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* 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 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 is based on the {{w|Benelli M3 Super 90}}.
 
* The design of the Family Business is based on the {{w|Benelli M3 Super 90}}.
* The Family Business is the only Secondary Weapon for the Heavy to not be a Lunchbox (Aside from the default Shotgun).
 
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==

Revision as of 23:39, 9 November 2011

I am going to kill you, and kill you, and kill you!
The Heavy on weapons with increased clip-size

The Family Business is a community-made secondary weapon for the Heavy. It is a pump-action shotgun with a stock attached to its receiver.

The weapon has a 40% increased ammo magazine compared to the Shotgun, for a total of 8 shells, 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.

Item set

Main article: Item sets
Black Market Business
Item icon Mobster Monday Bundle.png
Effect

No effect

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal Frontier Justice Homewrecker Family Business
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png + Item icon Frontier Justice.png + Item icon Homewrecker.png = Item icon Family Business.png
Class Token - Heavy Slot Token - Secondary Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Heavy.png + Item icon Slot Token - Secondary.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Sandvich.png Item icon Dalokohs Bar.png Item icon Buffalo Steak Sandvich.png Item icon Family Business.png
Item icon Panic Attack.png Item icon Second Banana.png

As a Crafting Ingredient

Family Business Refined Metal Capo's Capper
Item icon Family Business.png + Item icon Refined Metal.pngx4 = Item icon Capo's Capper.png

Related Achievements

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

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

Update history

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

  • The Family Business was added to the game.

June 28, 2011 Patch

  • Added/Refined recoil/draw/crit/reload forces for all of the new weapons in the Uber Update.

July 22, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The damage penality attribute was changed from "-15% damage done" to "-15% damage penalty".

Bugs

  • The Heavy pumps the entire weapon when reloading and shooting.
  • Spent shells eject out of the center of the screen in first person view.
  • There is no muzzle flash when firing.
  • Due to the addition of a stock onto the Shotgun, the Family Business will clip through the Heavy's right hand when taunting.
  • In world view, the ejection port is invisible.
  • In the view model, the gun appears to float in Heavy's hands.
  • While reloading, it is possible to force the reload animation to loop endlessly by holding both the primary and alt-fire buttons after reloading at least one shell. This can also be performed with the Reserve Shooter, Frontier Justice and Shotgun.

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 is based on the Template:W.

Gallery

See also