Nail Gun

Nail Gun
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Basic Information
Used by	Scout
Slot	Primary
Ammo
Ammo loaded	25
Ammo carried	125
Loadout Stats
The Nail Gun Nail Gun "Construction isn't on this man's agenda!"

The Nail Gun is an alternative primary weapon for the Scout. It is a white-and-grey pneumatic nail gun, with a nail belt canister attached to the barrel.

The Nail Gun despite its non-lethal appearance, acts as an alternative to the stock Scattergun, allowing the Scout to trade out their hitscan, burst firing lever action shotgun with an automatic, projectile and clip based weapon. One of the most important factors about the Nail Gun is the actual nails, since they act as projectiles they will not hit an enemy as soon as they are fired and instead travel through the air with an arc, this means that when firing at a moving enemy it's best to shoot in front of which direction they are moving rather than where they are in order to compensate for the travel distance of the nails.

The Nail Gun works best at medium range where the Scout is just out of reach of the opponent to both hit his shots consistently and dodge incoming fire with the Scout's increased mobility. But another important note about the weapon is how it's automatic nature can be utilized. Due to the nails being more effective at range than a Scattergun shot it can sometimes be effective as a way to deter distant opponents or damage a large group by spraying the nails into a crowd of enemies. The nails are also more reliable when it comes to taking out distant Sentry's, as long as the Scout stay outside the guns range you and compensate the nails arc a user can chew through a Sentry.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Bulgarian	Пистолет за пирони	Nail Gun
Spanish	Pistola de Clavos	Nail Gun
English	Nail Gun	-
French	Pistolet à clous	Nail Gun
German	Nagelpistole	Nail Gun
Italian	Sparachiodi	Nail Gun
Brazilian Portuguese	Arma de Pregos	Nail Gun
Romanian	Armă de cui	Nail Weapon
Russian	Гвоздемёт	Nail Gun

Trivia

• The Nail Gun in Team Fortress 2 Classic originated from TFC, It was planned to make a reappearance in Team Fortress 2 but was cut during development. It can even be seen in the Orange Box 2006 Playstation trailer.
• The Nail Gun's model is directly taken from Team Fortress 2's prerelease files.
• The Nail Gun was added in the 2020 Death and Taxes update and is the first fully automatic primary for Scout.