Python Revolver

The hardest-hitting gun on pistol ammo you can craft, unlocked at a Level 2 bench. Each shot lands heavy, but a small cylinder punishes spam.

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Characteristics

Category: Weapon

Stack size: 1

Durability: 100

Workbench: Level 2

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 60 Scrap

Damage: 55

Fire rate: 400 shots/min

Magazine: 6

Reload: 3.75 s

Overview

In-game description

A High Powered six-shooter.

Pick the Python when you trust your aim. It sits on the Level 2 tier next to the semi-auto pistol but plays nothing like it: every shot hits like a truck, and many players say it kicks hard, so firing as fast as you can click rarely pays off.

It loads normal, HV and incendiary pistol rounds, so it shares ammo with an SMG. The usual setup is a Thompson or MP5 as the main gun and the Python as the switch when the SMG runs dry at mid range.

Pros

Cons

Strongest single shot of any gun on pistol ammo
Takes a holosight, a lasersight or even a scope
Quick draw for a sidearm swap

Many players find the recoil heavy, so follow-ups need re-aiming
Small cylinder and a slow reload
No muzzle brake or silencer slot

Next to the cheap revolver, it is a clear step up once you can spare the high quality metal. In a tight base fight a shotgun or SMG still beats it, though. Save the Python for the medium-range duel across a monument yard, where one clean hit decides who heals and who loots.