Common means of doing so are grabbing large, heavy objects and whipping them around and into enemies. The host 2013 google docĪs such, it cannot be directly used as one, but rather must be used indirectly. The Physgun is a tool and has no capability as a weapon in itself. You may want to avoid doing this by accident.
Reloading twice causes all props you've spawned so far to unfreeze. Reloading r with the physgun causes the bones of a highlighted rag doll Highlight by rolling the crosshair over it to unfreeze. The Physgun can also straighten out the angles of a prop. Your mmb mouse wheel, allows you to drag the grabbed target to them or pull it away, although the same thing can be done by holding e and walking forward or backward w and s respectively. Holding down e your use key allows you to rotate the object if grabbed by using the mouse. Anything that touches the beam or vice versa will be grabbed by the gun and can then be manipulated, by you, into different positions.
Holding down your lmb left mouse button makes the Physgun emit a long blue beam from the front of the gun. It allows the user to lift, rotate the object in the air, place, and even freeze an object completely still, whether it's in midair or not.