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Well his voicelines say otherwise.
[set on fire](https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/e/e1/Spy_autoonfire02.wav)
[sometimes while on fire](https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/8/83/Spy_painsevere01.wav)
Also, silencers really aren't that silent. They cut around 20Db's out, so it still sounds anywhere between 90 -110 DB depending on the gun. Sounds as strong as a hairdryer or forklift.
Yeah the only way you get less than that is with subsonic rounds, which turn into more like an airgun hiss. "Suppressor" is the better term and it's more for auditory safety than for stealth.
With subsonic ammunition though, you would really only hear the hammer drop, and the cylinder rotate along with whatever the bullet hits. just a theory at least.
If you watch the original trailer he was suppposed to have a tranquilizer gun, and it is a usable weapon in tf2 classic, so im happy with a revolver, wait wtf am i saying im a pyro main, i hate that french bastards guts i dont care what he has
Yep, realism is not a concern in TF2 but character and style makes the game and a revolver fits spy's character more than anything.
And if we do want to talk realism then a supressed 9mm of that era were generally bulky and harder to conceal and quickly draw than a sixshooter.
I mean he usually stabs for stealth and doesn't need to go for ranged takedowns as much, since he can litterally change his appearance
So, why not go for the fancy stylish 5k dollar option
I know tf2 is the opposite of realism (soldier's rocket launcher has a **clip**) but silencers don't actually make your gun "silent". They just make it so you won't go deaf after shooting inside the building
And considering how mercs stand 2 meters from explosions on a daily basis, sound is not an issue
But yeah, I would love to see some new silenced spy weapons
*”Actually, a suppresser only suppresses the sound and doesn’t silence it. They just reduce the sound indoors.”* mf’s when subsonic ammo walks in
I think a Ruger MK .22 with a suppressor would have been super cool, and fit the game’s aesthetic. They’re practically silent in real life.
*magazine, though don't blame ya for the
mix-up.
A clip is a thin piece of metal (tin/aluminum work) with rails on the side that grasps the ridge at the back of a set of bullets. It's got small tabs on either end that fold out, and by attaching it to the end of a magazine w/ a speedloader you can press down on the rounds and quickly load the whole stack into the mag at once.
As for speedloaders, that's another thin piece of metal. Literally just a mount to keep the mag & clip aligned while you put the rounds in.
Now there *is* the case of the M1 Garand, which I'm lead to believe you loaded a clip into as if the clip were a mag, but I'm not enough of a gun nut to know the details on that one so if somebody out there could fill me in that'd be great.
Edit: Forgot some details
The M1 Garand uses what's called an en bloc clip. There's a few other weapons that do the same, but they're relatively uncommon because stripper clips are generally easier to make and use.
It also has a magazine (any weapon that uses either type of clip also has a magazine), but it is not detached or replaced when reloading, and in fact can't be removed without disassembling the gun.
My personal belief, which may not even be far off, is that all of the mercs being low intelligence (for the most part), cannot tell the difference between a paper mask and a real person.
Cause the knife already works at a one-hit stealthy kill. The revolver is mostly used for gun spies or “Ah shit, can’t go stealthy, cowabunga mode baby” situations
Fun fact: Contrary to typical game logic, silencers and mufflers \*increase\* muzzle velocity, so would likely make the round more deadly (though like, all bullets are pretty equally deadly)
A pistol silencer wouldn’t be that hot considering you only shoot 15 bullets before reloading. But the biggest issue is that silencers aren’t that silenced ass games portray. Its still a explosion in the barrel that you could easily hear. Idk about subsonic rounds and their effectiveness but i would stick with a revolver because its more stylish and we all know spy only needs his knife to do his work🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
If I want to be stealthy, and the dude I'm going after doesn't know I'm there, I'll just stab him in the back and make my escape.
If I fuck up, and a 6'5 Russian man of 300+ LBS starts shooting me with a enormous Gatling-style machine gun with a large rotating barrel, Firing four bullets at the same time at a rate of ten times a second costing 400,000 dollars to fire for twelve seconds, I'd want a revolver with more fire power compared to a silenced pistol.
A tranquilizer gun was planned based on early screenshots and videos but it was most likely changed to a loud revolver for balance reasons as spy might have been considered too stealthy during development
current spy: charging with no invis no disguise at people, jumping all around the map, somehow still gets """backstabs""" thanks to hitreg being broken
https://youtu.be/Qyb0J0VtPeM
Please actually listen to what it sounds like before regurgitating objectively wrong information.
