Broomstick

Broomstick
THIS IS A GAGE HISTORICAL PACK ITEM!
Gameplay
Unlock Level	23
Inventory Slot	Secondary
Weapon Type	Pistol
Firing Mode
Cost	$511,000
Statistics
Magazine	10
Total Ammo	150
Rate of Fire	667
Damage	37
Accuracy	44
Stability	60
Concealment	28
Threat	10
Extra Weapon Statistics Reload Time Tactical Empty Base time 4.0s 4.17s Gunslinger Basic 2.67s 2.78s Ammo Pickup Rate Min Max Base pickup 4.5 6 Walk-in Closet 6.08 8.1 Fully Loaded Aced 7.88 10.5 Damage Per Mag Total Damage total 370 5,550 Damage per second 411.11 78.69 Bullet Spread Standing Crouching Sights 1.0 1.0 Sights + moving 2.0 2.0 Hipfire 1.75 1.75 Hipfire + moving 1.75 1.75 Recoil Min Max Recoil vertical 1.2 1.8 Recoil horizontal -0.5 0.5
Mod stats

The Broomstick is a pistol released with the Gage Historical Pack. It is currently similar to pistols like the Gruber Kurz and the Bernetti 9 in terms of stopping power.

Overview

The Broomstick is currently one of the weaker pistols on offer, with 37 damage per round by default. As previously stated, it is on a similar tier as the Gruber Kurz and the Bernetti 9 on paper, however with lower accuracy, lower concealment, smaller magazine capacity, less total ammo, and above all, an incredibly slow reload compared to said pistols.

With the correct mods, the weapon can reach a potential maximum of 64 accuracy, not factoring in skills. However, the largest boost comes in the form of the Precision Barrel, which also comes with a somewhat significant damage penalty of 3, bringing it to 34 damage. However, these statistics are severely outclassed by other pistols, like Bernetti 9, for instance, can reach the same accuracy value but still retain 37 damage and much higher concealment, and the Signature .40 can reach up to 84 accuracy and have 66 damage.

Its unique sight, Barrel Sight 44, has a very high zoom level, comparable to those on a sniper rifle. However, it is of little use as the Broomstick is too inaccurate to hit anything at the same ranges where a player would use a sniper rifle, rendering one of the Broomstick's few redeeming factors moot. It also does not have the accuracy boost the Pistol Red Dot Sight gives.

Summary

Pros:

• Mods offer great potential for improved accuracy, though at the cost of damage, as well as above-average stability and magazine capacity
• Good base Concealment
• Barrel Sight 44 offers extremely high zoom level

Cons:

• Small base magazine
• Low damage
• Poor accuracy
• Relatively small mod pool, with only five unique mods
• Small ammo pool for a non-magnum handgun
• Longest reload amongst the pistols
• Concealment value drops substantially upon modding, making it hard to create any effective "pure" Stealth build

Builds

As Accuracy is the main concern when it comes to modding the Broomstick, the most practical setup would be a High-Accuracy one. Due to its high base damage, suppressing it wouldn't cause much of a handicap in stopping power, therefore allowing for certain semi-stealth builds.

A High-Accuracy build may consist of the following:

• Pistol Red Dot Sight (+2 acc, -1 conc)
• Precision Barrel (-8 dmg, +6 acc, +2 stb, -3 conc)

Without bonuses from perks and skills, the above build confers a shot Accuracy rating of 18 and dealing 25 points of Damage per shot. The player can opt to attaching the Flash Hider/Damper.L 44 Nozzle to the Broomstick for better Damage if they are still comfortable with the slightly lowered Accuracy value of 16 (and a minor Concealment deduction of 1 when using the latter).

This configuration can also be used in stealth if the player attaches the Champion's Silencer, though Concealment (a minimum of 24 with this setup) will become a concern if their total detection risk is high.

Alternatively, replace Pistol Red Dot Sight with the Barrel Sight 44 to make it a makeshift sniper rifle for Dodge build. With a concealment of 25, it is sufficent to snipe the snipers on large maps, such as those on Big Bank.

A Low-Profile Stealth build may consist of the following:

• Size Doesn't Matter Suppressor (-10 dmg, -10 thr)

Without bonuses from perks and skills, the Broomstick in the above setup would still deal 23 points of Damage per shot, at the advantage of having an unimpaired Concealment total. The Pistol Red Dot Sight is a good addition if the player wants more Accuracy, as it only reduces the Broomstick's Concealment by 1 point.

Tips

• Due to its low total ammo, having the Fully Loaded skill, preferably Aced, helps greatly in combat as the 25% total ammo increase grants the Broomstick two entire extra magazines to use.
• Tactical reloading is of dubious usefulness with this weapon, as its empty reload time is only marginally longer than its mid-magazine reload time.

