Gunnar's Stinger SMG

The Gunnar's Stinger SMG is a Submachine Gun in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Chapter 3: Season 1. It is the version of the Stinger SMG, obtained by eliminating the Gunnar Boss.

Functionality
The Gunnar's Stinger SMG is a fast firing, high damage SMG with a small amount of spread. Despite its category name, it is actually very effective at medium range, even more so than close range. Unlike the regular Stinger SMG, the recoil on this weapon is hard to control, making it harder to spray an opponent.

Stats
Gunnar's Stinger SMG deals 22 damage per shot (264 damage per second). Gunnar's Stinger SMG uses and has a headshot multiplier of 1.5x Gunnar's Stinger SMG is a hitscan weapon. It does not have First Shot Accuracy.

Strategy Guide

 * Gunnar's Stinger SMG can be very good at destroying builds, as it has a high DPS, good magazine size and does not lose Structure Damage at range.
 * Gunnar's Stinger SMG outperforms shotguns in most rarities and is ideal for close quarter combat as well as medium ranges.

Trivia

 * Apart from TNTina’s Ka-Boom Bow, Gunnar's Stinger SMG is the only weapon whose certain statistic (vertical recoil) is outperformed by its  counterpart.

Chapter 3: Season 1

 * Update v19.00: Introduced IO-Brute's Stinger SMG to the files. The weapon is currently inaccessible, and is not yet named as Gunnar's Stinger SMG.
 * January 13, 2022: Decreased damage from 24 to 22. The weapon is still inaccessible.
 * Update v19.20: Added IO-Brute's Stinger SMG along with Gunnar boss.
 * Renamed the weapon to Gunnar's Stinger SMG.
 * Added to Fortnite: Creative as the first Chapter 3 Mythic Item to be in Creative.