Hand cannon

The Hand cannon is an item released with the Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf quest on 9 September 2009. It requires a Ranged level of 75, a Firemaking level of 61 and the completion of the Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf quest to wield. The Hand cannon has a chance to be destroyed with each use, however having a high Firemaking level makes this less likely to happen. Even at 99 Firemaking, though, it is possible for the cannon to blow up. The Special attack comes slowly, but the attack after it comes faster which can cause the two hits to hit at the same time if using rapid attack style, thus making the hand cannon an effective rushing weapon, with the possibility of hitting double 56s.

The Hand cannon is one of the deadliest ranged weapons up to this date, matching the Rune Crossbow for ranged bonus, and exceeded only by the Dark and fully charged Crystal bows. In addition, its ammunition, Hand cannon shot, has the highest Ranged Strength bonus of any other ammunition. The highest hit yet documented is 56. Its special attack, Aimed Shot, has increased accuracy and takes up half the special attack bar, but takes longer to fire and increases the chance of the Hand cannon blowing up. When the Hand Cannon explodes, the player wielding it takes between 1-16 damage.

The Hand cannon and Hand cannon shot are dropped by Cannoneers. It cannot be lent.

Trivia

 * The Hand cannon (along with Dorgeshuun and Zanik's crossbows) is one of the few ranged weapons whose ammunition can be seen reloading.
 * On 12 September 2009 a bug was discovered with the Hand cannon special attack that enabled multiple users to simultaneously attack a single target in a single-combat zone, but this was fixed September 13 2009.
 * The real-world Hand cannon is an early firearm widely used until at least the 1520s in Europe and Asia, where it was mostly supplanted by matchlock firearms.
 * If a player fires the Hand cannon, then quickly switches to another weapon, you will perform the reloading animation while holding the other weapon instead of the Hand cannon.