WEAPON DOSSIER · CS2 · Pump shotgun

Everything about Sawed-Off in CS2

The classic Sawed-Off deals very heavy close-range damage, but with its low accuracy, high spread and slow rate of fire, you'd better kill what you hit.

Heavy In-game price $1,100 7 / 32 rounds

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Sawed-Off CS2 / SAWED-OFF

Damage per pellet 32 8 pellets per shot

Armor penetration 75% Body · armor: 24

Rounds / min 71 Recoil magnitude: 143

Magazine 7 32 rounds

Sawed-Off round profile

Effective range Close quarters

Firing rhythm Measured single shots

Defining trait

The short barrel and 8 pellets are designed for near-contact range; the first shell needs to settle the fight.

01 / DAMAGE

Damage by distance

Move the slider to inspect calculated damage per hit. Values are rounded; actual damage also depends on hit zone and armor.

Distance 500 game units

015003000

about 13 m

Head 57.6

Head · helmet 43.2

Body 14.4

Body · armor 10.8

Shotgun values are per pellet. Total damage depends on how many pellets land.

02 / CONTROL

Accuracy and spread

Compare first-shot spread bounds from game parameters. Stance changes inaccuracy; the distance slider changes the zone diameter.

Recoil magnitude143

Base spread0.06200

Standing Diameter up to 175.3 cm at 12.7 m First-shot spread bound in the weapon’s primary mode

03 / FIELD NOTES

How to play it

Choose a range that suits the damage profile and stop before precision shots.

04 / HANDLING

Handling

Move speed: 210 u/s
Reserve ammo: 32
Reload fire lockout: 0.5 s

Values checked against CS2 weapon data · snapshot 2026-09-23 Source ↗

Reading the numbers

Why does damage change with distance?

The game applies a range modifier for every 500 game units. The slider models that modifier; it is not a guarantee for every encounter.

Is this a bullet spray pattern?

Compare first-shot spread bounds from game parameters. Stance changes inaccuracy; the distance slider changes the zone diameter. Coordinates from recorded OP.GG sequences: camera recoil without mouse compensation. Random bullet spread is excluded.