Gallery

An Eagle soldier using the 76 Eagle.The 76 Eagle's Projectiles.Aiming the 76 Eagle.The player using the 76 Eagle.
## Trivia

* The 76 Eagle's real-life counterpart is yet to be specified. (For provisional guess, the 76 Eagle was based on FABARM FP6 with Short Barrel and customized grip)

### Bugs and Glitches

* In earlier Beta versions, if reloaded near an Ammo Bag/Supply Crate the weapon's magazine can overflow and be loaded with an absurd number of shells.
* The reloading animation depends on how many shells are missing from the weapon. However, if there are 3 or more, the user will only insert 3 shells to fully reload the weapon. This is the result of a newer, semi-implemented "clip reload", such as the one found on the Garrett.
	+ However, in older versions, the reload and its animation works on a single-shell basis.

 *Italics* | This item is, or was, a Secret Item.