Mosconi 12G

Mosconi 12G
Inventory FBI Files Powerful at the cost of limited capacity Powerful at the cost of limited capacity
Gameplay
Unlock Level	39
Inventory Slot	Primary
Weapon Type	Shotgun
Firing Mode(s)	Break Action
Cost	$896,000
Statistics
Magazine	2
Total Ammo	32
Rate of Fire	500
Damage	145
Accuracy	60
Stability	36
Concealment	7
Threat	37
Extra Weapon Statistics Reload Time Tactical Empty Base time 2.5s 2.5s Shotgun CQB Basic 2.17s 2.17s Shotgun CQB Aced 1.85s 1.85s Ammo Pickup Rate Min Max Base pickup Walk-in Closet Fully Loaded Aced Damage Per Mag Total Damage total 290 4,640 Damage/second 1,208.33 117.71 Damage Falloff Range Damage Mid Range 0m-10m 145 Long Range 20+m Bullet Spread Standing Crouching Sights 2.8 xx Sights + moving 2.8 xx Hipfire 3.5 3.5 Hipfire + moving 3.5 3.5 Recoil Min Max Recoil vertical 2.9 3.0 Recoil horizontal -0.5 0.5
Other
Internal name	huntsman
Achievement(s)
v·d·e Mod stats

The Mosconi 12G shotgun is a primary weapon available in PAYDAY 2.

Overview

The Mosconi 12G is one of the final weapons unlocked in the base game and rightfully so. It is easily one of the most powerful weapons in the game when used at close range. With a well placed head shot at close quarters and the proper skills, you can kill nearly any enemy in the game in a single shot, save for the Bulldozer. To an extent, it is usable at medium range, but requires a more concentrated effort at aiming to do so. Its meager two shell capacity means the player will regularly find themselves vulnerable since they are constantly reloading, severely limiting its effectiveness against multiple enemies. Ammo boxes replenish one to two shells a piece, and since enemies take a maximum of two hits to kill with it, a skillful player will have little dependency on ammo bags.

The two gun mods that the Mosconi 12G has both bolster the shotgun's close range performance by increasing shot spread. This, in turn, reduces its efficiency at medium range. The concealment stats do go way up in this setup and allow Ghosts to have a powerful weapon for Plan B, but due to the rather poor accuracy, it only helps on the smaller maps, like Day 3 of Framing Frame.

When using ammunition types other than AP Slugs or HE Rounds, the Mosconi fires 6 projectiles per shot. Like the Jocelin it deals full damage out to 10 meters, decreasing at a linear rate until it reaches 0 damage at 30 meters. Using any custom ammo besides 000 Buckshot extends the minimum damage falloff out to 20 meters, with a maximum range of 43 meters for AP slugs and Dragon's Breath rounds, 54 meters for Flechette rounds, and 70 meters for HE rounds.

Summary

Pros:

• Highest per-shot damage out of every shotgun in the game, tied with the Joceline and Breaker 12G
• Reasonably accurate
• Fast reload
• Very ammo-efficient
• Capable of a very high Concealment rating when modded
• Synergizes well with special ammunition

Cons:

• Tiny ammo capacity that cannot be increased
• Low total ammo
• Third-lowest ammo pickup of all primary shotguns
• Small mod pool
• Abysmal base concealment (can be greatly improved by mods)
• High base accuracy results in narrowed pellet spread at close range
• Low stability
• High purchase price
• No suppressor available, making high concealment only useful if the player has no other concealable primary weapons or for Low Blow/Sneaky Bastard

Tips

• This may be one of the best guns to use with Bullet Storm, as the spread makes it easy to hit enemies, you can fire as fast as you can pull the trigger, and several Enforcer skills can improve this gun further.
  • Adding to this, with the arrival of the Gage Shotgun Pack, Various kinds of Ammunition make Bullet storm incredibly useful, using the HE rounds with Bullet Storm makes it incredibly easy to take down a room of enemies, including shields/bulldozers.
  • Using any ammo type other than Flechette rounds will bring its damage up to 140, with the Shotgun Impact skill, ten greater than the base damage of the Rattlesnake rifle. Granted, barring Flechette rounds and 000 Buckshots, using any other ammo types would leave the player with an uneven amount of ammo, and as such will not be ideal to have in situations when an enemy takes 2 shots to kill but the player only has 1 shell left.
  • Flechette rounds will also help deal with Maximum Force Responders. Slug rounds are of extremely questionable use, and 000 Buckshot are a decent idea, adding more damage with no extra loss of accuracy.
• It is highly recommended to switch to your secondary when dealing with Tasers. Unless you are certain that you will be able to hit the Taser while being shocked, do not attempt to use this shotgun against one as both barrels will be emptied within seconds of the taser darts connecting with your character.
• A Mosconi fitted with both mods is a good choice for a primary weapon in situations where stealth is expected to break, but has to be managed beforehand, such as Big Oil Day 2.
• Shotgun CQB can help speed up the reload process.
• When modded for concealment with concealment perks from various skill trees, this weapon can be used with the Lightweight Ballistic Vest, provided your secondary has maximum concealment, for example, a Swedish K modified for ultra-low visibility.
• This gun is shell-fed, not magazine-fed, rendering Mag Plus useless.

