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 "Yeah, lost that job pretty quick."

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 long range.

Properties

Properties
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee?		Ranged
Taunt		Show off
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	150%	18
Base damage	100%	12 / 10
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	6
Critical		36
Mini-crit		16
Mini-crit (ramp-up)		24
Bullet count		1
Spread		0.03
Ammo
Loaded		25
Carried		125
Reload type		Clip
Function Times
Attack interval		0.1s 0.08s
Reload		1.15 s 0.5 s
All values are approximate.

Strategy

The Nail Gun 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 acts as a potent Sentry Gun destroyer, able to destroy buildings outside the Scout's typical range within seconds. As a consequence, the Nail Gun is more comparable to the Pistol in terms of use, featuring a similar midrange playstyle, albeit trading off the reliability of bullets for the entertainment value of nails.

Nail Gun v. Stock Scattergun

➕ Deals continuous damage ➕ Effective in mid and long range ➕ Nails' arc trajectory is effective in long distances and blind spots

➖ Deals less damage per second

Related achievements

Achievement		Description
	Nail Biter	With the Nailgun, destroy 5 Sentry Guns.
	Gauge the Distance	Using the Nailgun, hit 300 shots against enemies more than 15 meters away from you.

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
Turkish	Çivi Tabancası	Nail Gun
Ukrainian	Цвяхомет	Nail Gun

Update history

1.0.0

• Added the Nail Gun to the game.

1.4.0

• Changed Nailgun^(sic) spread.
• Changed the nail projectile gravity back to what it used to be, as per request.

1.5.0

• Nailgun^(sic) now uses metal for ammo.

1.6.4

• Nerfed Nailgun^(sic) (set dmg to 12)

2.0.0 (Death & Taxes Update)

• Fires slower than before.
• Nerfed the clipsize down to 25.
• Nails now do more damage than before.
• Added a new taunt when equipped with the Nailgun.
• Updated Viewmodel animations.
• Fixed syringes & nails colliding with players.
• Added special Class Select animations for the Nailgun^(sic), Huntsman and Hunting Revolver.
• Improved the Nailgun’s^(sic) projectile trails.
• Improved the Scout’s Nailgun^(sic) animations.
• Disabled muzzle light on Syringe Gun and Nailgun.^(sic)

2.0.1

• Damage rampup increased to 175% (from 150%) to match Scattergun (Max damage now 20 up from 17)
• Increased fire rate to 0.1s (from 0.115s)
• Clip size & max ammo reduced by 20%
• Updated nail/syringe projectiles:
  • Are now consistent with the server's projectile position

2.0.2

• Reverted back to its 2.0.0 stats

2.1.0 (Fight or Flight Update)

• Lowered Nailgun,^(sic) Pistol and Syringe Gun spread by 25%

2.1.2

• Fixed nail and syringe projectiles playing impact sounds when touching friendly buildings

2.1.4

• Increased fire rate by ~12.5% (to 0.1s, from 0.115s)
• Updated first person model to animate the ammo belt (Raptor Dan)

2.2.0 (Double Down Update)

• Reduced building damage to 10 (from 12)

3.0.0

• Removed -25% spread bonus
• Removed damage penalty against buildings

3.0.5

• Fixed an issue where the Nail Gun did not have damage ramp up (#488)

Trivia

• The Nail Gun originated from Team Fortress Classic. It was planned to make a reappearance in TF2, 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 TF2's files and the textures were taken from pre-release TF2 files.
• The Nail Gun's playermodel shows Scout holding its magazine with his left hand, while holding the top of the gun in worldmodel.
• 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.
• The "show off" taunt was taken from live TF2 game files that went unused.