Semi-automatic Pistol

The  is a pistol featured in Red Dead Redemption.

Description
This weapon, along with the High Power Pistol and the Mauser Pistol, are the only semi-automatic pistols in Red Dead Redemption. This gun is also the choice weapon of Dutch Van Der Linde.

Single Player

 * This weapon can be purchased at the Escalera Gunsmith at a base price of $300.


 * Alternatively, the player can unlock this weapon for free after completing the Fort Mercer hideout. It will be found in the treasure room on the wood table left of the entry door, and one of the gang leaders will drop one.

Multiplayer

 * The Semi-automatic Pistol is unlocked upon reaching the 24th rank.
 * It can also be found by killing Blackwater police, some of whom carry them.
 * It is also possible to gain a gold-plated one when getting 100 headshots in Shootouts or Bag Games

Tips and Tricks

 * The holds seven rounds in its magazine. Early semi-auto pistols had single stack magazines, meaning the rounds are in a straight line in the magazine as opposed to the offset double stack magazine of some modern pistols. Though seven rounds is little improvement over the six rounds of the Cattleman, the Semi-Automatic Pistol has a higher reload rate and a seemingly higher level of damage.


 * In multiplayer, this gun seems to defeat repeaters and other guns at close range and so it's possible to use this as an advantage. Due to this gun's relatively high damage and high rate of fire (depending on how fast in tapping the fire trigger) it can easily defeat enemies at close range except when enemies have shotguns, that need to run back, take cover and pop out quickly with a quick burst of semi-auto fire. Also with the pistols recoil, it is easy to aim for the upper chest and let the recoil take the gun into a headshot.

Trivia

 * The is the choice weapon of Dutch Van Der Linde. However, in the cutscene just before Dutch's death, he is seen holding a Cattleman Revolver instead.
 * Occasionaly Landon Ricketts uses this weapon.
 * It is based on the Borchardt C-93.

Achievements/Trophies
The can be used to unlock the following achievements.