The Double Barrel Shotgun is a shotgun first introduced in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and then later added to Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Lowriders: Custom Classics update.
Design[]
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]
The Double Barreled Shotgun is an "over and under" shotgun, as seen in the HUD icon. This shotgun does not seem to be based on any real-life shotgun, so it is assumed that it is a customized/modified example.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
The Double Barrel Shotgun returns in Grand Theft Auto Online, this time based on a Zabala short-barreled side-by-side shotgun. The weapon shares many similarities with the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas rendition of the Sawed-Off Shotgun, only being slightly larger and with a darker brown wood coloring.
Performance[]
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]
The Double Barrel Shotgun fires two powerful rounds, which can take out a target from close range with extreme ease. Being a double barrel, the accuracy is somewhat better than the rest of the Shotguns.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
The Double Barrel Shotgun discharges both barrels when fired, in a very quick succession (at 0.1 seconds according to the files, making it statistically similar to the Micro SMG and the AP Pistol and therefore, faster than even fully-automatic shotguns). Since the shotgun only holds two shells, it must be reloaded after each "burst", limiting its potential against multiple targets, unless they are within the spread cone.
It has a very short range of 30 meters (both lock-on and overall), but high damage per pellet that can kill most NPC enemies in a single burst at close range. Its reload is quick, but the constant necessity to reload and the very short range make this something of a niche weapon. Like with the Sawed-Off Shotgun and the Sweeper Shotgun, it can be fired from a motorcycle.
Although not indicated, the Double Barrel Shotgun employs the same 12 gauge shells as other shotguns, as indicated by the markings on the back of the shell's brass heads.
GTA Online Overview[]
| Damage (per shot) [?] |
Fire Rate [?] | Range (m / ft) [?] |
Ammo Specifications/ Capacity |
Reload Mechanism | Reload Speed [?] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 (x8) (240) | 0.1 (600 RPM) | 30 / 98.4 (Lock-on & Weapon) | 2 | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | 55 RPM | 30 / 98.4 (Lock-on & Weapon) | 2 independent shells | Break-Action | N/A |
 |
Damage | 98% 98% | |||
| Fire Rate/Speed | 25% 25% | ||||
| Accuracy | 15% 15% | ||||
| Range | 10% 10% | ||||
| Clip Size | 5% 5% | ||||
Customizations[]
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
| Rounds | GTA Online | |
|---|---|---|
| Cartridges (4) | $6 | |
| Tints | ||
| Black | Default | |
| Army | $5,000 | |
| Green (Collector's and Enhanced Edition) | $5,250 | |
| Orange (Collector's and Enhanced Edition) | $5,500 | |
| LSPD | $5,750 | |
| Pink (Collector's and Enhanced Edition) | $7,500 | |
| Gold (Collector's and Enhanced Edition) | $10,000 | |
| Platinum (Collector's and Enhanced Edition) | $12,500 | |
Image Gallery[]
HUD icon[]
First-Person View[]
Locations[]
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]
- Available after the "Fully Cocked License" is purchased, for $1,000.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
- Available from Ammu-Nation, for $15,450.
Trivia[]
General[]
- In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, a full-sized double barreled shotgun can be seen among weapons on the shelves inside Ammu-Nation, however, it is unusable.
See Also[]
- Sawed-Off Shotgun – Whose renditions in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and The Lost and Damned are depicted as double-barrel shotguns.