M500 — Wardogs weapon
SHOTGUN

M500

CTier · Rankings →12 GaugeShotgunStandardNo shield

Measured shots-to-kill and body-part damage for the M500, across ammo types and enemy armor -- from community ballistics testing, attributed, not yet Bulkhead-official.

CLASS
Shotgun
CALIBER
12 Gauge
FIRE RATE
95 rpm
BASELINE TTK
One-shot
FMJ, unarmored
RARITY
Standard
SHIELD
No
◢ BODY-PART LETHALITY
ATTRIBUTED / BETA-OBSERVED
Shots to kill per body part for the M500 — measured across ammo and enemy armor. Lower = deadlier.
AMMO
ARMOR
M500 shots to kill by body part (FMJ ammo vs armor tier 0)
ZONESHOTSDMGARMOR BREAK
Head1157.5-
Chest1104-
Upper stomach294.5-
Lower stomach289.8-
Groin285.1-
Arms266.2-
Legs255.1-
Extremities333.1-
DEADLIERFEWER HITS ← → MORE
Source: Swoleguy in-game ballistics testing (attributed)
◢ READING THE DIAGRAM

Toggle ammo and armor to see the kill map change. Against heavy armor, hollow-point (HP) rounds can make unarmored zones (groin, arms, legs) deadlier than the torso — armor covers the chest and stomach but not the limbs, so a round that is stopped by a plate still does full damage to an exposed limb. That is not a glitch; it is why ammo choice and shot placement matter. Armored zones also show the extra shots needed to break the plate first.

Handling, muzzle velocity, accuracy (MOA), effective range, magazine, and reload stats aren’t published yet -- we show measured ballistics and time-to-kill from community testing, never guesses. Prices and unlock levels are TBD until Bulkhead publishes them.
ATTRIBUTED— ballistics + fire rate from Closed Alpha/Beta playtest capture (attributed, unconfirmed; not verified in-game) | fire_rate: community in-game shooting-range testing by Swoleguy (YouTube), released for community use, 2026-09-10, attributed, not owner-verified | credit_cost + class-unlock: community-aggregated (multiple fan databases), Season 1, 2026-09, attributed, not owner-verified | unlock_fee: community-aggregated unlock ladder, Season 1, 2026-09, attributed, not owner-verified. Superseded by first-party data when Bulkhead publishes.
KIT & COSTattributed prices · cost only (no stat effects yet)
Base M500 $1,200 + 1 published attachment $740 = $1,940 fully kitted · 1 more with no published price
M500 Internal Mag
magazinenot published
M500 Sabre Brake
muzzle$740
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