Pistol

The Pistol is a Pistol in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in The Pre-Season alongside the Battle Royale game mode.

Functionality
The Pistol is a semi automatic, high fire-rate cap, any range weapon, but it excels at close to medium range combat. The Pistol has first shot accuracy, meaning it is capable of consistent damage at longer ranges.

Stats
Pistols range from dealing 24-29 damage per shot (162 - 195.75 Damage per second). All Pistols use. The Pistol has a Headshot Multiplier of 2.0x. The Pistol is a hitscan weapon, with First Shot Accuracy enabled.

Obtained
From when the weapon was last obtainable in Chapter 2: Season 8 (Before update Content Update v18.30)

Strategy Guide

 * The Pistol is more deadly the faster you can fire it. If you have good trigger finger, the pistol will have a DPS almost on par with the Assault Rifle.
 * Landing headshots is very beneficial with this weapon. At a decent fire-rate and mixing in headshots gives the pistol a higher DPS than the Assault Rifle.
 * The Epic and Legendary Pistol can be used as an assault rifle. As it has very good accuracy and almost the same DPS as the Assault Rifle, it is useful at mid to long range, but also useable in close range scenarios.
 * Even though the Pistol has a slightly lower DPS than most of the SMGs, it can still be beneficial due to better range, higher damage, speedier reload times, first shot accuracy, and a higher headshot multiplier.

Pre-Season

 * Update v1.6:, , and Semi-Auto Handguns added alongside the Fortnite: Battle Royale.
 * Update v1.7.1: Renamed the Semi-Auto Handgun to the Pistol.

Season 4

 * Update v4.30: Damage Fall-off vs. Structures was removed.

Season 5

 * Update v5.40: Vaulted variant of Pistol.

Chapter 2: Season 1

 * Update v11.00: and  variants introduced.  variant unvaulted.

Chapter 2: Season 2

 * Update v12.10:, , and pistol sounds adjusted.

Chapter 2: Season 4

 * Update v14.00: and  rarities vaulted.

Chapter 2: Season 5

 * Update v15.00: and  rarities unvaulted.

Chapter 2: Season 6

 * Update v16.00: Vaulted the Pistol in all rarities.

Chapter 2: Season 7

 * Update v17.00: Unvaulted the Pistol in all rarities.
 * and rarities can only be found by purchasing them or upgrading into them.
 * Update v17.21: rarity of the Pistol can be crafted into a Plasma Cannon using Alien Nanites.

Chapter 2: Season 8

 * Update v18.00: The and  Pistol can now be found via normal means again, rather than solely upgrading a  Pistol.
 * Content Update v18.30: Vaulted the Pistol in all rarities and was replaced by the Combat Pistol.

Trivia

 * Prior to Chapter 2: Season 6, the Pistol held the record alongside the Assault Rifle for the only weapon in Battle Royale to never be fully vaulted. This was broken however, with the full vaulting of the weapon with the launch of Chapter 2: Season 6.
 * Picking up a Pistol in Chapter 2: Season 1 would award the player a unique Legacy.

Visuals

 * The, , and Pistol is based on the American Colt M1911 with altered iron sights.
 * The real life Colt M1911 has an unmodified magazine size of 7 or 8 rounds, making the 16 round magazine of the Pistol impossible for the size of its magazine.
 * The weapon also has an incorrectly modeled trigger, as the real M1911 does not have the standard curved trigger of most weapons, but uses a sliding mechanism to fire the weapon.
 * The and  Pistol is based on the STI Combat Master 2011, which is based upon the M1911 itself.
 * Alongside the Heavy Assault Rifle, the pistol is one of the few weapons to have its High Tier version be an actual upgraded version of the low tier one, rather than a different weapon entirely.
 * The Chapter 1 version of the Pistol used comically large and stylized iron sights for the pistol, much larger than they would be in real life. These sights were scaled down for the Chapter 2 version of the gun. The size of the end of the barrel was also reduced for its remodel.
 * The and  Pistol have the same model as The Turncoat from Fortnite: Save the World.
 * The Chapter 1, , and Pistol shared  its model with the Vigilante.

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