Scoped masterwork carbine

The, (or, fanonically, the Sparbine, named after its maker, ) is a unique with several distinctive characteristics. In this article, the will be referred to as the Sparbine to prevent confusion with a normal carbine modded with Scoped and Masterwork.

As implied by its name, it always comes modded to be both scoped and masterwork, however, unlike a normal carbine, it can generate with a third modification. The third mod must not be scoped or masterwork.

In addition to its modification, the Sparbine weights less than a standard carbine, being 1# lighter. It also bears the mark of Sparafucile.

It's possible for a normal carbine to be generated or modded to have the same display name as the Sparbine. It can be distinguished from a normal carbine with the same mods by looking at their descriptions (see the respective wiki articles for what to expect) and comparing their weight (as just mentioned).

Tips

 * The Sparbine remains an excellent weapon through late game, capable of quickly downing most threats whose armor it can penetrate.
 * Once the player has downed a few or  or, better yet,, they will probably have as much ammo for it as they are likely to need.
 * Consider complementing it with another ranged weapon with greater PV for more armored threats, such as an or a.
 * Combining the Sparbine with cooking effect that triggers a damaging mutation, such as Pyrokinesis, on critical hits can increase damage output to absurd levels, since the Sparbine usually scores at least one critical hit and often two or three per attack.