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:	32
Reload type:	Clip
Available Qualities
	Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
	The Shortstop; Level 1 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 peppergun fitted with pearl grips.

Compared to the Scattergun, the Shortstop has two fewer shots loaded, fires 60% fewer pellets per shot, and does not possess the increased damage ramp-up of the Scout's other primary weapons. However, it cuts the attack interval by 40%, has approximately 40% less pellet spread, deals twice the damage at maximum fall-off, and deals twice the damage per pellet, although this still results in an overall 20% lower base damage per shot. Unlike most of the Scout's other primary weapons, the Shortstop also reloads its entire clip of ammunition all at once, similarly to the Pistol and its alternatives.

Pressing alt-fire (default key: MOUSE2) causes the Scout to perform a shove, dealing 1 damage and pushing a single enemy in melee range backward a set distance, similar 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 20% more knockback when taking damage, as well as from the Pyro's compression blast.

Like other bullet-based weaponry, 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, the pellets spread in a fixed T-shape consisting of the center row and bottom center position of a 3x3 square.

Critical hits are delivered in a manner similar to rapid-fire weapons like the Pistol, granting 2 seconds of critical hits per successful critical roll.

The kill icon for the Shortstop was contributed by Psyke .

Damage and function times

Shove

Item set

Main article: Item sets

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

Demonstration

Crafting

Blueprint

Force-A-Nature		Reclaimed Metal		Shortstop
	+		=

Class Token - Scout

Slot Token - Primary

Scrap Metal

+

+

=

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
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.

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.

July 7, 2022 Patch

Fixed The Shortstop shove showing as self-inflicted damage.

Bugs

At higher field-of-views, the bullets from the Shortstop can be seen in the lower middle of the screen.
If the player has their model quality set to medium or lower, the Scout does not break open the Shortstop during reloading or inspecting.

Trivia

The Shortstop was modeled from elements of various break action handguns, including the Remington Elliot 4 shot (trigger and grip) and the COP .357 Derringer (barrels), which coincidentally had a .410 scattergun version.^[1]
The Shortstop's name is a reference to the shortstop, the fielding position between second and third base in baseball, the Scout's favorite sport. It also seems to be a pun on the Shortstop's old slowdown effect, which was meant to stop enemies for a short time. However, this functionality never worked.
Although the Shortstop fires multiple projectiles per shot, the model for its ammunition depicts a large single bullet in each casing.
The Shortstop's rounds are held together by a flat metal clip, which are often used to speed the reload process of certain breach weapons.
- The clip seems to disappear during the reload, as the ejected cases do not feature the clip and it is never seen leaving the gun otherwise.
This item's type, "peppergun", is slang for shotgun, due to the weapon's ability to "pepper" a target.

Gallery

First-person view
RED Festivized variant.
BLU Festivized variant.
Concept art of the Shortstop.
Polycount concept art for the Shortstop.

References

↑ TF2 - Polypack - Spetch, "Like before, it's a modified Remington Elliot, 4 shot." "I'm taking reference from 10 different guns atm and one of them is a derringer also."

Weapons
v • d • e	Scout	Soldier	Pyro	Demoman	Heavy	Engineer	Medic	Sniper	Spy
Primary	Scattergun	Rocket Launcher	Flame Thrower	Grenade Launcher	Minigun	Shotgun	Syringe Gun	Sniper Rifle	—
Primary	Force-A-Nature Shortstop Soda Popper Baby Face's Blaster Back Scatter	Direct Hit Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Original Beggar's Bazooka Air Strike	Backburner Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower Nostromo Napalmer Dragon's Fury	Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger Loose Cannon B.A.S.E. Jumper Iron Bomber	Natascha Iron Curtain Brass Beast Tomislav Huo-Long Heater	Frontier Justice Widowmaker Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger Panic Attack	Blutsauger Crusader's Crossbow Overdose	Huntsman Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina Hitman's Heatmaker AWPer Hand Fortified Compound Classic Shooting Star	—
Secondary	Pistol	Shotgun	Shotgun	Stickybomb Launcher	Shotgun	Pistol	Medi Gun	SMG	Revolver
Secondary	Bonk! Atomic Punch Lugermorph Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Flying Guillotine Mutated Milk C.A.P.P.E.R	Buff Banner Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison B.A.S.E. Jumper Panic Attack	Flare Gun Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot Panic Attack Gas Passer Thermal Thruster	Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen Tide Turner Quickiebomb Launcher	Sandvich Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Fishcake Family Business Robo-Sandvich Panic Attack Second Banana	Lugermorph Wrangler Short Circuit C.A.P.P.E.R Giger Counter	Kritzkrieg Quick-Fix Vaccinator	Jarate Razorback Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine Self-Aware Beauty Mark	Ambassador Big Kill L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback
Melee	Bat	Shovel	Fire Axe	Bottle	Fists	Wrench	Bonesaw	Kukri	Knife
Melee	Sandman Frying Pan Holy Mackerel Boston Basher Candy Cane Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Saxxy Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Batsaber Prinny Machete	Equalizer Pain Train Frying Pan Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Axtinguisher Homewrecker Frying Pan Powerjack Back Scratcher Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Saxxy Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Neon Annihilator Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete Hot Hand	Eyelander Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Frying Pan Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Claidheamh Mòr Ullapool Caber Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Conscientious Objector Scottish Handshake Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Killing Gloves of Boxing Frying Pan Gloves of Running Urgently Fists of Steel Warrior's Spirit Saxxy Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Apoco-Fists Holiday Punch Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Bread Bite Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Golden Wrench Gunslinger Southern Hospitality Jag Saxxy Eureka Effect Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Prinny Machete	Ubersaw Frying Pan Vita-Saw Amputator Saxxy Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Frying Pan Saxxy Shahanshah Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Saxxy Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle Black Rose Golden Frying Pan Prinny Machete
Primary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	Construction PDA	—	—	Disguise Kit
Primary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Secondary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	Destruction PDA	—	—	Invis Watch
Secondary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt
Building	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Sapper
Building	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Red-Tape Recorder Ap-Sap Snack Attack
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[1] TF2 - Polypack - Spetch, "Like before, it's a modified Remington Elliot, 4 shot." "I'm taking reference from 10 different guns atm and one of them is a derringer also."

[1]

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%	6.336 / pellet
Pellet count		4
Point blank		18-72
Medium range		12-48
Long range		6-25
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.

Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage	100%	1
Function times
Attack interval		1.5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Shortstop

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Damage and function times

Shove

Item set

Demonstration

Crafting

Blueprint

As a crafting ingredient

Strange variant

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