Bullets and Bounty Slot (Hacksaw Gaming)

The Bullets and Bounty slot has 5 reels, 5 rows and 19 fixed paylines. Winning combinations are pretty standard and are formed when 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols appear from left to right, starting from reel 1, and across any of the 19 paylines. Only the highest payout per payline will be awarded.

With the minimum bet 10p a spin, the maximum is £5 per spin in the UK (or £2 if you’re under 25). Change your bet by using the up and dow arrows (next to the main ‘Spin’ button). Non-UK players have the added functionality of Autoplay (up to 1,000 auto spins) plus Turbo/Super Turbo modes.

The Bullets and Bounty RTP rate is 96.27%. Higher than the 96% average, there are other RTP settings, like with other Hacksaw Gaming slots: you may discover the 94.14% or 92.18% version so open the Paytable to see which rate you’re playing with. For reference, the Bullets and Bounty demo version utilises the highest RTP setting.

Low to medium volatility (2/5), expect a winning combination every 2.15 spins as the hit frequency rate is 46.47%. It’s slightly lower for the other RTP settings though. In terms of win potential, Bullets and Bounty offers 20,000 x bet max wins: this makes the highest paying Hacksaw Gaming slot alongside others such as Le King, Chaos Crew 2 and Hounds of Hell.

With a Wild West theme, the Bullets and Bounty slot game sees you Katherine ‘Quick Draw Kate’ O'Callaghan. Appearing to the side of the reels, she has a black revolver (known as ‘The Last Word’) in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

According to Hacksaw, she earned her name after surviving a 4-man shootout before they even cleared leather. Never pulling first, she has nerves of steel. Graphically though, it’s intense and gritty which I love. The soundtrack has a rock twang to it.

On the reels, you have spade, heart, club and diamond low-value symbols which all award up to 1 x your total bet for 5 in combination. Higher-value symbols include cartwheels, ram skulls, pistols, cowboy hats and sheriff badges: the sheriff badge symbol is the best paying awarding 10 x your total bet for 5 across any payline.

Bullets and Bounty also benefits from several special symbols. First up is the Dynamite Wild symbol, which substitutes for all regular, paying symbols above. 5 Wilds on a payline awards a 30 x bet payout. You also VS and Bounty VS symbols which award a 30 x bet payout for 5 in combination: more on their functions below. Finally, there is an FS Scatter which is key to triggering the 3 free spins features.

Bullets and Bounty Mobile

With Hacksaw Gaming using HTML5 technology for their slot games, Bullets and Bounty can be played on desktop, tablet and mobile devices. Regarding the latter, its compatible with iOS and Android smartphones with Portrait Mode used to make better use of the vertical setup.

The Bullets and Bounty slot comes with 2 types of DuelReels and 3 free spins features. With repeating duels, progressive multipliers and guaranteed VS symbols, you’re in for a real treat.

Outlaw DuelReels

When a VS symbol lands, it will expand into a 5-high DuelReel if part of a winning combination. Covering the reel entirely, it becomes a Wild DuelReel. Starting a duel between 2 duellists, the winning duelist’s multiplier, between 2x and 100x, will apply to all wins involving the Wild DuelReel.

Bounty DuelReels

When a Bounty VS symbol lands and is part of a win, it expands into a Bounty DuelReel with a duel between the Bounty Hunter and an Outlaw taking place. If the Bounty Hunter emerges victorious, she collects the multiplier from the Outlaw and combines it with her existing multiplier, with another Duel triggered on the same Bounty DuelReel.

The new duel sees the Bounty Hunter display her combined multiplier from the previous duel: the process is repeated until the Bounty Hunter loses a duel or after 3 duels have taking place. When a Bounty Hunter loses a duel, her collected multiplier is applied to the Bounty DuelReel. Bounty DuelReel multipliers begin at 2x with the combined multiplier applied to the entire reel.

True Grit 

Landing 3 FS Scatters anywhere during a base game spin will trigger the True Grit feature. You then have a gamble option where you choose to play this feature or gamble.

In the feature, you’ll benefit from the same mechanics as the base game but with Progressive Bounty Hunter multipliers. Landing 2 or 3 FS Scatters will result in 2 or 4 extra free spins, respectively.

If you opt to gamble, you spin the revolver to win 1 of 6 outcomes: you can win a cash prize up to 20 x your total bet or entry to the Four Shots to Freedom feature.

Four Shots to Freedom 

To play the Four Shots to Freedom feature, you need 4 FS Scatters during a base game spin or to win it from the gamble (described above).

With 10 free spins awarded, you benefit from the same mechanics as in the base game. However, there is a Bullets & Bounty Bar outside the reels that awards DuelSpins and VS symbols. With only Bounty VS symbols appearing, each duel the Bounty Hunter wins increases the Bullets & Bounty Bar by 1 step. There are 4 DuelSpin levels available:

• Level 1: Unlocked by 2 Bounty Hunter wins. 3 extra free spins are won + a DuelSpin with 2 or more VS symbols.
• Level 2: Unlocked by 3 Bounty Hunter wins. 3 extra free spins are won + a DuelSpin with 3 or more VS symbols.
• Level 3: Unlocked by 4 Bounty Hunter wins. 3 extra free spins are won + a DuelSpin with 4 or more VS symbols.
• Level 4: Unlocked by 5 Bounty Hunter wins. 3 extra free spins are won + a DuelSpin with 5 or more VS symbols.

Go Ahead, Make Her Day 

If you’re lucky enough to land 5 FS Scatters during a base game spin, you’ll trigger the Go Ahead, Make Her Day feature. With 10 free spins, it works like the Four Shots to Freedom feature. However, you begin at Level 1 and benefit from Progressive Bounty Hunter multipliers.

Bonus Buy

If you’re located outside the UK, you have 5 Bonus Buy options. Below, you’ll find a table with all the information:

Bullets and Bounty Slot

Rating: 4.5/5

Bullets and Bounty is another Wild-West slot from Hacksaw that enhances the existing DuelReels mechanic in the base game and 3 free spins features for up to 20,000 x bet max wins.

Chris Taylor

The Bullets and Bounty slot is the latest Wild West-themed game from Hacksaw Gaming, following on from 2 Wild 2 Die, Wanted Dead or a Wild and Rusty & Curly. However, it uses VS symbols that can be found in Duel at Dawn and Phoenix DuelReels.

Whilst VS symbols have been used a few times now, Hacksaw Gaming has introduced Bounty VS symbols. Like standard VS symbols, duels continue until the Bounty Hunter wins 3 duels or loses a duel. If the Bounty Hunter wins 3 duels, the multiplier value can build substantially.

This is of importance during the True Grit and Go Ahead, Make Her Day features as there are Progressive Bounty Hunter multipliers. In the Four Shots to Freedom feature, Bounty Hunter duel wins increase the Bullets & Bounty Bar which leads to the unlocking of levels for extra free spins and a DuelSpin with up to 5 VS symbols on the reels! This also applies in the Go Ahead, Make Her Day feature.

All in all, Hacksaw Gaming has enhanced existing mechanics and bonus features. With 20,000 x bet max wins, the Bounty and Bullets slot offers the highest max win potential of any Hacksaw game (alongside 3 others).

However, it you want more brutal Wild West slots, my guide highlights the top 10 games. Nolimit City dominate the list with 5 entries: Tombstone Slaughter (500,000 x bet max wins), Tombstone RIP (300,000 x bet max wins) and El Paso Gunfight xNudge (44,440 x bet max wins) are recommended.

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The Bullets and Bounty slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who has written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades.

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