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The Handmade SMG fires Pistol Bullets and two other ammo types from an 18-round magazine and takes four attachments at once.
Damage is one body hit with 
Pistol Bullet, up close.
What one batch takes.
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Metal Fragments
Scrap
High Quality Metal
High Quality Metal
Metal Fragments
Metal Spring
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
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Workbench Level 1, 15s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 7.5s at Workbench Level 2, 3.75s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 60 scrap at a Research Table.
| Ammo | Damage | Headshot | Velocity | Damage per second |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pistol Bullet | 20 | ×2 | 150 m/s | 56 |
Incendiary Pistol Bullet | 22.4 | ×2 | 112.5 m/s | 63 |
HV Pistol Ammo | 20 | ×2 | 200 m/s | 56 |
Damage is one body hit up close, with no armour. A headshot multiplies it against players only. Damage per second empties one magazine and counts the reload. Velocity and spread are applied locally by your game client, while the server bounds their limits.
Muzzle
Military Silencer: -25% Damage
Muzzle Boost: -10% Time between shots, +0.15° Spread aiming down sights, +0.5° Spread from the hip
Muzzle Brake: -15% Damage, +0.5° Spread aiming down sights, +2° Spread from the hip
Oil Filter Silencer: -30% Damage
Soda Can Silencer: -30% DamageSight
8x Zoom Scope
Holosight: -20% Spread aiming down sights
Simple Handmade Sight
Variable Zoom ScopeUnderbarrel
Weapon flashlight
Weapon Lasersight: -20% Spread aiming down sights, -50% Spread from the hip, while switched onMagazine
Extended Magazine: +25% Magazine sizeInternal
Burst Module: -30% Time between shots, -35% Spread aiming down sights, -35% Spread from the hip, while switched on
Gas Compression Overdrive: +20% Time between shots, +20% Damage, +20% Projectile rangeTargeting
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Handmade SMG, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sunken Chest | 1.1% | 1 | 10 to 20% |
 Normal Crate | 0.44% | 1 | 10 to 20% |
 Wagon Normal Crate | 0.44% | 1 | 10 to 20% |
Scientist | 0.16% | 1 | 100% |
Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller | 0.16% | 1 | 100% |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any. Condition is the state the item comes out in.
A repair bench charges 20% of the recipe to fix a broken item, less when it is only worn. A component in the recipe is charged as the first ingredient of its own recipe instead, or not at all when it has no recipe.
What the Handmade SMG gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 3 + 75% High Quality Metal, 150 Metal Fragments, 75% Metal Spring |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 3 High Quality Metal, 120 Metal Fragments, 60% Metal Spring |
| Green recycler | 50% | 2 + 50% High Quality Metal, 100 Metal Fragments, 50% Metal Spring |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 2 High Quality Metal, 80 Metal Fragments, 40% Metal Spring |
The Handmade SMG breaks down into High Quality Metal, Metal Fragments and Metal Spring.
A recycler takes one at a time.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. “3 + 75%” means 3 every time and a 75% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Handmade SMG is a ranged weapon in the Weapons category (item ID #2083256995, console shortname t1_smg). Loaded with standard Pistol Bullet, it delivers 20 base impact damage from a 18-round magazine in active combat. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 40 minutes.
An extremely basic automatic firearm. Low damage and accuracy.
Crafting Handmade SMG in Rust takes 15 seconds at a Workbench Level 1 once the 60 scrap blueprint node is unlocked, with all ballistics, crafting, and durability values read from the Rust game files. Shredding a spare copy at a green recycler recovers base materials at fifty percent yield (vs forty percent at safe-zone yellow units). Damaged copies repair at a Repair Bench for a fraction of recipe cost.
The Handmade SMG holds 18 rounds, as does the Prototype 17.
When choosing between Handmade SMG and related weapons in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (60 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 480-scrap tech tree path and save 420 scrap, or unlock the tech tree branch when your group also needs the prerequisite blueprints.
| Weapon | Damage | Fire Rate | Sustained DPS | Workbench / Source | Blueprint (Node / Path) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handmade SMG | 20 dmg | 429 RPM | 56.4 DPS | Workbench Level 1 | 60 node / 480 path |
| LR-300 Assault Rifle | 40 dmg | 500 RPM | 160.4 DPS | Military crate / Vendor | Uncraftable |
| Semi-Automatic Rifle | 40 dmg | 343 RPM | 91.1 DPS | Workbench Level 2 | 60 node / 930 path |
| MP5A4 | 37.5 dmg | 600 RPM | 163 DPS | Workbench Level 3 | 120 node / 420 path |
Compare Handmade SMG with closely related ranged weapon sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Handmade SMG against every item in its inventory category, browse All 85 items in Weapons, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 1 tech tree, tile by tile.
Loaded with standard ammunition, the Handmade SMG deals 20 base damage per hit at 429 RPM (56.4 sustained DPS) in Rust, dropping to 80% damage past 30 m. Against a fifty-percent projectile-protection Metal Chest Plate, close torso hits deal ten net damage and down a full-health player in ten shots.
The Handmade SMG fires HV Pistol Ammo, Incendiary Pistol Bullets and Pistol Bullets, 18 rounds to a magazine or 23 with an Extended Magazine in Rust. Holding the reload key (R) opens the ammunition selector to switch compatible rounds, with a 4-second reload timer.
Up to 4 weapon mods equip simultaneously on the Handmade SMG in Rust across 15 compatible attachments: muzzle (Military Silencer, Muzzle Boost, Muzzle Brake, Oil Filter Silencer, Soda Can Silencer); sight (8x Zoom Scope, Holosight, Simple Handmade Sight, Variable Zoom Scope); underbarrel (Weapon flashlight, Weapon Lasersight); magazine (Extended Magazine); internal (Burst Module, Gas Compression Overdrive); targeting (Targeting Attachment).
The Handmade SMG is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 5 High Quality Metal, 200 Metal Fragments and 1 Metal Spring, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Smelting raw ores and looting required components from monument crates lets players queue the craft at their workbench.
The Handmade SMG drops from 5 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Sunken Chest (1.1% chance), Normal Crate (0.44% chance), and Wagon Normal Crate (0.44% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Handmade SMG recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 2 High Quality Metal plus a 50% chance of one more, 100 Metal Fragments and a 50% chance of a Metal Spring. It belongs to the Weapons category under numeric ID 2083256995 across 85 weapons.
A repair bench fixes the Handmade SMG from broken for 2 High Quality Metal and 40 Metal Fragments in Rust. Repairing at a Repair Bench requires no learned blueprint, scales material cost by missing durability, and reduces maximum condition by 20% across a full durability bar.
Dropped with nothing attached or inside in Rust, the Handmade SMG despawns after 40 minutes by default. Picking it back up into a player inventory or storing it inside a base container immediately resets that ground despawn timer, which the server scales by item rarity tier.
The Handmade SMG has 32-bit signed item ID 2083256995 and shortname t1_smg in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Weapons category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Handmade SMG in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give t1_smg 1 or inventory.giveid 2083256995 1 for a single unit. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.
Targeting Attachment