Semi Automatic Body
The firing mechanism of a semi automatic weapon.
In Rust, 3 crafting recipes call for Semi Automatic Body: the Semi-Automatic Pistol, Semi-Automatic Rifle and SKS. Recycling one in a green recycler is worth 15 scrap, which ranks joint 8th of the 24 items that recycle into scrap. It cannot be crafted, and Scientist drops it most often, at 36%.
About the Semi Automatic Body
It stacks to 10 in one inventory slot.
Only one vendor sells it: the Travelling Vendor for 90 to 120 scrap. In all, 40 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
At a glance
What you can craft with Semi Automatic Body
Each of them takes 1 per craft. By workbench, 2 need a Level 2 and 1 needs a Level 3.
Needs is how many of this item one craft takes, at the workbench the recipe asks for.
What the Semi Automatic Body recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 15 × Scrap, 1 × High Quality Metal and 75 × Metal Fragments for one.
×15 
×1 
×75 50% ×18 ×1 ×90 80% 
×22 ×2 ×112 50% 25% 50% 
×12 ×1 ×60 20% 
M15 Semi-Automatic Pistol +40%+50%+60%+75% 
M92 Pistol +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Prototype 17 +40%+50%+60%+75% 
SKS +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Semi-Automatic Pistol +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Semi-Automatic 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 Semi Automatic Body
Scientist has the best chance at 36%, followed by Boat Scientist at 36% and Component Crate at 27%.
Shops that hand it out
Travelling VendorShop×5for90–120ScrapStats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
