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The 19 was an upgrade on the Marlin 1898 and came with a matte barrel finish. It’s a bit of a complicated process if you haven’t done it before (tech wasn’t as advanced a century ago), but basically you just pull the fore-end backward, flip a switch, push the fore-end forward, and the threaded barrel unscrews from the chamber. It’s also a takedown, so you can remove the barrel from the action.

What’s cool about the 19 is it’s a hammer gun, so that means as you slide the fore-end back, it cocks the hammer, and after you pull the trigger, the hammer strikes the firing pin, sending the shot downrange. This pump-action shotgun is over 100 years old and was only in production from 1906 to 1907. Marlin 19 More than a century old, the 19 was only in production for a year.

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The Pump can also be used to crack through structures before unloading the Primal onto the enemy.2. This comes in handy for when you’re facing off against multiple enemies with powerful loot in the final circles. With both in your inventory, you can lead fights with the Primal and then switch to the Pump when you need to reload. That doesn’t mean you should ditch the Primal, though. Like in my story before, you might need the consistency of the Pump for the later game. Spawn loot seems to have been lowered overall to facilitate the crafting mechanic, and the Primal Shotgun will help you fight your way through the early game looting.įrom here, keep a look out for a Pump if possible. Which one should you craft your Makeshift Shotgun into? If you can get your hands on it early, prioritize the Primal for the early game. The reload time on the Primal can be killer. This is the sort of situation where I’d rather the Pump. After the first two enemies, the Primal ran out of shots and I was trying to reload just one shell to hit the enemy before I realized that this new weapon reloads all at once. In one game, I fought off a few waves of opponents as they trickled. Holding the Primal makes you feel almost unstoppable with its eerie howl when fired and massive damage, until you realize it devours your ammo and you have to reload in the middle of a fight. The Primal Shotgun only does 20 damage to structures, no matter what level. The Pump also does significantly more damage to structures than the Primal, doing about 50 damage across all rarities. An uncommon Primal Shotgun can hit almost as hard as the Legendary Pump, but you’ll have to run up close. In a one-on-one battle between a Pump and a Primal, the Primal will deal its damage faster, but has a longer reload time and slower fire rate. The Pump incentivizes you to make a headshot to get a decisive kill, but the Primal wants you to just run up and tear through the enemy.

That accuracy drop won’t be much of a problem, since you’ll be going up close and personal with this one. It has significantly less range than the Pump, but is also way less accurate. While the Pump does more damage per shot, the Primal deals its damage twice in a row, leading to some absurd DPS numbers. It fires in a two-shot burst and reloads its entire magazine at once. The Primal Shotgun has some twists on the shotty formula. If that sounds exciting, wait until you see the DPS the Primal can do. Data from the Fortnite Wiki at Gamepedia Pump Shotgun Could this be the one to replace the Pump? Let’s take look at these and figure out which one is the king. It’s loud, it eats ammo, and it absolutely shreds through enemies. Is the Primal Shotgun better than the Pump?Įnter the Primal Shotgun. Chapter 2 Season 6 marks the Pump’s triumphant return, but there’s a new shotty in town that many are finding is even better than the classic Pump. Over the Seasons, Epic has tried to find a way to balance shotguns by vaulting the Pump, replacing the Pump and even nerfing the Pump.

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