Available modifications

• Barrel ext.
• Gadget
• Magazine
• Sight
• Slide
• Stock

Size Doesn't Matter Suppressor	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-10
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-10
Cost: $102,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
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Standard Issue Suppressor	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-5
	Accuracy	-	Stability	+2
	Concealment	-2	Threat	-10
Cost: $43,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
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Monolith Suppressor	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-3
	Accuracy	-	Stability	+3
	Concealment	-3	Threat	-10
Cost: $178,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
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Asepsis Suppressor	Gage Mod Courier v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-4	Stability	-2
	Concealment	-2	Threat	-10
Free 10 Yellow Bull Packages
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Roctec Silencer	Community item v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-8
	Accuracy	-	Stability	+2
	Concealment	-1	Threat	-10
Cost: $139,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
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Champion's Silencer	Community item v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-3
	Accuracy	+2	Stability	-5
	Concealment	-2	Threat	-10
Cost: $220,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6
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Budget Suppressor	The Butcher Mod Pack 2 v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-8
	Accuracy	-2	Stability	-
	Concealment	-3	Threat	-10
Free Bonus (5), Card Drop & Side Job / 6
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Jungle Ninja Suppressor	The Butcher Mod Pack 2 v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	+2	Stability	+3
	Concealment	-5	Threat	-10
Cost: $178,000 Bonus (1), Card Drop & Side Job / 6
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Flash Hider	Gage Mod Courier v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	+5
	Accuracy	-2	Stability	+2
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Free 20 Blue Eagle Packages
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Damper.L 44 Nozzle	Gage Historical Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	+5
	Accuracy	-2	Stability	+3
	Concealment	-1	Threat	-
Cost: $43,000 [[File:{{{achievement}}}.jpg|18px]] {{{achievement}}}
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• To activate gadgets with a connected Controller, press down on the "D-pad".

Tactical Pistol Light	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-1	Threat	-
Cost: $14,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6	Special Effect(s): Flashlight
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Pistols: Chimano 88 • Crosskill • Bernetti 9 • White Streak • STRYK 18c • Deagle • Gruber Kurz • Signature .40 • Baby Deagle • Contractor • LEO • Broomstick • Matever .357 • Interceptor .45 • Chimano Custom • 5/7 AP • Chimano Compact Akimbo: Bernetti 9 • Chimano 88 • Chimano Compact • Chimano Custom • Crosskill • Deagle • Interceptor 45 • Contractor SMG: Cobra • Micro Uzi • Wasp-DS Trivia Tactical Pistol Light The Tactical Pistol Light is based on the Streamlight TLR-1, as indicated by its string ID. On Update #16, players who played during the Halloween Event and who were part of the Official Payday 2 Group on Steam, will be stuck with another exact copy of this that says "This is a Community Item!". The Tactical Pistol Light used to be exclusively used by law enforcers on their Chimano 88 pistols and was unavailable to players. After Update #16, the mod was available to players. Internal name wpn_fps_upg_fl_pis_tlr1

Pocket Laser	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-1	Threat	-
Cost: $36,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6	Special Effect(s): Laser
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Pistols: Chimano 88 • Crosskill • Bernetti 9 • White Streak • STRYK 18c • Deagle • Gruber Kurz • Signature .40 • Baby Deagle • Contractor • LEO • Broomstick • Matever .357 • Interceptor .45 • Chimano Custom • 5/7 AP • Chimano Compact Akimbo: Bernetti 9 • Chimano 88 • Chimano Compact • Chimano Custom • Crosskill • Deagle • Interceptor 45 • Contractor SMG: Cobra • Micro Uzi • Wasp-DS Internal name wpn_fps_upg_fl_pis_laser

Micro Laser	Community item v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $36,000 Bonus (1), Card Drop & Side Job / 6	Special Effect(s): Laser
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Pistols: Chimano 88 • Crosskill • Bernetti 9 • White Streak • STRYK 18c • Deagle • Gruber Kurz • Signature .40 • Baby Deagle • Contractor • LEO • Broomstick • Matever .357 • Interceptor .45 • Chimano Custom • 5/7 AP • Chimano Compact Akimbo: Bernetti 9 • Chimano 88 • Chimano Compact • Chimano Custom • Crosskill • Deagle • Interceptor 45 • Contractor SMG: Cobra • Micro Uzi • Wasp-DS Trivia Micro Laser The Micro Laser is based on the CMR-206 Crimson Trace Rail Master™ Universal Green Laser Sight. Internal name wpn_fps_upg_fl_pis_crimson

