Candy Corn Rifle

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Candy Corn
Damage	44 (Ranged)
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Critical chance	10%
Use time	9 (Very fast)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	33% chance to save ammo
Rarity
Sell	10
Research	1 required
Use

The Candy Corn Rifle being used. Note the ricocheting ability of the projectiles.

The Candy Corn Rifle is a Hardmode post-Plantera gun that auto-fires Candy Corn as ammunition. It is dropped rarely (1.79–14.29% chance) by the Pumpking during the Pumpkin Moon event. Candy Corn drops along with the weapon, and can be purchased from the Arms Dealer when a Candy Corn Rifle is in the player's inventory.

Candy Corn shots pierce up to two enemies and ricochet up to four times, dissipating on their fifth impact or third enemy hit. The gun has a high fire rate, but unlike most guns, its projectiles are affected by gravity and do not remain airborne for long, though their ricochet ability helps them gain distance.

The Candy Corn Rifle has a base 10% critical strike chance as opposed to the usual 4%. Furthermore, it has a 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) chance not to consume ammo.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Tips

Its piercing ability may help on worm-type enemies, such as The Destroyer, and crowds of enemies. It is also a good weapon to use against the Frost Moon.
It is especially useful on gun-only playthroughs. The second-best option, High Velocity Bullets, deal less damage to the second and third enemies hit on the Desktop version, Console version, and Mobile version, and do not pierce enemies at all on the other versions.

Trivia

This weapon appears to be based off of the Mauser C96, a real-life pistol used during World War I and II, with candy corns attached to the top and on the magazine.