Hunt: Showdown Weapon Damage: Every Family Ranked

In Hunt: Showdown almost every gun can kill a hunter in one well-placed headshot, so the numbers that actually change how you play are chest-hit damage, how many chest hits it takes to down someone, how far the bullet holds up, and what the gun costs when you die with it. This table lists all 51 weapon families straight from the game’s own loadout screen figures.

How to read this table

• Chest hit — the body damage number the loadout screen shows, before any head/limb multiplier.
• Shots to kill — chest hits on a full-health hunter at close range. A single dash means the weapon is a tool or melee, not a primary kill method.
• Drop range — distance before damage starts falling off.
• Price — base hunt-dollar cost; the real cost is what you lose when the hunter dies.

Rifles

Weapon	Chest hit	Shots to kill	Drop range	Price
1865 Carbine	145	2	115 m	70
1890 Cavalry	139	2	120 m	56
Berthier 1892	128	2	120 m	380
Centennial	123	2	140 m	157
Drilling	120	2	145 m	510
Flame Rifle	25	-	5 m	500
Frontier 73C	110	2	140 m	41
Infantry 73L	110	2	145 m	78
Krag	126	2	140 m	450
Lebel 1886	132	2	140 m	397
Mako 1895	128	2	115 m	360
Marathon	113	2	140 m	68
Martini-Henry	143	2	125 m	122
Maynard Sniper	144	2	160 m	139
Mosin Obrez	126	2	100 m	290
Mosin-Nagant	136	2	135 m	620
Nitro Express	364	1	45 m	1,015
Ranger 73	110	2	140 m	75
Sparks	149	2	145 m	130
Springfield 1866	139	2	160 m	38
Vandal 73C	107	2	120 m	35
Vetterli 71	130	2	125 m	105
Wildland	126	2	150 m	350

Shotguns

Weapon	Chest hit	Shots to kill	Drop range	Price
Auto-4 Shorty	154	1	20 m	300
Auto-5	194	1	30 m	600
Burgess	207	1	25 m	300
Homestead 78	220	1	30 m	300
Rival 78	184	1	25 m	170
Romero 77	220	1	30 m	66
Slate	207	1	25 m	313
Specter 1882	213	1	30 m	188
Terminus	207	1	25 m	168

Pistols

Weapon	Chest hit	Shots to kill	Drop range	Price
Bornheim No. 3	74	3	80 m	146
Conversion	104	2	75 m	55
Dolch 96	97	-	70 m	690
Haymaker	122	2	65 m	279
Lancaster	110	2	65 m	100
LeMat	97	2	75 m	83
Nagant M1895	91	2	70 m	24
New Army	97	-	75 m	90
Officer	91	2	70 m	96
Pax	110	2	65 m	80
Scottfield	107	2	65 m	77
Uppercut	126	2	65 m	310

Bows and special

Weapon	Chest hit	Shots to kill	Drop range	Price
Chu Ko Nu	150	1	17 m	75
Crossbow	246	1	20 m	50
Hunting Bow	-	-	30 m	57
Bomb Launcher	150	-	5 m	110
Shredder	300	1	50 m	500

Melee

Weapon	Chest hit	Shots to kill	Drop range	Price
Bomb Lance	150	-	5 m	199
Melee Weapons	-	-	-	115

Which ones to actually carry

The table is the raw truth; the pick still depends on what you can afford to lose. The high-chest-hit rifles — Nitro Express (364), Sparks (149), Martini-Henry (143), Springfield 1866 (139) — drop hunters fastest and reach farthest, but they cost hundreds and a death empties your pocket. The workhorses that balance cost and kills are the 123–136 chest-hit rifles (Centennial, Vetterli 71, Lebel 1886, Krag, Mosin-Nagant), most of which sit under 400 and still take two chest hits. For a first loadout, grab a rifle at 110–145 chest hit with two shots to kill and a price you will not cry over when the hunter burns. Shotguns are pure close-range insurance: Romero 77 at 66 hunt dollars is the cheapest one-shot option in the game.

This reference pairs with the best weapons for players who die page and the full weapons list; for close-range-only options see the shotguns guide.