Family Business

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Now this gun-- This is an amazing gun. Simple pull of the trigger and turn anything in your way into pink mist. Turn those dirty BLU's into nothing but a steaming pile of shrapnel-filled goo. Oh, and this sucker's automatic. So I guess that's cool.
Black Market Business teaser blurb

The Family Business is a secondary weapon for the Heavy. It is a pump-action shotgun with a stock attached to its receiver. It will be released with the Über Update.

The Family Business will have a 40% increased ammo clip, at the cost of doing 15% less damage.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Shot type Hitscan
Damage
Maximum ramp-up 150% 7.65 / pellet
Base damage 100% 5.1 / pellet
Maximum fall-off 52.8% 2.55 / pellet
Pellet count 10
Point blank 74-76
Medium range 20-52
Long range 3-22
Critical 15.3 / pellet
Mini-crit 6.9 / pellet
Function times
Attack interval 0.625 s
Reload (first) 1.0 s
Reload (consecutive) 0.5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Related Achievements

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

Rationing
Rationing
Kill an enemy with your shotgun while you're out of minigun ammo.

Trivia

  • The phrase "Family Business" often refers to Template:W operating within the Mafia.
  • The Family Business was previously named the Soviet Stampede and the Russian Riot. Concept art shows it also had a hammer and sickle inside a red star on the stock, a common symbol for the Soviet Union.
  • The design of the Family Business appears to be based on the Template:W or Template:W Shotgun.