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Pistol 45ACP · Single ⊘ Removed in 42.1

R45

Removed from the game in Update 42.1 — no longer in world spawns or the store. Stats below reflect the last build it shipped in, kept for reference.

The R45 is a 45ACP pistol. It carries about 0.25 s between shots, a 6-round magazine and a 3.0 s reload. Against an unarmored target at point-blank range, a torso shot deals 65 damage (2 hits to kill) and a head shot deals 136.5 (one hit).

R45
Base damage
65
Fire rate
240 rpm
0.25s between shots
Magazine
6
Reload
3.0 s

Trajectory

Muzzle velocity
330 m/s
Max bullet travel
1000 m
Hipfire spread
3.5
No falloff curve — flat damage to maximum range. Common for pistols (no BallisticData reference).

Zone damage point-blank, unarmored

representative bone shown
Head 136.5 bone: head 1 shot to kill
Torso 65.0 bone: spine_02 2 shots to kill
Pelvis 65.0 bone: pelvis 2 shots to kill
Arm 41.0 bone: upperarm_l 3 shots to kill
Leg 41.0 bone: thigh_l 3 shots to kill

↳ representative bone per zone: Head→head, Torso→spine_02 (baseline 1.0, not the inflated spine_03 1.1), Arm→upperarm, Leg→thigh, Pelvis→pelvis. The detail table on the reference page shows the full bone breakdown.

Field notes

reviewed for Update 42.3

The R45 was removed from the game in Update 42.1, and this page preserves the last values it shipped with. It went out on top of one statistic: at 65 base damage it hit harder than any other handgun in the game — a point above the R1895 (64) and three above the Deagle (62).

What made the R45 more usable than its fellow revolver was the kit. Unlike the R1895, whose only slot is a muzzle attachment, the R45 carried both an upper and a lower rail — a red dot on a wheel gun, plus a laser sight — which turned a quirky early-game pickup into something you could genuinely fight with through the first circle.

If you are looking for the closest living relative, it is the Deagle: .45 ACP, near-identical damage class, seven rounds, and the same red-dot-plus-laser loadout. The R45's six 45 ACP rounds at 240 rpm now exist only on this page.

Worth knowing
  • Removed in Update 42.1 — values preserved here for reference.
  • 65 base damage: the hardest-hitting handgun in the game at removal.
  • The only revolver that took a red dot sight (upper rail) and laser (lower rail).
  • Closest available substitute: the Deagle (62 damage, 7 rounds, same rails).

Recoil

Vert. var.
0.05
Left max
-0.3
Right max
0.3
Speed V
15.0
Speed H
12.0

Attachments

Sights
Red Dot SightHolographic Sight
Foregrip
Laser Sight

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