Peacemaker

* Single
* Dual

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Dual Peacemaker icon

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The **Colt Model 1873 Single Action Army**, known as the **Peacemaker** in-game, is an automatic Pistol in surviv.io that uses .45 ACP Ammunition.

## Rarity

The Peacemaker is a relatively common Pistol that spawns in the Desert and Savannah Maps. It is very common in Cattle Crates. It also can spawn in Meteor Crates and Cloud Crates. This weapon has a chance of being obtained in the Normal Map and Woods Map by destroying the Hardstone Block. The Peacemaker is one of only six guns in the game that has First-Shot Accuracy.

## Pros and Cons

### Pros

* Can be dual-wielded
* High DPS
* Fully automatic
* High damage
* High fire rate for a pistol
* Versatile, as if you tap to fire, it is pretty accurate (as long as you wait 0.35 seconds between shots), and has poor accuracy when spammed, allowing to replace a shotgun
* It is First-Shot Accurate

### Cons

* Long reload time
	+ Even longer reload time when dual-wielded (5.1 seconds, longer than the PKP Pecheneg's reload time)
* Limited range
* DPS decreases by ~18.6 when dual-wielded
* Small ammo capacity size
* Loses complete accuracy once fired in automatic mode

## Strategies

### Using

* The Peacemaker is the MP220 of the Pistols; it features excellent burst damage balanced out by long reloads and low ammo capacity size, which results in a low damage per clip.
* A Peacemaker has extremely high DPS, higher than that of any other weapon except Shotguns and some dual-wielded Pistols.
	+ However, the damage per reload is among the lowest in the game at just 174. A player with high health and high-level armor can survive this even if all shots hit them.
* The Peacemaker's long reloading time means that you may want to use a secondary to finish your opponents off.

### Countering

* Shotguns or a high DPS SMG are usually better than the Peacemaker in close ranges.
* Make the user waste the magazine, quickly take a couple of shots while the reload time kicks in. It'll only take a couple of tries before you get them down.
* Fight at long ranges as the Peacemaker is very inaccurate when fired automatically or dual-wielded.

## Sounds

* Firing
* Reloading
* Dual Reloading
* Switch-to

## Trivia

* The name "Peacemaker" is a common nickname for the Colt Single Action Army.
	+ The Single Action Army is also known by the nicknames "M1873" and "Colt Frontier."
* The real-life Single Action Army uses the .45 Long Colt cartridge, not the .45 ACP.
* It is one of three revolvers in the game, the other two being the OT-38 and the OTs-38.
	+ All of the revolvers do not use the same round standard as the other guns of their caliber in the game.
* Although it is a single-action revolver in real life, it is considered full-auto in surviv.io due to the existence of "fanning the hammer" firing method. This requires a lot of skill to do in real life.
	+ A specific fanning method called "thumbing" can be done with dual-wielded pistols, thus allowing for the "full-auto" fire of the dual Peacemaker.
* The Peacemaker's reload sound implies that the player ejects and replaces all the rounds in the Revolver every time they reload, even when their ammunition is almost full. This is unnecessary as they would only need to eject the spent rounds, which would make the reload speed shorter in real-life.
* This is the oldest gun thus far to exist in-game, predating the M1911 by 38 years. It's age also makes it the few weapons which chambered in blackpowder cartridges. The
* This is the first limited-time-only gun, along with the Model 94 Rifle. It also can't spawn as a dual gun in the Normal map.
* It is the second automatic Pistol in the game, the first being the G18C, and also the second Revolver to exist in game.
* While it is First-Shot Accurate, it is inaccurate when fired automatically.
* The Peacemaker comes in several barrel lengths. The type used in-game is the standard 4 3/4 inch "Civilian" length. Other lengths include the compact "Banker's Special," the long Artillery type, and the extremely long "Buntline Special."
* The early versions of the Peacemaker used black powder, but as the years passed, the Peacemaker was converted to the smokeless powder used in all modern guns today.
	+ By the late 19th century and early 20th century, almost every country ditched black powder. This implies that this Peacemaker model used in the game was one of the later models of the first generation of the Peacemakers (early 20th century).
	+ This implies that either Mosin-Nagant or the Model 94 is the oldest gun in-game.
* The Peacemaker has a headshot multiplier of 1.5, which is lower than those of DEagle, M1 Garand, and SVD despite these three having greater damage per bullet.
* It is the only Pistol where dual DPS is lower than single DPS.
* The Peacemaker incorrectly ejects all of its casings at once one when reloading. In reality, the Single Action Army can only be reloaded by removing and replacing each cartridge one at a time through the loading gate.

Peacemaker on the ground.Dual Peacemakers on the groundA fellow survivr holding a Peacemaker.A fellow survivr holding Dual Peacemakers.