Sidearm Pistol

The Sidearm Pistol is a Pistol in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added Chapter 3: Season 1.

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

Stats
Sidearm Pistols range from dealing 25-31 damage per shot (168.75 - 209.25 Damage per second). All Sidearm Pistols use. The Sidearm Pistol has a Headshot Multiplier of 2.0x. The Sidearm Pistol is a hitscan weapon, with First Shot Accuracy enabled.

Strategy Guide

 * The Sidearm Pistol is more deadly the faster you can fire it. If you have good trigger finger, the Sidearm Pistol will have a DPS almost on par with fully automatic weapons.
 * Landing headshots is very beneficial with this weapon. At a decent fire-rate and mixing in headshots gives the Sidearm Pistol a higher DPS than most other weapons.
 * Even though the Sidearm 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.

Chapter 3: Season 1

 * Update v19.00: Added the Sidearm Pistol in, , , and.

Trivia

 * The Sidearm Pistol is based off of the real world Italian Berreta M9.