Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades/Manual-Loading Pistols

=Manual-Loading Pistols=
This page covers Breech Loading, Lever Action, Bolt Action, Muzzle Loading, and Derringer pistols. For more information on how handguns are categorised in H3, see the previous subpage.
==American Derringer Model 6==
Update #105's first experimental build added several derringers to the game, with the American Derringer Model 6 among them. Two variants are available - a standard version in .357 Magnum, and an engraved "XL" version in (of all things) .45-70 Government; amusingly enough, both of these are, in fact, factory options for the real pistol.
A third variant was added in the third alpha build of Update #114, the "Pas De Deux"; as a Meat Fortress weapon, it is notably stylized, and chambers the fictional ".58 Ultra Long Rifle" round.
==="Model 6 XL"===
==="Pas De Deux"===
==Brügger & Thomet VP9==
The Brügger & Thomet VP9 was added in the Meatmas 2023 update. Much like the earlier-added Welrod, it is a suppressed bolt-action pistol, though it is notably less silent than the Welrod (as it uses a conventional detachable suppressor, instead of the Welrod's unique interchangeable baffle system) - though also more lethal.
==COP 357==
The full release of Update #85 added a pair of derringers, the more modern (and useful) of which was a COP 357.
==Flintlock Pistol==
Update #81 brought in the game's first muzzle-loading firearm (barring the GP-25, if you want to get pedantic), a .69-caliber Flintlock Pistol of supposed 18th century origin; it uses a completely proprietary code-base (the most complex of any firearm in the game), with a wide variety of possible interactions and results (whether beneficial or otherwise). It is referred to as the "Heavy Flintlock" due to its large caliber being shared by the Brown Bess musket, as opposed to using a smaller "pistol-caliber" ball.
==Heckler & Koch P11==
The Heckler & Koch P11 was added in the Meatmas 2023 update; this makes it the game's first underwater firearm, though it uses its standard above-water ammunition in-game, effectively making it a simple integrally-suppressed pepperbox.
==Heizer Defense DoubleTap==
The Heizer Defense DoubleTap was the first weapon to be added to the Meatmas 2020 Advent Calendar event, specifically the 9x19mm ported version.
4 years later, the 2024 Meatmas update added the "Kostoprav" (Russian for "bonesetter" or "chiropractor"), a fictional .410 over/under derringer based on the DoubleTap. Interestingly, Heizer Defense does make a .45 LC/.410 derringer, the PS1, but this is a single-shot like the PAK1 below.
thumb|none|600px|The DoubleTap in its crate, with an M1911A1 for scale. It is referred to in-game as the "Doubledown Derringer", or "DDD" for short. Given the weapon's date of introduction (December 1st), and the game's frequent use of crass humor, it wouldn't be surprising if this was a reference to the other DDD.
thumb|none|600px|Taking a look up close, one can see that this version features a ported barrel.
thumb|none|600px|And looking on the other side reveals that the release for the barrels is ambidextrous.
thumb|none|600px|Operating the Doubletap is near identical to the earlier-added Model 95, apart from not needing to cock the hammer.
thumb|none|600px|The scene provides the player with two +P API rounds, which gives the diminutive pistol a boost in viability.
thumb|none|600px|Taking aim at one of the new Junkbot enemies; the small gutter-sight on the derringer makes anything but point-blank shots a challenge, but at least these bots are unarmed.
thumb|none|600px|When the glowing red can on the back of the Junkbot's head is shot, the entire thing immediately falls apart.
thumb|none|600px|Having spent the second shot on another Junkbot, the derringer is now empty.
==="Kostoprav"===
==Heizer Defense PAK1==
The Heizer Defense PAK1 made its media debut in Update #102's first experimental build, going by the name "PK1" in-game.
==High Standard Derringer==
Added in the first experimental build of Update #105, the High Standard Derringer is the game's first derringer chambered in .22 Magnum, and only its third weapon (and its second "real" one) to use the round at all.
=="IPSICK 2011"==
Added in Update #95, the "IPSICK 2011" is an M1911-pattern racegun, visually reminiscent of the STI's 2011 series; in keeping with the update's theme of "cursed guns", it is a rather exaggerated-looking example of such a pistol, with purple wrap-around grips, a bright red C-More-style "YOLOgraphic" sight, a titanium nitride-coated barrel, and a multi-colored stack of daisy-chained compensators about as long as the entire slide. Furthermore, instead of being a mag-fed semi-auto as one would expect, it is a single-shot break-action pistol. Chambered in .50 BMG.
==Lancaster Howdah Pistol==
The Lancaster Howdah Pistol was added as part of the Meatmas 2024 update.
==Mossberg Brownie==
The Mossberg Brownie was added in Update #105's first experimental build, marking its first ever media appearance; it is referred to as the "Blondie", in keeping with the game's proclivity towards food-related puns (blondies being the non-chocolate counterpart of brownies).
==Nagant 1877 Gendarmerie==
The Nagant 1877 Gendarmerie was added as part of the Meatmas 2024 update; this marks the gun's first known appearance in a video game, and only its second known media appearance (the first being Les Possédés).
