Realistic weapons, 2011 only

v5.1 versus SR3 Grounded

I am not merging this with SR3 Grounded. Grounded is a 2024 realism overhaul on the Saints Row Mods forum, a different author and a different scope. If you want the 2017 weapon numbers, you want Jax. If you want a newer total conversion, read Grounded’s thread and do not expect Jax’s magazine table to apply.

Remastered weapon files are a different cook. Nothing in the v5.1 post says to install it under SRTTR.exe. The best-guns page ranks the unmodded weapons so you can see what this mod is changing: the AR-55’s burst and the removed elemental ammo are the point.

What a weapon overhaul changes

A magazine-size change can alter how often a gun reloads without changing its position in the weapon wheel. Removing elemental ammunition also changes the effect of a final upgrade, so a retail best-gun recommendation may no longer describe the installed weapon. Treat the overhaul’s weapon definitions as a set and compare their filenames with any other weapon mod before combining them. Keep a backup from before installation if the original balance is important to an existing character. Grounded has its own scope and release history; its files and feature list should be evaluated independently of Captain Jax’s v5.1 release.