.357 Magnum

Damage grows with the stars: 63 damage a bullet at one star, 79 at five, and 81 to 134 on a headshot.

The magazine holds 7 rounds at every star.

A star changes nothing else: not the reload, not the range or the falloff, not the aim down the sights.

One shot per pull of the trigger. A pull within 333 ms of the last shot does nothing, so the .357 Magnum fires at most 3 shots a second; under that, the player's trigger finger sets the pace.

Reloading is done by hand: load it, then a flick of the wrist to close it. Nothing in the game times a reload.

Against a built wall every hit counts 2 times its damage.

It has the fewest rounds and the longest wait between shots of the semi-automatic pistols. Full damage reaches 28 m, further than any other pistol.

A player has 100 health and up to 100 shield. On health alone the .357 Magnum downs in 2 body shots or 2 headshots. Through a full shield it takes 4 body shots or 3 headshots, if everything lands.

At five stars: 2 body shots or 1 headshot on health alone, 3 body shots or 2 headshots through a full shield.

From 3 stars up, one headshot downs a player with no shield.

Full damage out to 28 m. Past that a bullet does 44 damage and falls to 40 over the next 30 m, then stays at 40 out to the .357 Magnum's 185 m range.

A bullet travels at 550 m/s, so a target moving sideways at distance has to be led.

The 1911 does 44 damage a bullet, up to 5 bullets a second. The PX4 does 30 damage a bullet, up to 7 bullets a second. The Tec9 does 25 damage a bullet, 17 bullets a second.