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 allows the Scout to trade out their hitscan, burst firing lever action shotgun with an automatic, projectile and clip based weapon. Nails from this weapon travel through the air with an arc, similar to the Medic's Syringe Gun. This means that when firing at a moving enemy, aim slightly 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 nails do not knock back enemies.

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. Another way this weapon can be utilised is to shoot at targets while retreating. Due to the nails being more effective at range than the Scattergun, this allows the Scout to fall back and also deal massive damage to enemies following, as long as you can correctly predict their movement. The nails are also more reliable when it comes to taking out distant sentries as long as the Scout stay outside the range, the nails can destroy sentries faster than the Scattergun.

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	50%	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 TFC. 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 trailer.
• The Nail Gun's model is directly taken from Team Fortress 2's pre-release files.
• The Nail Gun was added in the 2020 Death & Taxes update and is the first fully automatic primary for Scout.
• 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.