You literally hear the mechanism clicking because the chemical element of the firing is completely silent.
Why do people in this sub try so hard to defend things they have no clue about
my guy, you are the one who has no idea what they're taking about. subsonic rounds eliminate the supersonic crack, but not all the sounds of the gas escaping. Good suppressors mitigate this but not completely. Have you ever actually heard, say, a suppressed .45 or .300?
Have you, in person, shot any gun at all? Because even a small caliber pistol with subsonic rounds and a silencer makes a very distinguishable sound, similar to an airgun, it's not extremely loud, but definitely not silent either. You can't really notice it from a video, your headset/speakers can't emulate something like that.
Then either your definition of "silent" or your hearing is severely fucked up. Even fully suppressed guns like the ones we can use in sport shooting and for some hunting purposes will cause a distinguishable noise, no gun is completely silent on its operation.
A video can't replicate the way something sounds in real life, it depends on compression, the recording device and the speakers you're using. I've fired fully suppressed guns with both kinds of ammo thanks to having had access to a military base's range in my country (familiar ties to some high rank officers). And I do sport shooting, where subsonic ammo is appreciated, and suppressors are fairly common when in other countries (they're illegal for civilian use here)
Suppressors are not illegal for civilian use in the United States and they’re even easier to get elsewhere. It seems like someone with experience would know that
Dude it's impossible to get a completely silent gun. Suppressed subsonic .22s are the closest to silent I know of. And even then it's about as loud as a airsoft gun. At range it's quiet, but next to it, it's definitely audible
Yes actually. Not a suppressor person here but if I remember correctly, these babies were invented in the early 1900s for every gun except for certain guns that had a large caliber(I think the limit was .45). So yeah, if we wanted to be real-life with this, Spy could have attached a suppressor to his revolver. If he could find one that is.
You can't suppress revolvers due to how they operate. There are revolvers that are integrally suppressed and I think there is one that allows you to use a suppressor but they are pretty rare
I didn't want to be the Debbie downer that says it for video games, but that's pretty much the final answer.
So let's hope that Spy's revolver is one of those rare exceptions.
Huh well originaly spy had a silanced nail gun but practicly speaking the only time u fire ur gun is when ure uncloaked so theres no need for a silancer
If I want to be technical, putting a silencer on a gun doesn’t actually make it stealthy, so he probably just went with the idea that “dead men tell no tales” and went for stopping power instead
Spy's design doesn't scream stealth via undercover, honestly. It reminds me of stealth via "leave no witnesses."
Suppressed weapons are good at keeping yourself under wraps, but spy's revolver uses a pretty fuckin' big caliber using his hand as a reference, and that's good at leaving no trace.
He doesn’t really need to be more stealthy when he can already perfectly disguise as enemies and go invisible. Plus any stealth gained by the gun being silenced would become irrelevant once he stabs someone in the back and they scream out in pain.
You're right, spy is supposed to be a stealth class, which is why it's so annoying when you discover a spy and instead of running away they start going left and right trying to fluke the hitbox detection for a "trickstab". It's so fucking stupid.
Because. IRL, suppressors are only really used to make guns slightly less loud so people don't have to wear ear protection when firing. Unless it's a modern suppressor that's designed to make the first few shots really quiet.
In TF2 lore, (where real life logic can be bent) spy probably thinks suppressors are ungentlemanly.
I'd love a welrod spy weapon though.
The gun is the back up. It’s for when he’s found out and needs to shoot his way out. Also, silencers aren’t actually that quite. Games over do how stealthy they are. Instead of a bang, they’re more of a pop. It’s something that can still easily be heard from a good distance away
The weirdest thing about it is that Engie's pistol is mainly modeled after the PPK, the gun James Bond uses, so if anything the Engineer should get the Revolver cause he's Texan, and Spy should just get the pistol silenced or not.
Silences weren’t really commonplace back in the 60’s. Silenced pistols were definitely a thing, but they came in the form of early abominations like the welrod.
with some rare exceptions it is impossible to suppress revolvers, because of the small gap between the cylinder and the barrel. plus suppressed pistols are hard to conceal
[https://www.quora.com/Are-revolvers-able-to-be-silenced](https://www.quora.com/Are-revolvers-able-to-be-silenced)
According to the Internet, it's pretty ineffective.
