XDefiant:Stabilizing barrel
The Stabilizing Barrel is a Barrel attachment that significantly improves the vertical and horizontal recoil of guns, especially those with a high rate of fire.
This attachment is an excellent pick if you frequently use Light Machine Guns and Marksman Rifles in matches. LMGs have very high vertical and horizontal recoil and poor accuracy. This goes away when you use the Stabilizing Barrel.
Using LMGs with the Cleaners faction characters will be a suitable choice. The faction's passive, incendiary rounds, coupled with the high rate of fire of LMGs, will shred targets coming at you or running away.
Attachment effects
| Attachment icon | horizontal recoil control | vertical recoil control | sprint-shoot time | ADS walking speed |
|
+2.5% | +2.5% | -5.0% | -5.0% |
Weapons compatible with Stabilizing Barrel
The Stabilizing Barrel is compatible with the following weapons. However, this attachment for each weapon only unlocks after you reach a certain level.
| Weapon Name | Weapon Icon | Level Unlocked |
| TAC 50 | 
|
Level 6 |
| M44 | 
|
Level 7 |
| M4A1 | 
|
Level 9 |
| M16A4 | 
|
Level 9 |
| MDR | 
|
Level 9 |
| AK 47 | 
|
Level 9 |
| ACR 6.8 | 
|
Level 9 |
| Vector .45 ACP | 
|
Level 9 |
| P90 | 
|
Level 9 |
| MP7 | 
|
Level 9 |
| MP5A2 | 
|
Level 9 |
| AA 12 | 
|
Level 9 |
| M870 | 
|
Level 9 |
| RPK-74 | 
|
Level 9 |
| M249 | 
|
Level 9 |
| M60 | 
|
Level 9 |
| SVD | 
|
Level 9 |
| MK 20 SSR | 
|
Level 9 |
Attachment incompatibility
The Stabilizing Barrel attachment is only incompatible with the following weapon:
| Weapon Name | Weapon Icon |
| Double Barrel | 
|