Ranger (weapon)

The Ranger is a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun. While use of the double-barrel has fallen in modern times, they are often sawn off and used as concealed weapons. Some are light enough to be fired one-handed.

In Game
While all shotguns in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 are available as sidearms, the Ranger is unique in that it can be used similarly to Akimbo pistols. Each barrel is fired with different keys: the left and right triggers/shoulder buttons/mouse buttons. It is unlocked at Level 42 in Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer mode. Akimbo is one of the more preferable attachments as it gives you four shots without reloading, as opposed to only two. Akimbo is also quite effective not only for having more ammo before reloading, but you can`t aim down the Ranger anyway. Along with the aforementioned advantages of Akimbo, the attachment also allows the shotgun to fire four shells quickly, this helps at medium range when the target is too far away to be killed in one or two shots. It is also fairly accurate, despite what the Create-A-Class stats and common sense would say. Reload Canceling also works very well with the Ranger.

Trivia

 * It uses the same model as the Double-barreled shotgun sawed-off w/grip from Call of Duty: World at War, except for a few coloring alterations.
 * In real life firing two sawed off shotguns at once makes controlling the weapons much harder, because of the high recoil due to the barrels being sawed off since the weight of a full barrel brings down the muzzle climb.
 * Using the Ranger with Akimbo and the Full Metal Jacket (of course with Bling) will make them even more powerful and combined with 2 more shells than normal.