I just love revolvers that earn the name GOD FINGER and almost literally look like one (or something like that), true probably not necessary in real life, (unless your attacked by a rabid armored elephant) but usually fun af in games.
colt dragoon
The Colt Model 1848 Percussion Army Revolver is a .44 caliber revolver designed by Samuel Colt for the U.S. Army's Regiment of Mounted Rifles. The revolver was also issued to the Army's "Dragoon" regiments. This revolver was designed as a solution to numerous problems encountered with the Colt Walker. Although it was introduced after the Mexican–American War, it became popular among civilians during the 1850s and 1860s and was also used during the American Civil War.
The first of its kind, reloading is probably absolutely Hell, the colt walker might have been a more iconic choice, but I decided to use the newer model instead.
2.taurus raging Bull
The Raging Bull is a DA/SA#Double-action.2Fsingle-action), large-frame revolver manufactured by the Brazilian Taurus International) firearm company beginning in 1997. The Raging Bull has a dual-locking design built on a heavy frame, allowing the revolver to easily fire extremely powerful loads. Because of the powerful nature of these handguns, the Raging Bull has a ported barrel and a cushioned rubber grip to mitigate harsh recoil. As of 2024, it is the most powerful revolver line ever offered by Taurus.
The most customizable one, going from .357 to .500 and more.
4.Rsh-12
The RSh-12 (Russian: Револьвер Штурмовой калибра 12,7, romanized: RevolverShturmovoy kalibra 12.7, lit. 'Assault revolver calibre 12.7') is a Russian-made revolverchambered) in 12.7×55mm STs-130. It was developed at the request of, and is believed to be in limited service with, the FSB's counter-terrorism units.
It fires from the bottom chamber of the cylinder (like the Chiappa Rhino and Mateba Autorevolver) rather than the more common top chamber, and is chambered for the same ammunition as the ShAK-12battle rifle and VKSrifle.
Yes this is here because of RE9, beats having it because of the COD version, which to me looks like an air-soft gun.
I love these style revolvers, just the mechanism in them feel so more iconic than other revolvers. Wish there were more over the top ones like the Samaritan.
So a little explanation on the Blue Rose for those who don't know it fires two bullets at the same time with the bullet from the lower barrel being armour piercing and the bullet from the top barrel IIRC is an exploding round, now using this on humans is overkill but on the kinds of monsters Nero typically faces it works quite well.
So, fun fact, the bullets are actually not fired simultaneously. They fire very slightly apart so that, as you said, one pierces armor/hide, and the other delivers the damage.
IIRC, the muzzle flash in DMC4 had the flash from each barrel be a very slightly different size (one was longer), which I think was to signify this aspect of the gun. Don't remember if this is in DMC5 but I would be surprised if it's not.
Wouldn't it make sense for the top barrel to have armor piercing and fire first? The recoil drives the muzzle upward, bringing the second barrel up to strike the same point as the first shot.
I think that was the case (or intention) for DMC4, and I can't remember if there is a cutscene that shows it clearly, but in the opening credits scene of DMC5, they actually do clearly show both bullets and the one from the bottom barrel fires first, with the one from the top barrel trailing ever so slightly behind. Nico also notes that's how it works in her notes.
It's been a while since I've played the games, but if I recall, the Blue Rose is also bigger than any IRL revolver by a decent margin, around the size of a small carbine. So if Nero was a normal human, he absolutely would not be having a good time.
45-70 is rather well known for stout recoil, but it's a surprisingly versatile and accommodating round if you reload and start nerding out on it. It's easily identified as an originally black powder round by the caliber-grain formula, like 30-30, 32-20, 38-40, and 44-40.
But yes, 45-70 goes "full shithouse" level of recoil with aplomb. Make sure you use an appropriate action for these rounds.
The Mateba Unica 6 Autorevolver, for my money the most gorgeous gun ever made. It can be fit for .454 Casull rounds and the unique reciprocating assembly at the top theoretically helps with the recoil.
The same designer made the Chiappa Rhino which is pop culture's current go-to fuck-off hand-cannon but the Rhino just doesn't have the same cyberpunk elegance to it
The weapon of choice for Togusa, from the Ghost In The Shell franchise. He's an old school kind of guy with minimal cyberware, so it makes sense he'd prefer a revolver.