==Remington Double Derringer==
The second derringer added with the release of Update #85 was an ornately-decorated Remington Double Derringer, going by its alternate name of "Model 95" in-game. Holding just two manually-indexed rounds of the rather anemic .41 Short cartridge (with poor accuracy to boot), the Remington holds the somewhat dubious honor of being quite possibly the least useful firearm in the game - while the the earlier-added Volcanic Repeater does slightly less damage per shot, it has fourfold the capacity and enough accuracy to put all eight of those rounds into one side of a barn, a claim the Model 95 can't make in complete honesty.
==Remington Rolling Block Model 1871 Navy==
The Remington Rolling Block pistol is one of the available firearms in-game, added through Update #32; with the release of two additional Rolling Blocks (both rifles) in Update #91, the pistol got a slight rework in the form of a slight change to its controls (going from swipes to clicks on the user's touchpad/joystick to cock the hammer and open/close the action) and a rescaling of its model.
==Sharps Model 1C==
The Sharps Pepperbox, more specifically the Model 1C variant, was one of the derringers added in the first experimental release of Update #105; it is the first firearm in the game chambered for the concurrently-added .22 Short cartridge.
==Signal 9 Defense Reliant==
Known simply as the "S9R", the Signal 9 Defense Reliant derringer makes its media debut in H3, courtesy of Update #105's first experimental build. The in-game weapon is chambered in .32 ACP, and uniquely includes the real weapon's unusual feature of a spare speedloader in the bottom of the grip, along with its integrated underbarrel (or rather, under-barrels) laser sight.
==Thompson Center Arms Contender==
The 12th alpha build of Update #52 added a Thompson Center Arms Contender pistol chambered in .45-70 Government, with a curious combination of a wooden forearm and a synthetic Pachmayr grip. Interestingly, it uses the same code-base as the earlier-added Orion Flare Gun, due to the near-identical manual of arms.
==Triple Action Thunder==
The Triple Action Thunder was added on Day 4 of the Meatmas 2020 Advent Calendar event. It is the fourth pistol chambered in .50 BMG added to the game, and the first with a real-world counterpart.
thumb|none|600px|For copyright reasons, the gun's name is abbreviated to "TA Thunderer", despite the Thunder existing only as a prototype that failed to find a manufacturer.
thumb|none|600px|It really is an achievement when the Thunder isn't the most unorthodox pistol to be added to your game.
thumb|none|600px|In case it wasn't driven home how ridiculous this thing is, see how it compares in size to a 1911 pistol.
thumb|none|600px|Loading the Thunder requires opening up the unique "scissor breech" in the rear.
thumb|none|600px|This should also drive home how improbable the game's other .50 BMG pistols really are; the enormous bulk towards the rear of the pistol is taken up by the Thunder's massive nitrogen recoil dampener, which renders the recoil somewhat manageable.
thumb|none|600px|Taking aim with the Thunder's built in notch sights against the Static Drone enemies in the new Meatmas scene.
thumb|none|600px|Firing the Thunder predictably yields a lot of recoil. Yet despite the powerful round, the drone's armor is too strong.
thumb|none|600px|Emptying the spent casing requires opening the breech block and dropping the casing out.
thumb|none|600px|To meet this challenge, we're going to need some... assistance.
thumb|none|600px|The drone's weak spot, these small red triangles, are tough to hit from a distance. But you'll want to be shooting from a distance...
thumb|none|600px|...as the drones explode on death. Or if you get too close. Either way, the Thunder is not to be underestimated.
==Volcanic Repeater==
The Volcanic Repeater is one of the firearms added in the Wurstworld update. It's based on an early Smith and Wesson produced Navy model, with iron frame over the later brass frame, and is chambered for .41 caliber "Rocket Ball" rounds, which are (correctly) rather anemic.
==Welrod Mk IIA==
The long-requested Welrod was added on day 13 of the Meatmas 2020 Advent Calendar event. It is the game's first bolt-action pistol that isn't a chopped down rifle, and one of the only known media depictions of the Welrod that accurately depicts its use of replaceable wipes that degrade with use; this is reflected in both the firing sound (with the first shot on a fresh set of wipes being near-totally silent apart from the firing pin, and the tenth being roughly as loud as an ordinary suppressed pistol) and the model of the baffles (which visibly wear out over time).
=="Whizzbanger"==
A weapon that vehemently resists all attempts at conventional classification, the "Whizzbanger" is arguably the strangest addition brought along by the 2019 April Fools' Day update - and that's saying something for an update that also added Sosigs with glowing red clown noses that bleed confetti. Based on a Pimp My Gun photo believed to have originated from 4chan, the Whizzbanger consists of an RIS foregrip, attached to which are a pair of scope mount-esque rings in front of a spring-loaded firing pin, meant to be struck with a provided mallet (though just about anything - other objects, walls, enemies, etc. - will also do the job). To top it all of, the cartridge of choice for this monstrosity is, of all things, .50 BMG (which is presumably why it sits with the anti-materiel rifles in the item spawner). Update #71 furthered this insanity by adding a 3rd, smaller ring to the front of the device, and allowing it to take attachments. Including suppressors.
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