Family Business
“ | Now this gun-- this is an amazing gun. Simply pull the trigger and turn anything in your way into pink mist.
— Family Business publicity blurb
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The Family Business is a community-created secondary weapon for the Heavy. It is a pump-action shotgun with a retractable stock, which has a faded Hammer and Sickle on its right side.
Compared to the default Shotgun, this weapon has 33% more ammo in its magazine, giving it 8 rounds total, and fires 15% faster. However, each shot deals 15% less damage.
Contents
[hide]Damage and function times
See also: Damage
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Shot type | Hitscan | |
Damage type | Bullet | |
Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
Damage | ||
Maximum ramp-up | 150% | 7.65 / pellet |
Base damage | 100% | 5.1 / pellet |
Maximum fall-off | 52.8% | 2.6928 / pellet |
Pellet count | 10 | |
Point blank | 8-76 | |
Medium range | 5-51 | |
Long range | 3-27 | |
Pellet spread | 30:1 | |
Critical | 15.3 / pellet | |
Mini-crit | 6.9 - 10.3 / pellet | |
Function times | ||
Attack interval | 0.531 s | |
Reload (first) | 1.0 s | |
Reload (consecutive) | 0.5 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Item set
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Black Market Business | |
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Demonstration
Crafting
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
Reclaimed Metal | Frontier Justice | Homewrecker | Family Business | |||
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As a crafting ingredient
Family Business | Reclaimed Metal | Huo-Long Heater | ||
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Refined Metal | Black Market Business weapon | Capo's Capper | ||
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Strange variant
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Related achievements
Heavy
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Update history
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- The Family Business was added to the game.
- Added/Refined recoil/draw/Crit/reload forces for the Family Business.
- [Undocumented] The damage penality attribute was changed from "-15% damage done" to "-15% damage penalty".
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- Changed attribute:
- Reduced the increased clip size from +40% to +33%.
- Weapon functionality is unchanged.
- Fixed a problem that would cause the shotgun shell model to appear incorrectly third-person when using the Family Business.
- [Undocumented] Fixed the Family Business not having a muzzle flash.
- [Undocumented] Fixed the Family Business not pumping correctly after firing.
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)
- Changed attibute:
- Now has +15% increased attack speed.
July 2, 2015 Patch #2
- Fixed a bug where The Family Business was firing slower than it was supposed to.
October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Added new sounds for the Family Business.
December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)
- Added Festivized variant.
Trivia
- The phrase "family business" is used to refer to crime families operating within the mafia.
- The Family Business was previously named the "Soviet Stampede" and the "Russian Riot".
- The weapon is still referred to as "Russian Riot" in the files.
Gallery
RED Festivized variant.
BLU Festivized variant.
See also
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