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 gray pneumatic nail gun, with an oversized drum magazine attached to the barrel, holding a belt of nails. The nails leave faint team-colored trails behind them.

Unlike the Scattergun, the Nail Gun is an automatic magazine-fed weapon that shoots a fast stream of small nail projectiles that embed themselves into enemies. The nails have a base damage of 12 each, are shot at a rate of 10 per second, are slightly affected by gravity, and are inaccurate at medium range. It deals slightly less damage per second than the Scattergun, but has sustained fire which enables a constant barrage of chip damage against an enemy. This is especially true at midrange, where the Scout can harass enemies while staying out of range from their attacks, including cutting off their pursuit by shooting nails down their path of travel. It also acts as a potent Sentry Gun destroyer, able to destroy buildings outside the Scout's typical range within seconds.

In practice, it is much more difficult to hit a moving target with automatic weapons and projectiles, and a weapon which is both automatic and shoots projectiles will inherently be less reliable than a hitscan weapon like the Scattergun. The Nail Gun therefore facilitates a "spammy" playstyle, with endless streams of low-damage nails combined with escape tactics. These features make it difficult to get consistent kills on enemies, instead acting more as an annoyance rather than a threat to be respected. This is hampered by the Nail Gun's constant need for ammo, which can abruptly end an engagement if it is not managed. It many ways, it is outclassed by the Pistol, which is a secondary weapon. It has slightly less damage per second, but more individual damage with about the same accuracy, and is much more reliable at range due to being hitscan. The Nail Gun is therefore limited in use to spaces with extremely tight corridors, yet with contradictorily enough room for the Scout to dodge attacks, or as an anti-Sentry weapon, in the rare case the Sentry does not immediately kill the Scout, or is blown up by a teammate.

Properties

Properties
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee?		Ranged
Taunt		Wiggle
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	150%	18
Base damage	100%	12
Maximum fall-off	52.6%	6
Critical		36
Mini-crit		16
Mini-crit (ramp-up)		17-24
Bullet count		1
Ammo
Loaded		25
Carried		125
Reload type		Clip
Function Times
Attack interval		0.1s
Reload		1.15 s
All values are approximate.

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 Team Fortress Classic. It was planned to make a reappearance in Team Fortress 2, but was cut during development. It can be seen in the Orange Box 2006 PlayStation 3 trailer.
• The Nail Gun's model is directly taken from Team Fortress 2's pre-release files.
• When holding down the attack button, the Nail Gun's ammo count does not update smoothly enough to reflect the precise amount of nails fired, often stuttering its ammo count inaccurately until the clip is empty.