History PlayingWith / PunchPackingPistol

** The starting handgun is of a higher caliber than the assault rifle.

* '''Exaggerated''': The player runs purely with the 9mm pistol; not bothering to use the assault rifle since it's damage is so pitiful.

* '''Justified''': The enemies are demons; the assault rifle is just an ordinary soldier's gun, while the revolver is a demon slayer's specialty weapon that uses DepletedPhlebotinumRounds.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...until you get the Silver Gun, a pistol that's never matched by any rifle round-for-round.
* '''Parodied''': Anything hit by even a single pistol round is turned into [[LudicrousGibs Chunky Salsa]] and the recoil from it is powerful enough to send the player a few meters back.

'''Basic Trope''': A pistol does an unrealistic amount of damage, usually more per shot than an assault rifle.

* '''Exaggerated''': The player runs purely with the pistol; not bothering to use the assault rifle since it's damage is so pitiful.

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* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Straight''': In an FPS, the revolver can kill an armored {{mook}} in a single headshot, while it takes two or three rounds from an assault rifle.
* '''Exaggerated''': Nobody even bothers with the assault rifle, since it's damage is so pitiful.

** The assault rifle is superior to the revolver, but the revolver [[CriticalHitClass does much higher critical damage]].
** An assault rifle and a revolver do the same damage per bullet, despite the rifle being obviously higher-caliber.

* '''Justified''': The enemies are demons; the assault rifle is just an ordinary soldier's gun, while the revolver is a demon slayer's specialty weapon with DepletedPhlebotinumRounds.

* '''Inverted''': A revolver is so unrealistically weak that fists make a better back-up weapon.

** A revolver does more damage than an assault rifle... because the revolver is a future weapon with retro stylings and the starting assault rifle is a relic. Assault rifles from the same era as the revolver are significantly more powerful.
** RealityIsUnrealistic: The more powerful per shot revolver uses .357 magnum rounds, which really do have more energy than the 9mm rounds used in the carbine.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until you get the Silver Gun, a pistol that's never matched by any assault rifle round-for-round.
* '''Parodied''': Anything hit by even a single revolver round is turned into [[LudicrousGibs Chunky Salsa]] and the recoil from it is powerful enough to send the player a few meters back.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': There are several revolver types. They range from being [[HiddenWeapons small and covert]], to being intended as [[ArmorPiercingAttack tank killers]], to [[UtilityWeapon firing flareguns and tracker darts]].

* '''Exploited''': Speedrunners forgo using any other weapon because the Revolver is a GameBreaker in the hands of someone capable of landing headshots every shot.
* '''Defied''': Every pistol and revolver is deliberately made weaker than rifles, even while fully upgraded.

** The pistol does more damage than the assault rifle but only at near point blank range. It is explicitly revealed that the pistol uses three times the propellant of the assault rifle and burns

** RealityIsUnrealistic: The more powerful per shot revolver uses .357 magnum rounds really do have more energy than the 9mm used in the carbine.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': There are several revolver types. They range from being [[HiddenWeapons small and covert]], to being intended as [[ArmorPiercingAttack tank killers]], to [[UtilityWeapon firing flareguns and tracker darts]]

* '''Subverted''': A revolver does more damage than an assault rifle... because the revolver is a futurist weapon and the starting assault rifle is a relic. Assault rifles from the same era as the revolver are significantly more powerful.

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