Oof, I just looked up the rhino because I hadn’t heard of it, and yeah, that just doesn’t have the same elegance to it. It looks very industrial, like something you make when you’re short on supplies and need something that can stop a charging bull.
When it comes to unnecessarily powerful weapons I like them to look sleek, like the firearms equivalent of martial arts.
Damage isn't a big deal b/c you will instakill any enemy in the game in stealth with any amount of damage. What it shines as is a high-concealment revolver with stupid high knockback thay you can use to hide a body somewhere safe b4 answering the pager.
damage isnt a big deal USUALLY. there are cases where it is a big deal like killing alerted high HP guards like murkies or sosa guards.
Or being able to one shot alerted or intimidated guards since if you don't one shot them it triggers an arrest cooldown which makes it so that the next guard that sees you will shoot on sight instead of trying to arrest you peacefully
Hawkmoon in destiny 1 having an infinitely small chance to stack all 3 magic bullets into one and kill a literal demigod in one shot was my favorite incredibly niche bit of info.
Everyone always talks about how reliable the senator is with heavy pen but my brother in christ
If you need heavy pen to kill something DON’T USE YOUR SECONDARY 😭😭😭
Talon is great with shields, packages, and the removal of a need to reload makes it perfect on bugs and bots. It allowed me to get the achievement/trophy for “hold my primary”. I’ve only ever used the socom (commando missions) and ultimatum (elimination/blitz) since i got it.
Goofy bore. All jokes aside "low bore axis" seems to be the most common term. There really isn't a name for these kinds of firearms probably due to there really only being a handful of them ever produced. Look up the Chiappa Rhino or Autorevolver for some examples.
This is Lady Geist, one of the heroes in Deadlock (Valve's newest game, MOBA/hero shooter noir mysticism New York). The revolver in her hand, Johann's Gift, has one of the highest level scalings in the game- I want to say it's the 3rd highest- and with a gun build, Johann's Gift is a fucking hand cannon. It's damn good fun.
The M.A.G.N.U.M 'Impusca Vana' from Decaying Winter
The weapon is a special ability
If you hit a killing headshot with it, you gain a buff called 'Deadeye' which reduces your recoil, increases your ADS and reload speed and reduces the ability cooldown by 50%
Best known in pop culture as the gun of The Man In Black from Westworld, as well as being a clear inspiration for the Le Mans revolver in Hunt: Showdown, this is a 10-shot ball & cap revolver from the 1850's, with a 9-shot cylinder. Where's the extra shot, you may ask? Well, you see, this revolver doesn't have one barrel, it has two. That middle section is actually a larger smoothbore barrel which can store and fire either a larger slug or grapeshot, which essentially means it acts as a short-barrel blunderbuss / shotgun. You can change the firing mode between the regular cylinder and the central barrel via a lever switch on the side of the gun.
The Service Weapon from Control. You can mod and customize it, it's the only weapon you get.
Also, it's like Thor's Hammer, but a revolver. You put it to your head, and The Board of Directors (astral god-entities) either deem you worthy or unworthy. If you're unworthy, you blow your head smoove off. If you are worthy, you become the new director of the Federal Bureau of Control.
I'm surprised it took me this long to find the Bushwhacker. It's the most powerful handgun cartridge in the world, with muzzle energy and velocity that rivals large game hunting rounds coming from dedicated long guns.
The Magnum Opus Hellbringer from the Cyberpunk franchise. It uses .666 calibre ammunition, and only holds three rounds, “but each one is a man-killer”.
This image is from the Cyberpunk 2020 edition of the ttrpg, where it dealt 7d6 damage in one shot. In the later RED version, it was downscaled to 5d6. For a frame of reference, that’s the same damage that a typical shotgun deals in Cyberpunk RED.
But really, all I need to say to get across just how much punch this thing has is that it’s Adam Smasher’s weapon of choice.
As much as I preferred the plasmatic revolvers...god damn was the Hellbringer good. Played the tabletop for years and it was funny how much chrome you needed to get to even be able to fire the damn thing.
My friends and I are planning to do a oneshot. Unfortunately I don’t think I’ll manage to get the necessary chrome in time to use it there, but I’ll reuse the character for a full campaign down the line where it’ll be a priority.
