9mm pistol (Fallout: New Vegas)

The **M&A 9mm pistol** is a weapon in *Fallout: New Vegas*.

## Background

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The M&A 9mm pistol is a semi-automatic handgun manufactured by M&A Guns Manufacturers. It is a recoil operated, locked breech pistol with a linkless barrel-to-slide locking system and an external hammer. It is a single action pistol, meaning the slide must be pulled manually to cock the weapon and make it ready to fire. The most common wasteland variant of the weapon has a dark grey finish and checkered wooden grip panels, with staggered magazines offering a tremendous 13 round capacity.

Thanks to its low price and ruggedness, it is the standard sidearm of the New California Republic Army and a common sight in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.

## Characteristics

The M&A 9mm pistol is one of the most common guns to be found early on in the game, being very cheap to buy, utilizing very common ammunition, has no Guns skill requirement and has a very low Strength requirement in order to handle it effectively. It has three-dot luminescent front and rear iron-sights for better low-light fighting, and a minor idle sway.

It can also be modified with a short range scope and an extended magazine for further improvements to performance. Furthermore, it is considered an improved holdout weapon, and can be concealed so long as your sneak skill is 50 or greater.

### Modifications

* 9mm pistol extended magazine, +7 rounds per magazine.
* 9mm pistol scope, adds a 2x20mm short range scope with 1.6x magnification.

## Variants

* Maria, a unique version of the 9mm pistol used by Benny.
* Dean's 9mm pistol, a unique non-playable 9mm pistol used by Dean Domino. There are two versions that are used: the first only differs from the standard pistol in its use of companion ammunition, while the second has increased level of damage (19 as opposed to 16).

* There are also another four unused versions of Dean's 9mm pistol, that have a increased linear scale of damage.
* Debug megapistol, a developmental tool that has a tremendous damage of 9999.

## Locations

* Camp Guardian caves - laying on the floor in the passage leading down to the main cave.
* Freeside - on top of an ammunition box on the second level of the ruined building opposite of Mick & Ralph's.
* Goodsprings - a 9mm pistol is given to the Courier by Doc Mitchell, unless your skill in energy weapons is higher, in which case you will receive a laser pistol instead.
* Goodsprings general store - Chet also sells them at earlier levels.
* Great Khans may carry these as well.
* Gun Runners - The Vendortron sells them in near-perfect condition from early levels onwards.
* Lucky 38 - a fully repaired one can be found on the table in the Lucky 38 basement.
* Most NCR troopers carry them.
* Primm - inside Bison Steve Hotel on a shelf of an open cabinet, and on almost all of the convicts inside.
* Powder Gangers commonly carry them.
* Viper gunslingers carry these.
* Jackal gang members carry these.
* Primm - escaped convicts normally carry these, along with a melee weapon such as a tire iron or police baton.

## Behind the scenes

* The M&A 9mm pistol model is based on the real-world Browning Hi-Power pistol.

## Bugs

* PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 If loading a saved game from the main menu in which you have a 9mm pistol equipped and drawn, the reload animation takes twice as long as normal. This can be solved by simply switching to another gun and then back again.

## Gallery

* 9mm pistol with the scope modification.
* 9mm pistol with the extended magazine modification.
* 9mm pistol with all modifications attached.
* The manufacturers on the border of the classic and unique variant
* Pre-release image of the 9mm pistol.
* Pre-release image of the 9mm pistol with the extended magazine modification.
* Pre-release image of the 9mm pistol with the scope modification.
* Pre-release image of standard, extended magazine, and scope with extended magazine

## References

1. ↑ *"Crafted by M&A Guns Manufacturers"* is engraved on the slide of the 9mm pistol and Maria in *Fallout: New Vegas*. [1]
2. ↑ Weapon appearance and behavior.
3. ↑ J.E. Sawyer on Formspring:“
In my opinion, the BHP is a timeless design and its form is quite distinctive when compared to Fallout's 10mm pistols. Also, since I knew we weren't going to implement an M1911-style .45, the BHP-based 9mm design gives an extremely similar aesthetic (so similar that a lot of people assume it IS an M1911) while fitting into the 9mm/10mm/12.7mm semi-auto handgun progression in F:NV.

”— J.E. Sawyer, Formspring