theHunter: Call of the Wild Old West Weapon Pack Review

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If your weapons cache in theHunter: Call of the Wild has started to feel like a modern polymer-and-composite showroom, you aren’t alone. High-tech carbon bolt-actions and hyper-accurate polymer scopes make bagging diamonds efficient, but after dozens of hours glassing ridgelines, efficiency can start to crowd out adrenaline.

The Old West Weapon Pack flips that dynamic entirely. Dropping the modern safety net, it equips you with heavy iron, raw lead, and enough thick black-powder smoke to make every trigger pull a cinematic gamble.

At $4.99, it introduces three iconic 19th-century firearms that don’t just change your loadout—they completely reshape how you approach a stalk. Here is a breakdown of why this pack feels so rewarding.

The Big Thumper: Hween .45-90 Buffalo

Channeling pure Quigley Down Under energy, the Hween .45-90 Buffalo is an homage to the legendary Sharps Model 1874 falling-block rifle. It is heavy, deliberate, and unapologetically single-shot.

  • The Feel: Operating this rifle demands composure. The dual-mode Buckhorn iron sight feels period-accurate, and the package includes two vintage long-tube telescopic sights for reaching across open flats.
  • The Ballistics: You get two cartridge types:
    • Cast Lead Flat Nose: A forgiving, flat-shooting workhorse for medium to large game across moderate ranges.
    • Soft Lead: An absolute sledgehammer against massive game between 100 and 150 meters. Beyond that distance, bullet velocity drops steeply, meaning range estimation has to be spot-on.
  • Why It Works: Scoring a clean vitals hit on a bison or elk with a falling-block rifle feels genuinely earned. When you only have one cartridge ready to fire, you take that extra half-second to hold your breath and steady your aim.

Close-Quarters Thunder: Humphrey 10GA Coach Gun

Double barrels, external exposed hammers, and brass-cased black powder make the Humphrey 10GA an absolute riot to fire.

  • The Smoke Factor: Pulling both triggers unleashes a dense, white cloud of sulfur smoke that hangs in the air. If you’re crouching in thick brush, you will literally have to wait a second for the air to clear to confirm whether your target collapsed.
  • Ammo Versatility: The ammo options cover nearly the entire game spectrum:
    • Birdshot for small game (Classes 1–2).
    • Buckshot for sudden close encounters with deer or black bears (Classes 4–7).
    • Heavy Slugs for short-range bone-crushing penetration on big game (Classes 6–9).
  • Tactile Polish: The reload animation deserves special praise: if you only fire a single barrel, your character flips open the break-action and plucks out only the spent hull while leaving the live shell chambered.

Fast-Drawing Frontier Defense: Maijo .44-40 Special

Modeled after the iconic Smith & Wesson Schofield top-break revolver, the Maijo .44-40 provides unmatched style in the sidearm slot.

  • Top-Break Speed: Traditional frontier revolvers force you to eject casings one by one through a loading gate. The Maijo breaks open down the middle, causing an automatic star extractor to kick all six spent hulls clear in a split-second motion.
  • Cartridge Flavors: You can load standard black-powder cartridges for that deep, bass-heavy boom that echoes across canyons, or swap to Full Metal Jacket smokeless rounds when you want faster muzzle velocity, tighter recoil control, and superior punch on Class 2–5 animals.
  • The Role: It serves as the ultimate frontier trail companion—lightweight, snappy to draw, and reliable when a startled pack of wolves cuts off your retreat.

Final Verdict: A Refreshing Return to Deliberate Hunting

What makes the Old West Weapon Pack so compelling isn’t that these weapons outperform top-tier modern rifles—it’s that they make the hunt feel tactile again. The crack of the hammers, the metallic clink of heavy brass casings, and the deliberate reload cycles force you to close the distance and respect your quarry.

If you enjoy hunting the brush of Silver Ridge Peaks or tracking through the timber of Layton Lake, this pack is one of the most character-rich, atmospheric DLC additions Expansive Worlds has released.

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