diff --git a/Content.Server/Weapon/Ranged/Systems/GunSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Weapon/Ranged/Systems/GunSystem.cs
index 537dd5bc58..957f16a977 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Weapon/Ranged/Systems/GunSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Weapon/Ranged/Systems/GunSystem.cs
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ public sealed partial class GunSystem : SharedGunSystem
 
                         if (dmg != null)
                         {
+                            PlayImpactSound(result.HitEntity, dmg, hitscan.Sound, hitscan.ForceSound);
+
                             if (user != null)
                             {
                                 Logs.Add(LogType.HitScanHit,
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Weapons/Ranged/Components/BallisticAmmoProviderComponent.cs b/Content.Shared/Weapons/Ranged/Components/BallisticAmmoProviderComponent.cs
index 73a85c5641..9377238f24 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Weapons/Ranged/Components/BallisticAmmoProviderComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Weapons/Ranged/Components/BallisticAmmoProviderComponent.cs
@@ -10,19 +10,19 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Weapons.Ranged.Components;
 [RegisterComponent, NetworkedComponent]
 public sealed class BallisticAmmoProviderComponent : Component
 {
-    [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadOnly), DataField("soundRack")]
+    [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite), DataField("soundRack")]
     public SoundSpecifier? SoundRack = new SoundPathSpecifier("/Audio/Weapons/Guns/Cock/smg_cock.ogg");
 
-    [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadOnly), DataField("soundInsert")]
+    [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite), DataField("soundInsert")]
     public SoundSpecifier? SoundInsert = new SoundPathSpecifier("/Audio/Weapons/Guns/MagIn/bullet_insert.ogg");
 
-    [ViewVariables, DataField("proto", customTypeSerializer: typeof(PrototypeIdSerializer<EntityPrototype>))]
+    [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite), DataField("proto", customTypeSerializer: typeof(PrototypeIdSerializer<EntityPrototype>))]
     public string? FillProto;
 
     [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite), DataField("capacity")]
     public int Capacity = 30;
 
-    [ViewVariables, DataField("unspawnedCount")]
+    [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite), DataField("unspawnedCount")]
     public int UnspawnedCount;
 
     [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite), DataField("whitelist")]
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Weapons/Ranged/HitscanPrototype.cs b/Content.Shared/Weapons/Ranged/HitscanPrototype.cs
index d7bab2668d..764b8c3218 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Weapons/Ranged/HitscanPrototype.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Weapons/Ranged/HitscanPrototype.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Content.Shared.Damage;
 using Content.Shared.Physics;
+using Content.Shared.Sound;
 using Content.Shared.Weapons.Ranged.Systems;
 using Robust.Shared.Prototypes;
 using Robust.Shared.Utility;
@@ -28,8 +29,17 @@ public sealed class HitscanPrototype : IPrototype, IShootable
     [ViewVariables, DataField("collisionMask")]
     public int CollisionMask = (int) CollisionGroup.Opaque;
 
-    [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite), DataField("color")]
-    public Color Color = Color.White;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sound that plays upon the thing being hit.
+    /// </summary>
+    [ViewVariables, DataField("sound")]
+    public SoundSpecifier? Sound;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Force the hitscan sound to play rather than potentially playing the entity's sound.
+    /// </summary>
+    [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite), DataField("forceSound")]
+    public bool ForceSound;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Try not to set this too high.