Builds

• Adding both available mods produces very high concealment for a primary weapon (27), though other weapons such as the CAR-4 can be modded to go even higher. This comes at the cost of reducing accuracy to 0, which makes the weapon very ineffective outside point-blank range.
  • Road Warrior Barrel (+10 con -8 acc)
  • Gangsta Special Stock (+10 con -8 acc)

Available modifications

• Ammunition
• Boost
• Barrel
• Stock

000 Buckshot	Community item v·d·e
	Total Ammo		Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	+15
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $36,000 Bonus (2), Card Drop & Side Job / 6
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000 Buckshot	Gage Shotgun Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo		Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	+15
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $36,000 Infinite Granted
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HE Round	Gage Shotgun Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-3	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	+3
	Accuracy	-12	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $36,000 Infinite Granted
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Flechette	Gage Shotgun Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-3
	Accuracy	+8	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $36,000 Infinite Granted
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AP Slug	Gage Shotgun Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-5	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	+15
	Accuracy	+8	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $36,000 Infinite Granted
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Dragon's Breath Round	The Butcher's BBQ Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-3	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-6
	Accuracy	-4	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $36,000 Infinite Granted
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Concealment	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	+1	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Every weapon ingame Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_concealment_p1

Stability	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	+4
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Every weapon ingame Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_recoil_p1

Accuracy	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-4	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Shotguns: Reinfeld 880 • IZHMA 12G • Mosconi 12G • Locomotive 12G • Goliath 12G • Grimm 12G • Claire 12G • Breaker 12G • Mosconi 12G Tactical • VD-12 • M1014 • Raven • Reinfeld 88 • Steakout 12G • GSPS 12G • Street Sweeper • Argos III • Predator 12G • Joceline O/U 12G • The Judge Akimbo Shotguns: Goliath 12G • Brothers Grimm 12G • The Judge • VD-12 Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_spread_n1

Accuracy	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	+4	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Every weapon ingame Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_spread_p1

Team Boost	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $9,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6	Special Effect(s): +3% Experience & money reward for you and your crew.
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Every weapon ingame Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_team_exp_money_p3

Road Warrior Barrel	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-16	Stability	-16
	Concealment	+10	Threat	-
Cost: $80,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
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Gangsta Special Stock	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-16	Stability	-16
	Concealment	+10	Threat	-
Cost: $80,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
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Skins

• Common
• Rare
• Epic
• Trivia

Black Thunder
Crimefest 2 Safe

Wolf Ornament
First World Safe

Reptilian Two Heads
Dallas Safe

First Line
Completely Overkill Safe

Bullet Bear Gun
Sputnik Safe

• The Wolf Ornament skin corresponds to the design on Wolf's Secret mask in PAYDAY: The Heist.
• The First Line skin is one of Payday's numerous references to ice hockey.

Achievements

Lock, Stock & Eight Smoking Barrels Own the Locomotive, Street Sweeper, Reinfeld, Mosconi, Izhma, Raven and M1014 Shotguns. Unlocks the Flip-up Sight for the Raven shotgun.

Bugs

• While the reload animation in first person has the character reload both barrels at once, the third-person animation shows the player loading each shell individually.
• When lagging, sometimes, the reload would go in slow motion. The player will sometimes COMPLETELY reload the gun before the animation starts.

Trivia

• The Mosconi 12G was likely based on various double-barreled shotgun models. Though said guns generally do not have trademark manufacturers, the Mosconi seems closest in model to the Stoeger Coach gun, albeit with a short barrel.
• Prior to Update #11, the Mosconi 12G was the only weapon to have the damage bar maxed.
• The Mosconi 12G is similar to the GL40 and GSPS 12G in that it only has 2 unique mods, one of which shortens the barrel and the other saws off the stock.
• On its introduction, the Joceline O/U 12G was far more powerful than the Mosconi, with many players considering the Mosconi to be inferior to the Joceline. However, on March 17, 2015, the Mosconi's damage was buffed to match the Joceline's, leaving only accuracy, stability, and concealment to be the three separating factors between the two weapons.
  • Ironically, with the global weapon stats rebalance, the Mosconi was given higher stability, concealment, and total ammo than the Joceline, which, if it weren't for the Joceline's ammo-increasing mod, would make the Joceline inferior to the Mosconi.
• To date, the Mosconi has the second highest raw damage per shot of any shotgun in the game (tied with the Joceline) at 145 prior to mods and skills/perks, with the Breaker 12G at 155. The Mosconi, Joceline and Breaker are the only three shotguns capable of reaching 200+ damage through the use of Ammunition mods, unique attachments and skills.

Gallery

A preview of the Mosconi 12G.

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