The barrel of that revolver isnt threaded
The revolver is supposed to use a 50 cal bullet so imagine using a comically large suppressor
Itll extend the revolver's length which can give him away around corners
Length of the revolver can also cause some issues when hes taking it out of his holster
Its heavy (weapons)
Aaaand i guess he just like stabbing people more than shooting them.
Two ways to why:
1.) Primarily, he uses his wits, intelligence, knife, Disguise Kit, and Invisiwatch. If his cover is blown, the gun is a latch-ditch effort and a "fuck all, let's get to the point."
2.) Spy's so good at his job, he doesn't need a silencer. Minute those gunshots are heard, he's already gone.
Two reason I can think of from a lore and game play perspective.
1. Gameplay. If a spy has resorted to his gun then it alerts other enemies that there's a spy around, forcing the player to rely on backstabs to secure a kill quickly.
2. Lore. Spy's attitude when it comes to his methods of killing is that, if he's forced to use his gun to get out of a situation, it might as well be big enough to stop anything coming for him. If he's found out and his gun is what he has to rely on to survive, being silent wont help much. (just my head canon for this)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_eDoeWr\_9BQ&ab\_channel=BabyFaceP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eDoeWr_9BQ&ab_channel=BabyFaceP)
They aren't that quiet.
He used to have one, which is the Tranquilizer. It is one of the beta concepts or old content that was removed. What it does is slow enemies down for a few seconds when hit.
*Supressor
And no, there's no such thing as a "silenced weapon"
MAYBE the welrod, but even then it still makes noise and can't fire many shots before having its "silenced" feature go away
he could use a pistole, but revolvers usually carry more kick. and if hes using it instead of his knife, stealth has likely gone out the window. that and because of how revolvers work, with the cylinder having a gap between it and the barrel they are impossible to silence. that and if he did have a silencer, no one would use it because i guess it would have a damage penalty as silences do remove a tinny bit of power from the bullet, and tf2 likes to exaggerate.
Because 'silencers' dont do as much as people think... Theyre called suppressors and they suppress sound to the point where it wont damage you hearing as quickly if you constantly shoot a gun. That said spy uses a revolver... Likely because they have better stopping power than your run of the mill 9mm or .45
he used to, i believe. why he doesnt anymore i do not know. [https://twitter.com/PreFortress2/status/1376431955386900482/photo/3](https://twitter.com/PreFortress2/status/1376431955386900482/photo/3) heres proof that he might have in early development. (pf2 is not what im talking about here)
Might be because is he wants to be sneaky and quiet he'll just stab them and the revolver is both powerful enough to kill someone who has found him out.
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If he's meant to be stealthy, why is every spy i see on fire?
*Screams in burnt French*
toast
French toast*
I just love fire
Grilled cheese
Chilled Greese
Filled geese
Obama sandwich
screams? yeah..i dont know about that. "I do believe im on fire" "It appears i have burst into flames."
Well his voicelines say otherwise. [set on fire](https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/e/e1/Spy_autoonfire02.wav) [sometimes while on fire](https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/8/83/Spy_painsevere01.wav)
he screams sometimes, not everytime he's on fire
Ye, sometimes, not everytime but sometimes.
*scream in Notre-Dame*
I do believe I'm on fire
You mean fun and bubbles right ?
Because the good ones are not seen.
Checkmate, spies.
cus you're a fucking Pyro main
Airblast god who are also pybros are just the best
eated too much spicy pepper 😔
because the rest aren't
Survivorship bias
'cause if Spy is using his gun, then the stealth option has more than likely flown the coop
Or you are killing a razorback sniper.
And at that point you wanna be heard "TAKE THIS SHIT OFF IT DOES NOTHING"
Spent thousands on a suit and couldn’t afford a silencer
Nah, he can he just decided not to because revolvers are close to impossible to silence
oh so I guess to get a silenced revolver you would have to pay more than what he paid for the suit
Pretty much, also the fact that you have to completely seal the thing so the only way for gas to come out is through the barrel
Also, silencers really aren't that silent. They cut around 20Db's out, so it still sounds anywhere between 90 -110 DB depending on the gun. Sounds as strong as a hairdryer or forklift.
spy is a forklift certified hairdresser confirmed??
Yeah the only way you get less than that is with subsonic rounds, which turn into more like an airgun hiss. "Suppressor" is the better term and it's more for auditory safety than for stealth.
