Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has a .357 magnum attachment called the Snake Shot that players unlock when they hit weapon level 29. The Snake Shot equips the .357 magnum with alternate ammunition so that it behaves more like a shotgun, firing pellets in a spread. However, a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare player has discovered what is potentially a big problem with the .357 Snake Shot attachment, showing the issue in a video that has garnered over 15,000 upvotes on Reddit at the time of this writing.

In the video, the player fires the .357 Snake Shot at an obstacle in the 2v2 Gunfight map Speedball. In the video, it can clearly be seen that the damage being done to the obstacle is inconsistent, alternating between multiple pellet hits and a single, inaccurate pellet hit. The poster, CloudYNWA, believes that this proves that their suspicions correct that something has been "off" with their .357 Snake Shot.

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The comments on the post shed some more light on the issue. One poster tested the .357 Snake Shot themselves and discovered that it seemed to depend on the material they were shooting at in the game. They also tested it against bots, and noted that the damage it dealt was "pretty inconsistent," though they weren't able to determine anything specific.

Another poster pointed out that just because the visual render of the .357 Snake Shot shows a single pellet hitting a surface, it doesn't mean that's what's actually happening in the game, and damage dealt by the weapon may be completely unaffected by this apparent bug. However, it seems many Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players think that the weapon is legitimately alternating between pellet spread and single shots.

Infinity Ward has yet to comment on the issue, but it is worth noting that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Update 1.10 nerfed the .357 magnum. The Modern Warfare Update 1.10 patch notes specifically say that the .357 was nerfed by reducing its damage range, reducing effective hip fire damage, and "tuning spread adjustments from barrel attachments." Considering this, it's possible that the way the .357 is apparently behaving right now is a deliberate choice on Infinity Ward's part, or maybe it's an unintentional bug that has come about by the changes made to the weapon in the recent update.

If the .357 magnum issue is an actual issue and not something that was deliberate or is just a visual inconsistency, fans can expect Infinity Ward to address it sooner rather than later. While some fans have been dissatisfied with what they feel is a lack of communication on Infinity Ward's part in regards to certain issues, the studio has consistently released new updates for Modern Warfare on a weekly basis, often addressing technical issues and bugs. For example, it fixed the weapon charm glitch soon after it was discovered, and so one has to imagine that the .357 issue will be resolved quickly as well.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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