Shortstop

Shortstop
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Basic Information
Used by:	Scout
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	5p3tch
Released:	September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #2, Uncrate #16, Uncrate #43 (Strange), Chemistry Set (Collector's) or War Paint (Decorated)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	4
Ammo carried:	36
Reload type:	Clip
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Shortstop Level 1 - 100 Peppergun When weapon is active: Increase in push force taken from damage and airblast Holds a 4-shot clip and reloads its entire clip at once. Alt-Fire to reach and shove someone! Mann Co.'s latest in high attitude break-action personal defense.

“

Hard day on the job? Wanna finish it off the right way? This is everything you wanted in a handgun and more. Make it quick and make it easy with some shots to the back. — Shortstop publicity blurb

”

The Shortstop is a community-created primary weapon for the Scout. It is a four-barreled derringer-style pistol fitted with pearl grips and loaded with shotgun shells.

Compared to the Scattergun, the Shortstop has a 34% smaller clip size and fires 60% fewer pellets per shot, and does not possess the increased damage ramp-up the Scattergun has. However, it fires 40% faster, each shot has approximately 40% less bullet spread, and each pellet deals twice the damage, although this still results in an overall 20% lower base damage per shot. Unlike the Scout's other primary weapons, the Shortstop also reloads its entire clip of ammunition all at once, similarly to the Pistol. Overall, the Shortstop is weaker at point-blank combat than the Scattergun, but stronger at mid-range due to its increased accuracy.

Pressing alt-fire (default key: MOUSE2) will cause the Scout to shove, dealing 1 damage and pushing a single enemy in melee range backwards a set distance, similarly to the Pyro's compression blast. This shove does not happen immediately, instead occurring after a short pause, similar to melee weapon swings. There is a cooldown period of around 1.5 seconds before the player can shove again, and the player cannot shove while reloading or while using other weapons.

When the Shortstop is the active weapon, the player receives an added 20% knockback from all damaging weapons and the Pyro's compression blast.

Like the stock Shotgun and Scattergun, the Shortstop's first shell fires at least one pellet straight down the crosshair before "bullet-spread" takes effect. When random bullet spread is disabled, shots with the Shortstop form a T-shape consisting of the center row and bottom center position of a 3x3 square.

Critical hits are delivered in a manner similar to pistols, granting 2 seconds of critical hits, as opposed to regular shotguns.

The kill icon for the Shortstop was contributed by Psyke .

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Hitscan
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	150%	18 / pellet
Base damage	100%	12 / pellet
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	6 / pellet
Pellet count		4
Point blank		69-72
Medium range		24-48
Long range		6-12
Pellet spread		50:1
Critical		36 / pellet
Mini-crit		16.2-24.3 / pellet
Function times
Attack interval		0.36 s
Reload		1.52 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Special Delivery
	Shortstop Mad Milk Holy Mackerel Milkman
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Force-A-Nature		Reclaimed Metal		Shortstop
	+		=

Class Token - Scout		Slot Token - Primary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Refined Metal		Special Delivery weapon		Milkman
x4	+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Shortstop		Winger
	+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Shortstop		Baby Face's Blaster
	+	x2	=

Reclaimed Metal		Shortstop		Crit-a-Cola		Back Scatter
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Shortstop Strange Peppergun - Kills: 0 Increase in push force taken from damage and airblast Holds a 4-shot clip and reloads its entire clip at once. Alt-Fire to reach and shove someone! Mann Co.'s latest in high attitude break-action personal defense.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• The Shortstop was added to the game.

October 6, 2010 Patch

• The Shortstop is now affected by tf_use_fixed_weaponspreads.

October 8, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Shortstop was added to the crafting blueprint for the Milkman.

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• [Undocumented] Removed the (non-functioning) slowdown effect from the Shortstop.

January 10, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed bullets clipping into the gun model when Auto-Reload is enabled, or the player holds down the reload key while firing.

January 19, 2011 Patch

• Fixed not seeing the critboost effect for the Shortstop.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.
• [Undocumented] Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on Medieval maps for items that are not allowed in medieval mode.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• [Undocumented] The Shortstop was added in the Winger's crafting blueprint.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• [Undocumented] The Shortstop reload time has been slowed down by 50%.

April 27, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

July 10, 2013 Patch

• Changed attributes:
  • Added 20% bonus healing while deployed.
  • Added 80% vulnerability increase to all push forces while deployed.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

February 7, 2014 Patch

• Changed attribute:
  • Reduced extra knockback penalty from 80% to 40%.

April 24, 2014 Patch

• Fixed the Shortstop not using its crit sound when firing crits.

July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)

• Updated description to better detail the weapon's features.
• Changed attributes:
  • No longer uses secondary ammo and now uses primary ammo instead.
  • Healing and knockback passives are only active when weapon is deployed.

July 3, 2015 Patch

• Fixed a bug that caused the Shortstop to reload faster than normal.

July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)

• Changed attributes:
  • Added an Alt-fire attack -- reach out and shove someone!
  • Removed +healing bonus
  • Reduced pushback vuln to +20% (from +40%)

October 21, 2016 Patch

• Updated the sounds made when the Scout shoves someone while using the Shortstop.

February 14, 2017 Patch

• Fixed the Scout not playing the correct animation when using the Shortstop's Alt-Fire to shove someone.
• Fixed the Scout not getting assists for shoving players while using the Shortstop.

October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)

• [Undocumented] Updated reload sound.

December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)

• Can now be Festivized.
• Fixed the inspect animation for the Shortstop.

Bugs

• At a high Field of View, the bullets from the Shortstop can be seen in front of the screen.
• If the player has their game quality set to medium or low, the Scout will not break open the Shortstop to place bullets inside during each reload and the inspect animation will break open the Shortstop.
• If an enemy is killed via shove damage, it will count as the Scout finishing them off instead of a kill.

Trivia

• The Shortstop's name is a reference to the shortstop, the fielding position between second and third base in the Scout's favorite sport, baseball. It also seems to be a pun on the Shortstop's old slowdown effect, which was meant to stop enemies for a short time.
• Peppergun is slang for shotgun (peppering the target); not to be confuse with pepper-box, an older form of pistol with rotating barrels with action resembling a pepper grinder.
• The Shortstop was modeled to resemble the break action COP 357 Derringer. The Shortstop uses shotgun shells instead of .357 rounds. A limited number of COP .357 derringers were overbored to accept .410 shotgun shells as insurgency and pilot survival weapons.

Gallery

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  First-person view

• 

  RED Festivized variant.

• 

  BLU Festivized variant.

• 

  Concept art of the Shortstop.

See also

• Shortstop strategy