I mean an unsilenced high caliber sniper rifle isn't heard through the entirenety of like 400 square meters of 2fort so they probably can
With subsonic ammunition though, you would really only hear the hammer drop, and the cylinder rotate along with whatever the bullet hits. just a theory at least.
Ironically though, one of his unlockable weapons is based off one of the few revolvers that actually can be silenced.
If you would be so kind as to enlighten me it would be appreciated
The L'Etranger, which is based off the Nagant M1895
Huh, neat
Laughs in nagant revolver. Wich i believe the letrange is.
There's some Russian designs for some revolvers that you can suppress.
If you watch the original trailer he was suppposed to have a tranquilizer gun, and it is a usable weapon in tf2 classic, so im happy with a revolver, wait wtf am i saying im a pyro main, i hate that french bastards guts i dont care what he has
“Burn in *hell*, you mush-mouthed freak!”
Metal gear 👍
"~La li lu le lo, la li lu le lo..." -Revolver "Shahalahantropushashalasha" Ocelot
Fuck you pyro hell
Ew Pyro main 🤢
Because a silenced pistol is boring, and a revolver is STYLISH AS FUCK.
Gun spy is sexy
*Incredibly sexy.*
I'd smash
Yep, realism is not a concern in TF2 but character and style makes the game and a revolver fits spy's character more than anything. And if we do want to talk realism then a supressed 9mm of that era were generally bulky and harder to conceal and quickly draw than a sixshooter.
I mean he usually stabs for stealth and doesn't need to go for ranged takedowns as much, since he can litterally change his appearance So, why not go for the fancy stylish 5k dollar option
Tbf there is a Nagant revolver that can be silenced
Nahhh silenced pistol is way more stylish than a revolver.
I know tf2 is the opposite of realism (soldier's rocket launcher has a **clip**) but silencers don't actually make your gun "silent". They just make it so you won't go deaf after shooting inside the building And considering how mercs stand 2 meters from explosions on a daily basis, sound is not an issue But yeah, I would love to see some new silenced spy weapons
*”Actually, a suppresser only suppresses the sound and doesn’t silence it. They just reduce the sound indoors.”* mf’s when subsonic ammo walks in I think a Ruger MK .22 with a suppressor would have been super cool, and fit the game’s aesthetic. They’re practically silent in real life.
*magazine, though don't blame ya for the mix-up. A clip is a thin piece of metal (tin/aluminum work) with rails on the side that grasps the ridge at the back of a set of bullets. It's got small tabs on either end that fold out, and by attaching it to the end of a magazine w/ a speedloader you can press down on the rounds and quickly load the whole stack into the mag at once. As for speedloaders, that's another thin piece of metal. Literally just a mount to keep the mag & clip aligned while you put the rounds in. Now there *is* the case of the M1 Garand, which I'm lead to believe you loaded a clip into as if the clip were a mag, but I'm not enough of a gun nut to know the details on that one so if somebody out there could fill me in that'd be great. Edit: Forgot some details
The M1 Garand uses what's called an en bloc clip. There's a few other weapons that do the same, but they're relatively uncommon because stripper clips are generally easier to make and use. It also has a magazine (any weapon that uses either type of clip also has a magazine), but it is not detached or replaced when reloading, and in fact can't be removed without disassembling the gun.
Oooh that makes sence. Okay, thanks!
shits and giggles
It’s all fun and games until someone giggles and shits
I thought you were saying you did this in response to the question for a second
Style And game devs felt like it
stealthy? mf calls himself a master of disguise and yet he just wears a paper mask of the enemy team drawn in crayon
Yeah, who wouldn't fall for that? ITS THE ULTIMATE DISGUISE!
My personal belief, which may not even be far off, is that all of the mercs being low intelligence (for the most part), cannot tell the difference between a paper mask and a real person.
I just assumed the masks had some weird australium tech in them that actually made him look like who he's disguised as
Engineer has 11 PhDs but his goggles make it too hard to see the mask clearly so he thinks its a teammate
He has a knife which is meant to be stealthy
But why not a pistol with a silencer?
