.52 Gal

The .52 Gal is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

A member of the Shooter class, this weapon distinguishes itself by outputting enough ink in each shot to splat opponents in two hits, while still having a decent rate of fire. The weapon's fire rate is lesser than the and greater than the. Its only major drawback is its poor accuracy; many shots deviate far enough to the left or right that they miss the target. The .52 Gal and its close relative the share their visual design and high-damage, low-accuracy performance.

The weapon is designed with a water cooler bottle as a base. A grip, sight, and high-caliber gun barrel are clamped to the bottle. The parts surrounding the bottle are black plastic with pink accents, while the bottle matches the player's ink color.

Splatoon
The .52 Gal comes in a set with the and. Each shot consumes 1.2% of the ink tank capacity, allowing for 83 shots to be fired per tank.

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlSUyq3e_X0

Splatoon 2
The .52 Gal returns in Splatoon 2, with an identical appearance but slightly changed performance. It comes with the and. Each shot consumes 1.3% of the ink tank capacity, allowing for 76 shots to be fired per tank.

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo8vMLfFe2Q

Quotes
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Trivia

 * The .52 Gal's name may be a reference to its base damage per shot of 52. The 's damage per shot is not 96, however.
 * The .52 Gal was originally called the "5.2 Gallon" came with the instead of the . This can be seen in an image from before Splatoon's release.

Etymology
.52 Gal is short for .52 Gallon. "Gal" is also a play on Cal, short form of Caliber, a term commonly used when describing the diameter of bullets for fire-arms.

.52ガロン .52 Garon has the same origin as the English name, but without Gallon shortened to Gal.