Combined Module	Community item v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	+4
	Concealment	-2	Threat	-
Cost: $36,000 Card Drop & Side Job / 6	Special Effect(s): Flashlight & Laser
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Pistols: Chimano 88 • Crosskill • Bernetti 9 • White Streak • STRYK 18c • Deagle • Gruber Kurz • Signature .40 • Baby Deagle • Contractor • LEO • Broomstick • Matever .357 • Interceptor .45 • Chimano Custom • 5/7 AP • Chimano Compact Akimbo: Bernetti 9 • Chimano 88 • Chimano Compact • Chimano Custom • Crosskill • Deagle • Interceptor 45 • Contractor SMG: Cobra • Micro Uzi • Wasp-DS Trivia Combined Module The Combined Module is based on the SureFire X400V-A-IRc. If combined with a Laser Grip (STRYK 18c, Gruber Kurz, Chimano Compact, Chimano 88, Chimano Custom), activation will cycle through the laser on the Laser Grip, the laser on the Combined Module, the light, and then off, in that order. This effect has no practical application but the STRYK 18c, Chimano 88, and Chimano Custom get improved stats from both attachments. Internal name wpn_fps_upg_fl_pis_x400v

Polymer Flashlight	The Butcher Mod Pack 2 v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	+4
	Concealment	-1	Threat	-
Cost: $7,200 Bonus (1), Card Drop & Side Job / 6	Special Effect(s): Flashlight
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Pistols: Chimano 88 • Crosskill • Bernetti 9 • White Streak • STRYK 18c • Deagle • Gruber Kurz • Signature .40 • Baby Deagle • Contractor • LEO • Broomstick • Matever .357 • Interceptor .45 • Chimano Custom • 5/7 AP • Chimano Compact Akimbo: Bernetti 9 • Chimano 88 • Chimano Compact • Chimano Custom • Crosskill • Deagle • Interceptor 45 • Contractor SMG: Cobra • Micro Uzi • Wasp-DS Trivia Polymer Flashlight The Polymer Flashlight is based on the Insight Technology M3X Tactical Illuminator. The textures, however, claim it was made in China and its patent is awaiting approval. Internal name wpn_fps_upg_fl_pis_m3x

Medved R4 Laser Sight	Base game v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	+4	Stability	-4
	Concealment	-	Threat	-
Cost: $28,800 Card Drop & Side Job / 6	Special Effect(s): Laser
More Info. Note(s) N/A Compatible weapons Edit template Pistols: Chimano 88 • Crosskill • Bernetti 9 • White Streak • STRYK 18c • Deagle • Gruber Kurz • Signature .40 • Baby Deagle • Contractor • LEO • Broomstick • Matever .357 • Interceptor .45 • Chimano Custom • 5/7 AP • Chimano Compact Akimbo: Bernetti 9 • Chimano 88 • Chimano Compact • Chimano Custom • Crosskill • Deagle • Interceptor 45 • Contractor SMG: Cobra • Micro Uzi • Wasp-DS Internal name wpn_fps_upg_fl_pis_perst

High Capacity Mag	Gage Historical Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	+10
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-2	Threat	-
Cost: $43,000 [[File:{{{achievement}}}.jpg|18px]] {{{achievement}}}
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Pistol Red Dot Sight	Gage Mod Courier v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	+2	Stability	-
	Concealment	-1	Threat	-
Free 25 Purple Snake Packages
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Barrel Sight 44	Gage Historical Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	-
	Concealment	-2	Threat	-
Cost: $43,000 [[File:{{{achievement}}}.jpg|18px]] {{{achievement}}}
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Precision Barrel	Gage Historical Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-8
	Accuracy	+6	Stability	+2
	Concealment	-3	Threat	-
Cost: $43,000 [[File:{{{achievement}}}.jpg|18px]] {{{achievement}}}
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Holster Stock	Gage Historical Pack v·d·e
	Total Ammo	-	Magazine	-
	Reload	-	Damage	-
	Accuracy	-	Stability	+4
	Concealment	-3	Threat	-
Cost: $43,000 [[File:{{{achievement}}}.jpg|18px]] {{{achievement}}}
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Achievements

So Uncivilized Equip a Broomstick pistol with the Damper.L 44 Nozzle and the Barrel Sight 44. Unlocks the British Bulldog mask, High Capacity Mag and Holster Stock for the Broomstick pistol, "Army Green" material and "Filthy Thirteen" pattern.

