AA-12

Base Max Max W/Extended Drum AA-12 A fully automatic shotgun. Type Shotgun Price $55,000 Statistics Damage 200*7 (x1.5) Attack Speed 300 Reload Time 2.84s Max Accuracy 40% > 50% Min Accuracy -20% > 0% Recoil 4 >2 Range 120 Magazine 20 Ammo 160 Ammo Efficiency 50% (1) Weight 5 Hit Money 50% Targets 1.5 AA-12 A fully automatic shotgun. Type Shotgun Total Price $177,500 Statistics Damage 320*7 (x1.5) Attack Speed 300 (600) Reload Time 2.84s Max Accuracy 55% Min Accuracy -5% Recoil 4 Range 168 Magazine 20 (40) Ammo 160 (320) Ammo Efficiency 50% (1) Weight 4 Hit Money 50% Targets 1.5 Dual Wield Yes AA-12 A fully automatic shotgun. Type Shotgun Total Price $190,000 Statistics Damage 320*7 (x1.5) Attack Speed 300 (600) Reload Time 2.84s Max Accuracy 55% Min Accuracy -5% Recoil 4 Range 168 Magazine 32 (64) Ammo 160 (320) Ammo Efficiency 50% (1) Weight 4 Hit Money 50% Targets 1.5 Dual Wield Yes

Basics

The AA-12 is one of the strongest shotguns in the game. It and the Sawed-off Shotgun are the only shotguns with the Akimbo upgrade, and it, the M1014 and the USAS-12 being the only shotguns capable of being fully-automatic.

History

The AA12 is an automatic, mag-fed shotgun. With the fading relevancy of shotguns in modern combat, the AA12 was designed explicitly for combat roles, featuring a detachable magazine and significant recoil compensation. The AA12 had been in development since the 1970s, but wasn't finalized until 2005; early prototypes influenced the design of other full-auto shotguns, such as the USAS-12.

Upgrades

Upgrade	Description	Effect	Levels	Price
Barrel Extension	Increases the accuracy of your shots.	Accuracy +7.5%	2	$3,500 $5,250
AP Rounds	Increases the damage of shots.	Damage +15%	4	$10,500
Akimbo	Gives you a second AA-12, enabling you to dual wield.	Dual Wield: Yes	1	$55,000
Extended Drum	Increases your magazine size.	Magazine Size +60%	1	$12,500
HV Rounds	Increases the range of your shots.	Range +20%	2	$5,500
Aluminum Body	Reduces the weight of the gun.	Weight -1	1	$6,000

Notes

• The base cyclic DPS is 7,000 (10,500).
  • The max cyclic DPS is 11,200 (16,800).
    • With Akimbo the cyclic DPS is 22,400 (33,600).
• The firing runtime is 4 seconds.
• The base cyclic ammo consumption rate is 10 ammo units per second.
  • With Akimbo the cyclic ammo consumption rate is 20 ammo units per second.

Strategies

• The AA-12 is the best gun in the game for hit money. Use it if obtaining cash is a goal. The discord community refer to this as the money printer. "BRRRRRRRRR (cash printing noises)!"
  • Bullet Storm is a neat perk to rack up cash fast, though you may wanna watch out for your ammo.
• On the other hand, its DPS is below average for its cost and it has a high ammo consumption rate.
  • Heavy Bullet perk and mod can reduce the ammo comsumption by trading off attack speed for damage. In fact, any perk/mod that increase bullet damage is good with shotguns due to the damage buff applies to each and all pellets.
• Steady Aim is a recommended perk to maintain accuracy so that most of your bullets connect.
• Level 4 Deep Pierce perk with 6 level 5 piercing mods means 1.896 pierce, or let's just say pseudo-2 pierce. This'll mean nearly halved ammo consumption, furthering OPing this shotgun.

Trivia

• The AA-12 is the only innately fully automatic shotgun in the game.
  • The other two potential shotguns, the M1014 and the USAS-12, must be upgraded with Custom Receiver to be fully automatic.
• This and Sawed-off Shotgun are only two shotguns with the Akimbo upgrade.
• The AA-12 used to do 140 damage per pellet and fire 8 pellets per shot and then 180 damage per pellet and fire 7 pellets. These were changed to the current stats (200 damage per pellet.)