M-520 Shotgun

Change Info:

30 Dec 2019 - Per request changed the sight picture on the 520s so not so up close and personnel (see image posted).  Placed the shotgun in a few more spots (Boston Police Rationing Site has a 520 on the desk and in the large shed can find another set of blue prints; East Boston Police Dept has a M520 in cell area; Swans Pond has a Reaper placed in the shed).  To DO = script to have the weapon show up on select oponets will encounter.

24 Aug 2019 - Have resized the scopes/sights and placed on picrails.  Bayonet (per Hammermaster) have been staged on the standoff at the muzzle to be closer to what was used for the weapon.  Damage toned down a bit again ... still can get an OP if use the right mods.
17 OCT 2019: Optional file - M520 with reduced damage for the weapons and the mods to same.  Requires main file to be loaded first and then this and say OK when overwrite esp occurs.  Shotgun starts at about 10% better then Combat shotgun and all mods to it have had the damage add reduced by 50% or more.



Source:  Resources posted by BlutKult here on the Nexus (mesh and textures are his work for the M-520).
Conversion: jsnider193

NOTE: 18 Mar 2019 - uploaded V1.8.7a to correct Camo Shotgun using Desert Textures and CK failure to save correctly.
NOTE:  Added optional look for the Grim Reaper done by brammcnasty .. this is a replacement for current version not in addition to.

1.  Stevens M520 Shotgun: An older shotgun being added to the game thanks to BlutKult.  The Stevens Model 520 (M520) was a pump-action slide shotgun appearing around 1910. Its general form and function were highly conventional while reliability and construction held in generally high regard for the time - though some questioned the type's overall complexity. The M520 name designated an entire line of shotguns from Stevens that included the standard 12-gauge take-down form. Barrels were of high pressure compressed steel with full choke in lengths of 28- (standard) and 30-inches. The action utilized a hammerless arrangement with locking block and side ejection of empty shells. A firing pin safety was coupled with an independent safety. The receiver was of drop-forged manufacture and covered in a matte finish. The guns arrived with a wooden stock/grip unit and wooden slide. The stock was of checkered walnut with the pistol grip integrated and a rubber butt plate fitted as standard. The slide handle was also checkered for a sure grip. The M520 utilized a tubular magazine housing five total shells - a shell could be chambered, ready-to-fire, for six shell total capacity.

"Slam-firing" - the unintentional discharge of the weapon - was possible with the M520 as disconnects were not en vogue with such guns at the time. Such action could result in the user losing control of the gun or catastrophic breech explosions. This was a "quality" seen in other shotguns of the period and generally viewed as highly dangerous to the operator.

Stevens shotguns were utilized by American forces in World War 1 (1914-1918) and World War 2 (1939-1945) with some models showcasing U.S. military stamping. Militarized versions were known as "Trench Guns" for their perforated heat-shields and bayonet support. "Riot Guns" were a derivation of the norm by not featuring the bayonet lugs and shortened barrels. Other long-barreled forms were purchased as training guns for aerial gunnery (essentially "skeet shooting"). Some 35,306 Stevens M520 guns were purchased by the American government during World War 2 from 1942 into 1945.

Location: On the workbench at Oberland Station along with the schematics to build more of these weapons and the camo version.  No ammo is waiting with the weapon as uses standard shotgun shells in the game.



1a. Weapon ID: xx004B8E for the standard version, xx0A9527 for the camo version, xx0C2B22 for the Desert version and xx0B1C9C for the Reaper.



Note: The Camo, Desert and the Reaper versions of the weapon may be built at the chem station if have the schematic and the right materials and perks.



1b. Ammunition: Uses FO4 standard shotgun shells that can be modified to have different effects.

1c. Modifications:  The basic M-520 may be changed as indicated below.

Receiver: May enhance the base receiver up to 7 times via mod upgrades.  At this point no change to the look of the weapon as follow it's path.

Barrel: The standard M-520 has the standard barrel that the weapon starts with and then may change it out for a short, long, standard trench or a long trench version.

NOTE:  Added a red bar to the front sight to assist in the ability to see what aiming at in 1st person especially at night.

Grip:  The standard M-520 has the basic starting stock plus 2 additional ones that may be used to change the look and enhance the weapon.  One is a pistol grip and the other has a ammo saddle that can increase the reload speed for the weapon.  The Reaper has it's own versions of these 2 stocks.

Magazine:  No direct magazine upgrades available for this weapon .. see grip.  There are 6 ammunition enhancements that may be made for the weapon to increase lethality and shell load-out.

Sights: Have a reflex, standard, night vision and recon scope that can be added to the weapon.

Bayonets: There is 1 bayonet that can be added to the weapon as a muzzle enhancement.  As a variant may upgrade with a suppressor and bayonet combination.

Muzzle: 5 for all versions (including Suppressor).

1d. Animations: Using wardaddy755 animations and sounds for this weapon (see permissions).

2. Permissions: from wardaddy755

29 September 2018, 10:33AM
Just grab my mod and make sure to size and rig the weapon same as the 1897, sry but I don't have time atm but feel free to use anything that I made.

29 September 2018, 2:36PM
use esp and sounds as well, the whole mod!

Note: wardaddy provided animations for the weapon and now in own folder so should no longer get the issue of overwriting his 1897 animations.

3.  Requirements: Need DLCCoast.esm for this mod to function properly

TOOLS USED ----------------------------------

Blender
Noesis
MindTex 2
Nifskope
GIMP
Body Slide/Outfit Studio
paint.net
3D Builder (used to fix mesh issues that sometimes occur when convert in OS)
Substance B2M3