Changes: Elephant Gun

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This article is about sniper rifle found in Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt. For other uses, see Whitting's Elephant Gun.

Elephant Gun is an unique aftermarket sniper rifle in Borderlands 2 manufactured by Jakobs. It uses the Hyperion Barrel.

The Elephant Gun can be obtained as a rare drop from Arizona.

Special Weapon Effects

Hated by large numbers of people. – Increased damage with reduced accuracy, fire rate, reload speed and magazine size. Cannot spawn with a scope.

Usage & Description

The Elephant Gun is a sniper rifle with abnormally high damage output, and an extremely low reload speed and fire rate. The rifle also lacks a scope or accurate iron sights, further increasing the difficulty to snipe. This weapon can be devastating in medium range combat, easily able to kill a lesser enemy with a critical hit. At close range, the fire rate restricts the weapon's usefulness.

Notes

The extremely slow fire rate of the Elephant Gun can be offset by Zer0's reload speed bonus gained from Legendary Hunter and At 0ne with the Gun, making it ideal for 0ne Sh0t 0ne Kill.
When aiming down the sights during Decepti0n, the crosshair that appears is a noticeable distance above the muzzle. This can lead to inaccuracy if the player uses the top of the muzzle as an aiming point.
Axton's Ready and Pressure reduce the Elephant Gun's long reload time, and Metal Storm improves the fire rate of the weapon.

Trivia

The Elephant Gun has the cylindrical magazine used in white and green rarity Jakobs sniper rifles instead of the polygonal one.
As the Elephant Gun will always lack a scope, it cannot spawn with the accessories that would affix to the scope. These include the fire rate (Klook), damage (Skookum) and magazine size (Hyiu) accessories.
This gun is a reference to Whitting's Elephant Gun in Borderlands.
During the fight to liberate the lodge in the mission Savage Lands, Sir Hammerlock has the Elephant Gun holstered on his back and uses it to support the Vault Hunters.

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+|caption = "I shot an elephant in my pyjamas."
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-'''Elephant Gun''' is a {{rarity link|Unique}} {{rarity link|Aftermarket}} [[sniper rifle]] manufactured by Jakobs. The '''Elephant Gun''' can be obtained as a rare drop from [[Arizona]].
+'''Elephant Gun''' is an {{rarity link|unique}} {{rarity link|aftermarket}} [[Sniper Rifle|sniper rifle]] in ''[[Borderlands 2]]'' manufactured by Jakobs. It uses the Hyperion Barrel.
+The Elephant Gun can be obtained as a rare drop from [[Arizona]].
 ==Special Weapon Effects==
-{{flavor|Hated by large numbers of people.}}{{dash}} Extremely high damage output. Always spawns without a scope. Very low fire rate.
+{{flavor|Hated by large numbers of people.}}{{dash}} Increased damage with reduced accuracy, fire rate, reload speed and magazine size. Cannot spawn with a scope.
 ==Usage & Description==
-The Elephant Gun is a sniper with an abnormally high damage output (even for a sniper) and an extremely low reload speed and fire rate. Like the [[Buffalo]], it is scopeless so it may be difficult to land a critical shot. The rifle also lacks accurate iron sights, increasing the difficulty to snipe. This weapon can be devastating in medium- to long-range combat, easily able to take out many lesser enemies with one critical hit, however, at close range, the fire rate minimalizes the weapons usefulness.
+The Elephant Gun is a sniper rifle with abnormally high damage output, and an extremely low reload speed and fire rate. The rifle also lacks a scope or accurate iron sights, further increasing the difficulty to snipe. This weapon can be devastating in medium range combat, easily able to kill a lesser enemy with a critical hit. At close range, the fire rate restricts the weapon's usefulness.
+==Notes==
+*The extremely slow fire rate of the Elephant Gun can be offset by Zer0's reload speed bonus gained from [[Legendary Hunter]] and [[At 0ne with the Gun]], making it ideal for [[0ne Sh0t 0ne Kill]].
+*When aiming down the sights during [[Decepti0n]], the crosshair that appears is a noticeable distance above the muzzle. This can lead to inaccuracy if the player uses the top of the muzzle as an aiming point.
+*Axton's [[Ready]] and [[Pressure]] reduce the Elephant Gun's long reload time, and [[Metal Storm (Axton)|Metal Storm]] improves the fire rate of the weapon.
 ==Trivia==
-*Interestingly, the Elephant Gun has a unique weapon body, a feature only a select few weapons share.
+*The Elephant Gun has the cylindrical magazine used in white and green rarity Jakobs sniper rifles instead of the polygonal one.
+*As the Elephant Gun will always lack a scope, it cannot spawn with the accessories that would affix to the scope. These include the fire rate (Klook), damage (Skookum) and magazine size (Hyiu) accessories.
-*This gun is a reference to the original [[Borderlands]]' [[Whitting's Elephant Gun]], in the same vein as the [[Buffalo]]. The lack of scope made it difficult to use for many (thus "hated"), but those who mastered it could use its power to devastating effect.
+*This gun is a reference to [[Whitting's Elephant Gun]] in ''[[Borderlands]]''.
-*This weapon may also refer to George Orwell's short story, [[Wikipedia:Shooting_an_Elephant|Shooting an Elephant]], in which the protagonist is a British soldier stationed in Lower Burma. There, the people hate him, as he hates them. The story revolves around a particular instance in which the people force him to shoot an escaped elephant to death with an elephant gun, a high powered rifle made specifically for this purpose.
-*During the fight into the lodge, Sir Hammerlock has the Elephant Gun holstered on his back and uses it to support the Vault Hunter as they get rid of the savages that overtook the lodge.
+*During the fight to liberate the lodge in the mission [[Savage Lands]], Sir Hammerlock has the Elephant Gun holstered on his back and uses it to support the Vault Hunters.
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