Trivia

• The Broomstick was based on the German Mauser C96, with its in-game name referencing one of the C96's many nicknames: the Broomhandle, mainly due to its broomhandle-shaped grip. Modding the Broomstick with the Precision Barrel turns it into the Mauser C96 Carbine, the Broomstick with the High Capacity Mag attached becomes the Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer sans the selective-fire function. Having both makes it the Mauser M712 Carbine (again without the M712's selective-firing capability).
  • A Mauser C96 wouldn't realistically be able to be silenced, as the weapon's barrel does not have internal threads to screw on a suppressor.
  • The C96 Mauser uses the 7.63x25mm Mauser cartrige, which is not a terribly common form of ammunition in the United States making the choice of using one for direct combat purposes an odd one as it would be difficult to maintain ammo supplies unless the user makes extensive use of handloading techniques and equipment to manufacture rounds for their own use. On the other hand, a version of the Mauser C96 known as "Red 9" was developed, utilizing the 9x19mm pistol cartridge, and the in-game model for the rounds seen during the reload somewhat matches their real-life appearance. While Mauser's in-game model lacks the "red 9" stamped into the handle, it could be modified to fire that round.
  • The Broomstick features the writing "Machinewerk Übertöten M1916" on the right side right above the grip. The English translation of this would be something like "Machine Factory Overkill M1916". M1916 is the designation of two contract variants of the Mauser C96, the M1916 Austrian Contract and the Prussian "Red 9".
    • "Machinewerk" is mispelled. The correct form of the word should be "Maschinenwerk".
  • The high damage of the Broomstick is unusual, as the rounds it fires (7.63x25mm Mauser) are much weaker compared to the .45 ACP rounds of say, a Colt M1911/Crosskill (and a modernized M1911 at that). Unless this is the Chinese Shanxi copy (which fires .45 ACP rounds), the M1911 generally deals more damage per shot.
  • Winston Churchill used a Mauser C96 when he fought in the Second Boer War. Not so coincidentally, equipping a modified C96 unlocks the "So Uncivilized" achievement that gives the player a mask based off of his face. Furthermore the Weapon features a writing reading "W-n" followed by a symbol resembling a skull and the number 15, which seems to be a nod to Winston Churchill as he resignated from government and rejoined the British Army in 1915.
• The Broomstick's charging handle locks back on its own upon starting a tactical reload, without any action from the player character.
  • The Broomstick also finishes its reload with the player character pulling back on and releasing the bolt, disconnecting and ejecting the still-attached stripper clip in one swift motion. Though fast and aesthetically pleasing for a videogame animation, doing so in real life is ill-advised due to the clip can be snapped into pieces by the advancing bolt and cause a nasty jam that may require partial disassembly of the weapon to fix. What would have been the correct way to end a clip reload of the Mauser C96 was for the character to pull the clip off after loading its ammo content into the weapon, the bolt will lock back up automatically upon the clip being removed.
• The manufacturer is reportedly called Schnauser, an obvious play on the real manufacturer of Mauser.
• Despite correctly modelling the C96's 20-round detachable magazine as the High Capacity Mag, when attached, the Broomstick will still reload via a single 10-round clip instead of changing out the magazine.
  • Also a developer oversight, is that while the Broomstick has the option of performing a tactical reload, it would in reality not make a difference as the C96 has to retract its bolt in order to be able to feed cartridges into the internal magazine. The shooter would have go through the same steps regardless of whether or not they had fired all bullets out of the gun.
• With the Damper.L 44 barrel extension and the Barrel Sight 44, the Broomstick can be made to closely resemble Han Solo's DL-44 heavy blaster pistol from the original trilogy of Star Wars. This is referenced by the Broomstick's "So Uncivilized" achievement, (a quote from the prequel film Revenge of the Sith) requiring the player to have both mods installed on the gun.
• When adding a gadget, despite adding a rail on the right side to support it, no additional Concealment penalty will be applied.

Gallery

A preview of the Broomstick.

The Broomstick with 5 mods equipped. (Holster Stock, High Capacity Mag, Pistol Red Dot Sight, Precision Barrel, and Flash Hider)

Broomstick with 4 mods equipped. (Damper.L 44 Nozzle, High Capacity Mag, Barrel Sight .44 and Holster Stock)

The Broomstick modified to resemble Han Solo's DL-44 Heavy Pistol from Star Wars. (Damper.L 44 Nozzle, Barrel Sight .44)

Picture of the Writing "W-n 15" on the Upper Receiver

Picture of the wrting on the right hand side of the Weapon reading "Machinewerk Übertöten M1916"

The Broomstick modded to resemble the M712 Schnellfeuer (NOT the Carbine Version)

The Broomstick in action.

Photo presented in the FBI Files.

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