High Power Pistol

The High Power Pistol is a weapon featured in Red Dead Redemption.

Description
The High Power Pistol is statistically one of the best all around handguns in the game with its high rate of fire, quick reload, and eight round capacity. It is also one of the last weapons to be unlocked in the single player campaign. It is also the most powerful of the pistols/revolvers. This weapon was very uncommon during the game's era. It is a "gift" from Edgar Ross, so it fits in with the theme of the encroachment of modernity in the West, and Ross' support of modern technology, it is one of the semi-automatic pistols including the Mauser Pistol and the Semi-automatic Pistol. It appears that the High Power Pistol resembles the FN Model 1903, except this one would have a pearl grip.

Single Player
In Single Player, the weapon is given to John Marston by Edgar Ross in the opening cutscene of the story mission "Bear One Another's Burdens".

Undead Nightmare
One of the Random Encounters in the wilderness during Undead Nightmare involves a doctor who is conducting experiments on undead corpses in an attempt to find a cure for the disease. After assisting the doctor in four to six separate encounters, he will provide the player with a High Power Pistol.

Multiplayer

 * The High Power Pistol is unlocked into the player's regular inventory upon reaching rank 35.
 * The "High Powered Killer" weapon challenges are unlocked at the same level. Completion of these challenges turns the weapon golden for the player.
 * It can also be obtained by killing another player who has the weapon equipped.
 * In Free Roam, the pistol can be found in Tesoro Azul and it is also carried by the local law enforcement in Blackwater.

Trivia

 * When the High Power Pistol becomes golden, it appears to have engravings on the slide that look similar to the engravings on the 100th anniversary model of the 1903.
 * All High Powers in Red Dead Redemption appear to be custom modified with pearl grips.
 * The High Power Pistol is the only pistol in the game that uses a slide as the loading action.
 * When reloading the High Power Pistol, the gun's slide always locks back, empty or not, despite Marston not even racking it, but slingshots it forward when finishing the reload animation.
 * Official Red Dead Redemption artwork shows Edgar Ross holding a Colt M1911 instead of the High Power Pistol.
 * Although the High Power pistol is hammerless, Marston will still put his hand on the back of gun as if to pull the hammer when defeating an opponent in a duel.
 * In the mission "An Appointed Time", Arsenio Baldizon is seen holding a High Power Pistol and executing a rebel during the opening cut-scene.
 * In the mission "An Appointed Time", Arsenio Baldizon is seen holding a High Power Pistol and executing a rebel during the opening cut-scene.

Trophies/Achievements
The High Power Pistol can be used to unlock the following achievements or trophies: