Golden Guns

 are weapons found in Red Dead Redemption. They are only unlockable in multiplayer if the player reaches a certain level where they can unlock a title that accompanies a weapon. Hence the name, the gun is gold plated. Though, there are golden guns that are only unlocked through pre-orders.

Multiplayer
In multiplayer, there are challenges for every weapon which unlock as they become a part of the Free Roam load out. By completing Rank 3 for each weapon challenge of a weapon, that weapon becomes gold plated, and will stay as such whenever they wield that weapon in multiplayer. Unlocking a weapon's golden skin also unlocks a title that accompanies that weapon, for example, "Schofield Assassin." As a player move up through the different Legends the player's guns will stay gold plated.

There are gold version of every weapon, except Cattleman Revolver and throwing knives. Once having unlocked a weapon in Free Roam, with the experience level, except for flaming bottles and dynamite, make 100 headshots in competitive modes with this weapon to get it in gold. It is also necessary to kill 100 enemies in competitive modes, but a headshot is deadly so only count headshots.

Beware, if becoming a legend, it needs to reach the level of the weapon to improve it, and the number of kills and headshots will be reinitialized. But keeps all gold weapons

Note that only metal parts of a weapon are golden. Other parts (wood, ivory...) keep normal. So that's no surprise if the Henry Repeater is the most often golden weapon found in multiplayer as all the weapon, except the butt, is metallic.

Single Player
Two Golden Guns are available through pre-orders, the Golden Cattleman Revolver and the Golden Repeater Carbine. They are very different than most golden guns because the guns can increase fame with each kill.

Characteristics
Golden Guns are gold plated in appearance and nothing else. Only metal parts of a gun are golden, wooden parts (especially for rifles) still are in wood. The exception of this are the two gold weapons that come with the pre-ordered version of Red Dead Redemption. The Repeater Carbine and the Cattleman Revolver, the two pre-ordered weapons, will give you fame with each kill, allowing you to progress much quicker up the ladder of fame.

thumb|250px|This video shows all of the golden guns in Red Dead Redemption