Shelling S49 Pistol

The Shelling S49 Semi-Automatic Pistol is a 15-round handgun that occupies the primary weapon slot. It is non-rundown specific and was released during the GTFO pre-alpha launch.

Description
As the name implies, the S49 is semi-automatic. It can kill sleepers in several rounds, especially with headshots which will usually stagger them.

The S49 has a moderate rate of fire, which paired with the current fastest reload of the game and decent hip fire accuracy, it ensures there's little downtime shooting at waves of sleepers while on the move. Although, its moderate damage can leave players vulnerable if they don't aim for the head, as it can take up to five body shots to kill a striker or shooter.

The S49 is similar to the DMR but with a higher rate of fire and larger ammo capacity but reduced damage. The DMR overall requires solid aim to be effective, where as the S49 is more forgiving but would still reward good accuracy.

Pros

 * Solid damage.
 * Destroys the head of basic enemies in one/two shots (for Strikers and Shooters respectively).
 * Good hipfire accuracy.
 * Good ammo reserves.
 * Fast reload time.

Cons

 * The accuracy decreases quickly during rapid fire.
 * General purpose weapon that's not particularly specialised against anything.
 * Hordes can overrun the user if head shots are not landed.
 * Not particularly effective against large enemies.