Playing the latest experimental, I dropped a shotgun to the ground and it did not immediately appear in the vicinity. I searched around a bit and then the server crashed or restarted.
After relog on the same server the shotgun was not only there and visible, it was duplicated.
I suppose this bug leads to the pictures that get posted on reddit from time to time, where items like ammo boxes or oranges or weapons are stacked on top of each other, multiple times.
see http://imgur.com/K7JfCYZ&k9oNIHp#1
in http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/2jeos8/so_this_is_where_ammo_boxes_now_huh/
Confirmed. Happened with me and my group a couple nights ago. The server was being wonky and we ended up with around 4-5 shotguns before it stopped restarted and duping them.
Hello moeb1us,
Thank you for sending us your feedback regarding this issue. Unfortunately, this problem is a known issue that has previously been reported.
Closing as duplicate of #17628.
Regards,
JStewart