Pump Shotgun

The pump action shotgun deals heavy damage to an enemy or lighter damage to many at once. It holds 8 shells with 128 in reserve and can be shot without reloading all the shells. The spread of the 10 pellets in a shell can take down multiple Infected at a time. This often makes it handier for handling swarms then the sub machine gun or pistols. It reloads about 2 shells per second and fires 1 shell per second. Although the range on the shotgun is much better then most FPS' and more true to real life, the spread means pistols are better for ranged encounters. On both shotguns, the reloading is both a curse and a blessing; it allows topping off the magazine on the fly, and the reloading process can be stopped to handle sudden threats. However, if you are reloading when empty, you will manually rack the shotgun at the end of the reload, regardless or whether it finished or was interrupted. A good trick is to interrupt an empty reload after the first shot by clicking fire then reloading again, as you can immediately fire if a threat appears. Like the auto shotgun, it can kill the Witch with one hit if the all pellets strike her head before she rises, making it useful for getting the Cr0wnd achievement.

When being attacked by swarms, it is best to do a melee attack after each shot to push back Infected while pumping and increase survivability. This does not work as well when surrounded on all sides.

Real steel equivalent
The side of the shotgun says "Renegade Rangemaster", and the name may be meant to sound similar to the very common "Remington Wingmaster". The safety and slide release resemble the kind seen on the Remington series shotguns, but it possesses several features found on Mossberg shotguns, notably the 500 Mariner: The pump forearm is ribbed, where Remington shotguns nearly always use a smooth forearm. The magazine tube holds 6 rounds and extends one round beyond the pump; most Remington shotguns either have the magazine tube run all the way to the end of the barrel, or just the end of the forearm. Likely, Valve decided to mix features to give the shotgun a look that retained the distinct look of a hunting shotgun, while not looking totally generic. A flashlight is secured to the shotgun by a magazine tube mount.