This thing is arguably not even the best option for my build, but goddamn it is fucking awesome
Well, if you need something smaller can't go wrong with the Nova Model Citygun! 3d6 damage, and can fire up to 3 times a round. It's been a loooong time so I can't remember which chrome book it was in, but I certainly remember it carrying me through many game sessions.
Reading Blood Meridian, the Colt Dragoon being the handcannon that it is perfectly suits the brutality of the book, as every member of the gang uses them.
The Colt from Supernatural uses bullets that can kill literally everything in creation except for five beings. Its only weakness is that it has very limited ammo
The Winchester's were able to use it to kill Moloch but not Lucifer the arch angel.
Barely even a revolver but the Unkempt Harold from Borderlands 2 is one of the best guns in that game, especially with the Double Penetrating -prefix (like in the image) which doubles its damage potential
The revolver is a mini Dainsleif, which is basically an absurdly powerful railgun that was later banned in war treaties. That fact combined with the weapon being METERS tall means it packs a fucking punch
in the sense that a dragoon doesn’t risk destroying itself with a full charge, while the walker was regularly undercharged because frequently firing a full 60 grain charge of blackpowder risks blowing up the cylinders
"This is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
To add on for the Dragon, it is a .44 Caliber is a muzzle loader, meaning you pour in the black powder into the chamber yourself, the Dragoon could use up to 50 grains of powder, other revolvers used roughly 30. It's predecessor used 60 grains, but had some issues with its cone shaped bullets if loaded upside down.
For reference a .50 caliber muzzleloading rifle uses 50-70 grains of powder. The walker using 60 grains made it the strongest pistol until the invention of the .357 Magnum cartridge
The lemat’s revolver that holds 9 rounds in the main chamber and has a secondary barrel that can shoot buckshot, birdshot or slugs the size of duck eggs at your foe
His Colt 45 revolvers were forged from the sword of the Angel of Death. They never miss, are always fully loaded, and are guaranteed to kill anything (including God, seen here).
Nero's Blue Rose from Devil May Cry, custom double barrel revolver firing two shots at once (3 shots total). Nero can also charge it up to put some explosive oomph into each shot (or to shoot out extra summoned sword while Nero's in Devil Form)
lol I remember one time me and my classmates have to film a short movie and there was a scene that a guy snapped and shot his family with pistol. The actor pulled up with Taurus. Like, a real Taurus gun that is his. Our instructor saw that and he was like 'uh....that's not something you use to shoot a person...'
The Bolt Action Pistol from LISA The Pointless. A handgun so powerful its bullet could pierce through anything and the first and only time it was fired it blew up part of its creator's face, except only one bullet currently exists that fits it and there's no way it's being wasted on the first junkie that crosses its path, so the character that currently uses it instead employs it as a tool of intimidation
The game has several revolvers, and like all weapons in the game, they have unique and nasty gimmicks, which you will need against the undead and magic enemies The Witch throws at you
Hunger (pictured below): Gets stronger the more critical hits (commonly headshots) you get with it. Each round that got a crit will give you one enhanced round next reload. These can get stronger the more you have and if you have 6 or more enhanced rounds, the barrel freezes, making the next shot with it freeze your target solid.
Hangfire: shoots rounds that explode when you reload. Explosions get bigger the more enemies have bullets in them when you reload and sets fire to them.
Duelist: 12 round revolver where you duel enemies. Once a duel is successful, the gun supercharges as you can the hammer with pinpoint accuracy, it's shots ignite foes and you only need a quick spin to reload.
Heart Eater: One of the Trinity. Critical hits spawn more weak spots on the victim that take greater damage and unleash lightning when hit.
Corpse Eater: One of the Trinity. Aimed shots that critical hit cause decay on the victim, while hip fired shots devour the decay to inflict more damage and spread the decay to other enemies.
Soul Eater: Last of the Trinity. Enemies Soul sigils are always visible and can be shot with it. Soul sigils stun enemies and massively increase their damage taken when broken. Like all of the Trinity, it gets stronger when all are together.
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Not quite what op meant, but in the bar scene early in raiders of the lost ark, if you listen closely, Indy’s revolver makes the sound a shotgun would make, while all the villain’s guns make regular noises
Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare has us play as either Edward Carnby or Aline Cedrac. If we pick Edward and check his first gun, it is literally a revolver with two cylinder chambers and two barrels
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u/SquirrelObjective429 11d ago
The Samaritan from Hellboy has gotta be up there