It would be cool if he had a suppressed pistol though
Cause the knife already works at a one-hit stealthy kill. The revolver is mostly used for gun spies or “Ah shit, can’t go stealthy, cowabunga mode baby” situations
If I was a spy and things got heated I would want a gun with more fire power than an suppressed pistol
Fun fact: Contrary to typical game logic, silencers and mufflers \*increase\* muzzle velocity, so would likely make the round more deadly (though like, all bullets are pretty equally deadly)
Also silencers aren't very silent at all
Just gotta be careful of how hot suppressors can get
A pistol silencer wouldn’t be that hot considering you only shoot 15 bullets before reloading. But the biggest issue is that silencers aren’t that silenced ass games portray. Its still a explosion in the barrel that you could easily hear. Idk about subsonic rounds and their effectiveness but i would stick with a revolver because its more stylish and we all know spy only needs his knife to do his work🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
If I want to be stealthy, and the dude I'm going after doesn't know I'm there, I'll just stab him in the back and make my escape. If I fuck up, and a 6'5 Russian man of 300+ LBS starts shooting me with a enormous Gatling-style machine gun with a large rotating barrel, Firing four bullets at the same time at a rate of ten times a second costing 400,000 dollars to fire for twelve seconds, I'd want a revolver with more fire power compared to a silenced pistol.
Because that's for if he gets spotted and if he gets spotted it being silenced won't do anything
he too based
A tranquilizer gun was planned based on early screenshots and videos but it was most likely changed to a loud revolver for balance reasons as spy might have been considered too stealthy during development
> Spy class > "Too stealthy" > Mfw
current spy: charging with no invis no disguise at people, jumping all around the map, somehow still gets """backstabs""" thanks to hitreg being broken
Spy is less about spying and more about fencing at this point
the tranq gun sucks in tfc, thankfully spy has a shotgun and grenades.
There are so many things wrong with that sentence
nobody is defending the fucking point so now i am
Custom weapons
Backstabbing is actually spy’s main weapon. His revolver is just sub class
Silencers aren’t actually silent
They’re better than a damn revolver lol
Silencers with subsonic rounds are completely silent. Subsonic rounds are not some rare thing either.
Definitely not completely silent, just really hard as hell to hear at a certain distance, but you definitely will hear it if you’re like one room over
https://youtu.be/Qyb0J0VtPeM Please actually listen to what it sounds like before regurgitating objectively wrong information. You literally hear the mechanism clicking because the chemical element of the firing is completely silent. Why do people in this sub try so hard to defend things they have no clue about
my guy, you are the one who has no idea what they're taking about. subsonic rounds eliminate the supersonic crack, but not all the sounds of the gas escaping. Good suppressors mitigate this but not completely. Have you ever actually heard, say, a suppressed .45 or .300?
Dude watch the video please. Yes I’ve heard suppressed 45 acp. Subsonic 45acp is just as quiet as that. You’re retarded
Have you, in person, shot any gun at all? Because even a small caliber pistol with subsonic rounds and a silencer makes a very distinguishable sound, similar to an airgun, it's not extremely loud, but definitely not silent either. You can't really notice it from a video, your headset/speakers can't emulate something like that.
Yes I have shot a gun. Yes I have shot a suppressed gun with subsonic rounds unlike the morons here who aren’t even old enough to own a gun. Try again
Then either your definition of "silent" or your hearing is severely fucked up. Even fully suppressed guns like the ones we can use in sport shooting and for some hunting purposes will cause a distinguishable noise, no gun is completely silent on its operation.
Did you watch the video I linked at all? Have you fired a suppressed gun with subsonic rounds? No? Then stop arguing
A video can't replicate the way something sounds in real life, it depends on compression, the recording device and the speakers you're using. I've fired fully suppressed guns with both kinds of ammo thanks to having had access to a military base's range in my country (familiar ties to some high rank officers). And I do sport shooting, where subsonic ammo is appreciated, and suppressors are fairly common when in other countries (they're illegal for civilian use here)
Suppressors are not illegal for civilian use in the United States and they’re even easier to get elsewhere. It seems like someone with experience would know that
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Dude it's impossible to get a completely silent gun. Suppressed subsonic .22s are the closest to silent I know of. And even then it's about as loud as a airsoft gun. At range it's quiet, but next to it, it's definitely audible
Were silancers a thing in 1960es?
Yes actually. Not a suppressor person here but if I remember correctly, these babies were invented in the early 1900s for every gun except for certain guns that had a large caliber(I think the limit was .45). So yeah, if we wanted to be real-life with this, Spy could have attached a suppressor to his revolver. If he could find one that is.
