Rifle Body
The firing mechanism of a rifle. Used in construction of a weapon that can fire 5.56 ammo fully automatic.
In Rust, 3 crafting recipes call for Rifle Body: the Assault Rifle, Bolt Action Rifle and HMLMG. Recycling one in a green recycler is worth 25 scrap, which ranks joint 2nd of the 24 items that recycle into scrap. It cannot be crafted, and Treasure Box drops it most often, at 35%.
About the Rifle Body
Stablehand pays it out: 1 to 5 for an animal and 1 to 3 for a lot of wool. It stacks to 10 in one inventory slot.
Only one vendor sells it: the Travelling Vendor for 150 to 180 scrap. In all, 31 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
At a glance
What you can craft with Rifle Body
Each of them takes 1 per craft. Every one of them needs a Level 3 Workbench.
Needs is how many of this item one craft takes, at the workbench the recipe asks for.
What the Rifle Body recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 25 × Scrap and 1 × High Quality Metal for one.
×25 
×1 50% ×30 ×1 80% 
×37 ×2 50% 25% 
×20 ×1 20% What to recycle for Rifle Body
A green recycler gives back 2 from each Minigun. It comes back from 18 more items only by chance.
Abyss Assault Rifle +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Assault Rifle +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Bolt Action Rifle +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Crystal Assault Rifle Diamond +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Crystal Assault Rifle Emerald +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Crystal Assault Rifle Pink Diamond +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Crystal Assault Rifle Ruby +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Crystal Assault Rifle Sapphire +40%+50%+60%+75% 
HMLMG +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Ice Assault Rifle +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Jungle Relic Assault Rifle +40%+50%+60%+75% 
L96 Rifle +40%+50%+60%+75% 
LR-300 Assault Rifle +40%+50%+60%+75% 
M16A2 +40%+50%+60%+75% 
M249 +40%+50%+60%+75% 
M39 Rifle +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Medieval Assault Rifle +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Minigun ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 
Space LR-300 Assault Rifle +40%+50%+60%+75% What one of each item gives at each recycler: the guaranteed count, and after the + the chance of one more.
Where to find the Rifle Body
Treasure Box has the best chance at 35%, followed by Tech Crate at 25% and Elite Crate at 23%.
Shops that hand it out
Travelling VendorShop×5for150–180Scrap
StablehandShop×1–5paid for an animal, more for a better oneStablehandShop×1–3paid for a wool lot, more for a better lotStats checked against the Rust game files on 14 November 2026.
