Due to its wide spread, it is almost useless at long range, making it only useful for close encounters. It's twice as powerful as the original shotgun (in effect doubling its function as a replacement for the classic double-barrelled shotgun). Unlike the super shotgun of Doom 3, this is a pump-action single-barreled shotgun and isn't the same kind as the classic shotgun (which is a Mossberg 550 model).