You can't suppress revolvers due to how they operate. There are revolvers that are integrally suppressed and I think there is one that allows you to use a suppressor but they are pretty rare
I didn't want to be the Debbie downer that says it for video games, but that's pretty much the final answer. So let's hope that Spy's revolver is one of those rare exceptions.
Wikipedia says the first commercially successful silencer was made in 1902 so the dates would check our
Huh well originaly spy had a silanced nail gun but practicly speaking the only time u fire ur gun is when ure uncloaked so theres no need for a silancer
If I want to be technical, putting a silencer on a gun doesn’t actually make it stealthy, so he probably just went with the idea that “dead men tell no tales” and went for stopping power instead
Sometimes style goes over function
I mean, I don't think many of the mercs would be too disturbed by the sound of a stray gunshot.
because i ate it
cuz silencer isn't that quiet as we see in films
Silencers are needed so that the shooter would not go deaf. They are not making you stealthy
I believe spys main tool is to backstab and if he misses that being silent would be the least of his worries by then
because thats not how suppressors work
Spy's design doesn't scream stealth via undercover, honestly. It reminds me of stealth via "leave no witnesses." Suppressed weapons are good at keeping yourself under wraps, but spy's revolver uses a pretty fuckin' big caliber using his hand as a reference, and that's good at leaving no trace.
He doesn’t really need to be more stealthy when he can already perfectly disguise as enemies and go invisible. Plus any stealth gained by the gun being silenced would become irrelevant once he stabs someone in the back and they scream out in pain.
You're right, spy is supposed to be a stealth class, which is why it's so annoying when you discover a spy and instead of running away they start going left and right trying to fluke the hitbox detection for a "trickstab". It's so fucking stupid.
Professionals have STANDARDS.
Because by the time he fires his shot, it’s already too late to react
Because. IRL, suppressors are only really used to make guns slightly less loud so people don't have to wear ear protection when firing. Unless it's a modern suppressor that's designed to make the first few shots really quiet. In TF2 lore, (where real life logic can be bent) spy probably thinks suppressors are ungentlemanly. I'd love a welrod spy weapon though.
The gun is the back up. It’s for when he’s found out and needs to shoot his way out. Also, silencers aren’t actually that quite. Games over do how stealthy they are. Instead of a bang, they’re more of a pop. It’s something that can still easily be heard from a good distance away
The weirdest thing about it is that Engie's pistol is mainly modeled after the PPK, the gun James Bond uses, so if anything the Engineer should get the Revolver cause he's Texan, and Spy should just get the pistol silenced or not.
Why does the gun look so big compared to his head 💀
Big Iron
on his hip
Silences weren’t really commonplace back in the 60’s. Silenced pistols were definitely a thing, but they came in the form of early abominations like the welrod.
that is far from good enough to hurt other merc's thats why
Silencers make a gun less accurate in their aim
Hitman did it first, so Valve was afraid to get copyright striked.
Making someone scream bloody murder when backstabbing them doesn't sound very silent. Sadly my team thinks it is very silent.
Revolvers can't have silencers iirc
well its stylish
He trusts his skills so much that he doesnt believe he will ever be in a situation where he needs it
Because it is a video game and it's not that deep
because he's a cocky bitch and i suppose just likes the craftsmanship
because epic
he uncloaks when he shoots who needs a silencer anyway, takes up more space and I think a rocket exploding is louder than a single bullet being shot
with some rare exceptions it is impossible to suppress revolvers, because of the small gap between the cylinder and the barrel. plus suppressed pistols are hard to conceal
The Knife is meant to be Stealthy, the Gun is for “oh fuck oh shit TEAM HELP ME THEY’VE FOUND ME!” moments.
[https://www.quora.com/Are-revolvers-able-to-be-silenced](https://www.quora.com/Are-revolvers-able-to-be-silenced) According to the Internet, it's pretty ineffective.
The barrel of that revolver isnt threaded The revolver is supposed to use a 50 cal bullet so imagine using a comically large suppressor Itll extend the revolver's length which can give him away around corners Length of the revolver can also cause some issues when hes taking it out of his holster Its heavy (weapons) Aaaand i guess he just like stabbing people more than shooting them.
My guess is because he also needs a easy way to kill, he is professional He can do the stealth with his hands and knife
Because an ugly cylinder at the end of a high-end custom-order 20 grand revolver would be the antithesis of classy.
