Damage to firearms

[Arramond Delander 0]

I do not understand the system that calculates the damage of firearms on animals.

I shoot a sheep or a bear, a take 126 damage. I shoot on wolf 300 damage. If we remove the the wolf, firearms make less damage than the bow (126 in 13 sec < 210 (8 arrow) in 13 sec). It does not make guns interesting. A player told me that the cannon was also doing 126 damage on the bears, Why ?

I do not need it to be much. But at least 1.5 more damage than the bow seems to me well in view of ressrouces

I may be something wrong ? So my question is :

1. Body = Headshot ?
2. Damage modifier ? If yes, which animals?
3. Pistol or Shutgun same damage ?

If you could explain to me how the damage of firearms on animals. I thank you in advance :D 

[Coggage 239]

For me I found damage apparently(?) takes into effect how well the loading mini-game went.  If I do it right, I can one-shot a lvl 26 Croc, whereas when I didn't do it right it seemed to do less damage.

[Yuri Oorlov 0]

hmm so that would make the firearms skills really important to train for a gunner then.  as i will admit alot of the time i ignore the reloading clickbait and focus on running or what have you.

[Arramond Delander 0]

22 minutes ago, Coggage said:

For me I found damage apparently(?) takes into effect how well the loading mini-game went.  If I do it right, I can one-shot a lvl 26 Croc, whereas when I didn't do it right it seemed to do less damage.

Hmm, i've try on same lvl pig with and without mini-game 

Same damage