Take cover while reloading, try to take cover or strafe between each pump also keep the weapon loaded by reloading after each 1 or 2 shot is also a good idea.If your sidearm is not effective as well, retreat to a safe place.

However, if the small magazine size is a deterrent, use a Five-SeveN or the. Instead, switch to a sidearm at medium and long ranges a Desert Eagle is usually an acceptable sidearm to engage enemies due to its high damage and good accuracy. Players can easily kill you at long range. Try not to be out in the open with this weapon equipped.You can also use a flashbang with this tactic to assist you. When facing an enemy close to your position, ensure that you fire your M3 first, preferably at the head or chest, and retreat when you have to pump the weapon after firing a shell.Catching an enemy off guard can usually guarantee a close-ranged lethal headshot. Hide behind corners and surprise enemies. Use ambush tactics and anticipate enemy movement through areas.If you have trouble scoring headshots, aim for the chest or neck. However, it can be risky as some of the pellets may miss your target so be sure to confront the enemy within acceptable distances and when no one is aware of your presence. Aiming for the head is the best technique to obtain easy one hit kills at close quarters.This weapon relies on its one-shot-kill potential to be effective, thus when possible, don't fire until you can expect 100 damage or if enemy is still not aware of your presence. Getting a second shot is unlikely against rifle or SMG users due to the pump-action delaying a follow up shot.Note: Damage is reduced by 20% when pellets hits the same place at point blank, but it still instant kill. Movement speed in hammer units per secondĬounter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

Properties Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero It is possible to interrupt the reload and fire mid-reload by pressing the primary attack key during the reload. The reloading process involves individually loading new shells into the weapon's loading port. It is also heavier than the XM1014, and has a longer reload time which becomes especially time-consuming when reloading all 8 shells. In earlier games, one of the pumping animations will also block the user's crosshair, though this animation is removed in later games. In Source, because of every firearms now has ability to penetrate through other players and tighter spread, enemies lined up behind each other can also be killed in single shot but makes clustered enemies harder to hit however.īeing a pump-action shotgun, the weapon has a low rate of fire and a delay after each shot to operate the pump, making a follow-up shot more difficult whereas the XM1014 can make a quick follow-up shot due to being automatic. In GoldSrc games, if enemies are very wounded and are close to each other, the spread can hit multiple enemies and scoring double kill. It is possible to get double/multiple kills with one shot when enemy targets are clustered together. In Source, the damage is reduced roughly 20% when all pellets hits the enemy's head or chest at point blank range, though still enough to kill in one shot if all pellets hits a target. At range, the shotgun's high spread makes it almost impossible to hit anything, It deals higher damage per shot than the XM1014, and has a lower spread compared to the XM1014. The M3 deals very high damage at close range when all pellets from a single shot hit, with a high chance to deal an instant kill if all pellets hit the target, especially if the target has no armor. This shotgun is not available for Terrorists in Assassination maps. The M3 is very effective in close quarters combat and is commonly seen on tighter maps such as Office, Italy, Inferno and Train. The M3 is a very powerful pump-action shotgun available to both teams.

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