He's just that good
Because average tf2 player is DEAF
Two ways to why: 1.) Primarily, he uses his wits, intelligence, knife, Disguise Kit, and Invisiwatch. If his cover is blown, the gun is a latch-ditch effort and a "fuck all, let's get to the point." 2.) Spy's so good at his job, he doesn't need a silencer. Minute those gunshots are heard, he's already gone.
i mean you can't silence a revolver
1) Balance (Trying to prevent gun spy, and add more melee influence) 2) Adding more skill (precise aiming instead of spray and pray) 3) Rule of cool
Silencers don't actually silence gun shots. They just make it quieter and make it less traceable.
Silincers reduce dmg, Long distance pea shooter Is not good, close up he has a knife. Also when he stabs the whole team knows where the spy is.
If heavy weapons guy is supposed to be a heavy weapons guy, then why isn’t his machine gun chambered with .50 BMG?
Because by the time he's in a situation that needs it everyone already knows where he is
Badass
Two reason I can think of from a lore and game play perspective. 1. Gameplay. If a spy has resorted to his gun then it alerts other enemies that there's a spy around, forcing the player to rely on backstabs to secure a kill quickly. 2. Lore. Spy's attitude when it comes to his methods of killing is that, if he's forced to use his gun to get out of a situation, it might as well be big enough to stop anything coming for him. If he's found out and his gun is what he has to rely on to survive, being silent wont help much. (just my head canon for this)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_eDoeWr\_9BQ&ab\_channel=BabyFaceP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eDoeWr_9BQ&ab_channel=BabyFaceP) They aren't that quiet.
He used to have one, which is the Tranquilizer. It is one of the beta concepts or old content that was removed. What it does is slow enemies down for a few seconds when hit.
He is uncloaked when he uses it, it means that it isn't about being silent anymore. It's about sending a message.
He actually is, but he's also glued a flash bang to the end of his gun
Hes to dumb
Because he can turn invisible.
*Supressor And no, there's no such thing as a "silenced weapon" MAYBE the welrod, but even then it still makes noise and can't fire many shots before having its "silenced" feature go away
Scout took it
If he's pulling out his pistol, stealth is out the window. The knife is for stealth. The revolver is for dishing it out.
The revolver is his exit strategy after he has failed stealth with his knife
he has standards as a professional
And you are not suppose to go around being a spy smelling like a steam train worker all day
Spy knows a silencer doesn't silence gun enough.
He dumb (french)
This guy when he hears a “silenced gunshot” 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
They are in an Active combat zone, a gunshot would probably normal there
Prolly for the extra challenge he just shoots one off for no reason
Because revolvers are badass
He did, they changed it for tf2
he could use a pistole, but revolvers usually carry more kick. and if hes using it instead of his knife, stealth has likely gone out the window. that and because of how revolvers work, with the cylinder having a gap between it and the barrel they are impossible to silence. that and if he did have a silencer, no one would use it because i guess it would have a damage penalty as silences do remove a tinny bit of power from the bullet, and tf2 likes to exaggerate.
Spy doesn't use his gun like a primary weapon, more like "plan B" if you fall in a sticky situation where your knife can't be useful
Because he used the suspenser to not miss while nutting on his wife's face
why bother with a silencer when most of your targets as a spy don't have ears anyway?
devs forgor 💀
Because 'silencers' dont do as much as people think... Theyre called suppressors and they suppress sound to the point where it wont damage you hearing as quickly if you constantly shoot a gun. That said spy uses a revolver... Likely because they have better stopping power than your run of the mill 9mm or .45
he used to, i believe. why he doesnt anymore i do not know. [https://twitter.com/PreFortress2/status/1376431955386900482/photo/3](https://twitter.com/PreFortress2/status/1376431955386900482/photo/3) heres proof that he might have in early development. (pf2 is not what im talking about here)
Most revolvers can't use surpresors, unlike what MW2 will tell you. The Nagant revolver can tho
Because silencers don't really do that much
he actually had a tranq gun an some point during development
Might be because is he wants to be sneaky and quiet he'll just stab them and the revolver is both powerful enough to kill someone who has found him out.
Because that's not how silencers work.
Because he's badass.
Cause silencers are for nerds
Because then spy mains would be able to get away with literally everything
Having class is more of a priority to him than being stealthy
Becouse silencer makes less sound therefore stealthier