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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 6 Oct 2026

What changed — 28 Jan 2025: price $2,050 → $1,950 · standing inaccuracy 0.00985 → 0.00759 · crouching inaccuracy 0.00739 → 0.0055.

CS2 weapon · Rifle · CT side FAMAS

Valve: “Cheap but effective against armored enemies.” A cheap option for cash-strapped players, the FAMAS effectively fills the niche between more expensive rifles and the less-effective SMGs.

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Target & armour
Buy FAMAS when…

You can land several hits — a helmeted head takes 2 even up close.

Valve’s buy menu: “Consider in force buy rounds.”
Buy recommended$1,950
$4,100 buys it with Kevlar and a helmet and leaves $1,150.
Price
$1,950
game data
Kill reward
$300
game data
Damage
30
game data
Armour pen
70%
derived
Fire rate
667 RPM
derived
Ammo
25 / 100
game data
Reload lock
3.30 s
game data
Run speed
220
game data
Penetration
2.0
game data
Accurate range
18.61 m
derived

Damage & kill outcomes @ 30 m

Hits to kill, by zone and armour
ZoneNoneKevlarHelmet
Head112
Chest466
Stomach355
Arms466
Legs555

Head vs Kevlar + helmet at 30 m: 76 damage per hit → 2 hits to kill · TTK 90 ms.

derived · damage × range modifier^(units ÷ 500) × zone × armour, rounded down

Armour breakpoints

Where head hits-to-kill change, 0–60 m
no armour
  • 0 m – 56 m1 hit
  • 57 m – 60 m+2 hits
Kevlar
  • 0 m – 56 m1 hit
  • 57 m – 60 m+2 hits
Kevlar + helmet
  • 0 m – 60 m+2 hits
Against Kevlar + helmet: no change out to 60 m.

Damage over distance

  • Head · no armour
  • Head · helmet
  • Chest · Kevlar
  • Chest · no armour
Here: 76 damage per hit at 30 m.

1st shot spread

Sure to hit a 30 cm plate to18.61 m

At 30 m the first shot can land up to 25 cm from the crosshair.

burst: sure to 35.52 m.derived · 0.1524 m ÷ (spread + inaccuracy) — Valve’s own 30 cm plate

Spray — the first 3 bullets

Phase
10 bullets · 0.81 s of fire at 667 RPM · 15 left in the magazine.Past the first 3 the guides say to learn first.

Darts right, then left — best fired in short bursts. source

Valve’s recoil inputs: kick 20 ± 1 · direction variance 60.Valve’s file holds these inputs, not the path the bullets take — so no path is drawn here.

Firing mode guidance

  • spray6+ shots · inside 9.3 mCommit and pull down
  • burst2–3 shots · 9.3–18.61 mStop, then reset between bursts
  • tap1 shot · past 18.61 mReset fully between shots
At 30 m: tap.rule · ours: tap past its standing accurate range (18.61 m), spray inside half of itSpread still varies shot to shot — a guide, not a guarantee.

What beats the FAMAS?

Weapon · edge30 m · headCost
Hits to kill from Valve’s file at your distance and armour — not win rates. Shotguns left out: pellets decide.

Economy context

  • FAMAS + Kevlar + helmet$2,950$1,150 left
  • FAMAS + Kevlar$2,600$1,500 left
  • FAMAS alone$1,950$2,150 left
Kill reward $300 — 7 kills pay the gun back. Armour: Kevlar $650, with helmet $1,000 (Valve’s items_game.txt).

Counterplay tips

  • Fight it beyond 18.61 m: past its standing accurate range even the first shot is not sure to land.
  • Catch it moving: on the move its first shot is only sure within 1.52 m.
  • It needs 5 chest hits at 15 m against armour — trade it rather than duel alone.
  • It moves at 220 u/s — expect it to reposition quickly.
  • Drop its holder first: they lose a $1,950 gun, and each kill it makes pays them $300.

No — 2 hits to a helmeted head at 30 m (76 each).

Buy now or save now?with $4,100

If you lose0 kills1 kill2 kills
+$1,400after winsrisky$2,550 nextrisky$2,850 nextbuy$3,150 next
+$1,900a half’s first lossbuy$3,050 nextbuy$3,350 nextbuy$3,650 next
+$2,400buy$3,550 nextbuy$3,850 nextbuy$4,150 next
+$2,900buy$4,050 nextbuy$4,350 nextbuy$4,650 next
+$3,400the capbuy$4,550 nextbuy$4,850 nextbuy$5,150 next
rule · ours: buy when a lost round still leaves $2,950 for it with full armour. Loss bonus and kill reward: Valve’s source

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Sources & evidence

Damage · armour · range
weapons.vdata · 10f3693c · 2026-09-23
Price · kill reward
$1,950 · $300
Fire rate · magazine
667 RPM · 25/100
Range modifier · penetration
0.96 · 2
Description · buy-menu lines
csgo_english.txt
Loss bonus · armour prices
gamemode_competitive.cfg · items_game.txt
Valve’s files, read 2026-10-06:weapons.vdataitems_game.txtgamemode_competitive.cfg

All the maths runs in your browser, from Valve’s weapon file (10f3693c, 2026-09-23).