Pistols

Pistols is a primary weapon class featured in Red Dead Redemption. There are two branches of pistols in the game, Revolvers and Handguns.

Many characters in Red Dead Redemption canonically carry specific weapons. Marshal Leigh Johnson carries a pair of matching Cattleman Revolvers. Sometimes the types of pistol an NPC character will carry may change over time and encounters, and can only be referred to by the specific category of pistol that they carry.

Background
A revolver is a repeating weapon that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. As the user cocks the hammer, the cylinder revolves to align the next chamber and round with the hammer and barrel, which gives this type of firearm its name

Description
They are mostly used in Red Dead Redemption by bandits and John Marston. They are the first kind of pistols available to the player, and are relatively powerful, although they have disadvantages in both ammunition capacity, and reload time. Revolvers are the usual weapons used in the pistol category, even though semi-auto pistols can be used too. Revolvers use Revolver Ammo.

List of Revolvers

 * Cattleman Revolver
 * Schofield Revolver
 * Double-Action Revolver
 * LeMat Revolver

Background
A semi-automatic pistol (also known as an automatic pistol, self-loading pistol, self-loader, autopistol, and autoloader) is a type of handgun that can be fired in semi-automatic mode, firing one cartridge for each pull of the trigger. Whereas other types of handguns accomplish this function by using multiple chambers and a single barrel (revolvers) or multiple chambers and barrels (for example, some derringers), semi-automatic pistols use a single chamber and a single barrel, which remain in a fixed linear orientation relative to each other while being fired and reloaded semi-automatically.

Description
Semi-Auto Pistols are extremely useful pistols in Red Dead Redemption. High rate of fire and magazine capacity brings them devastating power in terms of DPS (Damage Per Second), with or without Dead-eye. One example is the High Power Pistol: it is favored by government agent Edgar Ross. Pistols use Pistol Ammo.

List of Handguns

 * Volcanic Pistol
 * Semi-automatic Pistol
 * High Power Pistol
 * Mauser Pistol
 * Double Action Revolver