P220 Pistol

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P220 Pistol
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Weapon Type	Pistol/Sidearm
Capacity	15 (30 if dual-wielded)
Carry Capacity	Infinite
Damage per Shot	36
Rate of Fire	300 (600)/minute
Damage per Second	175 (350)
Damage per Magazine	540 (1080)
Total Damage	Infinite

The SIG Sauer P220 Pistol is the backup weapon of the Survivors in Left 4 Dead 2. It is one of the weapons they can use when knocked down, although with a slower rate of fire and greatly decreased accuracy. The pistol(s) is one of the only weapons that has infinite ammunition. However, they are still limited to a magazine capacity of 15 rounds.

Even though they are meant as emergency weapons, the pistols make great secondaries, or even primaries for Hunting Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Grenade Launcher and any shotgun users. They pack a punch slightly greater than that of the assault rifle, and possess above average accuracy. Pistols will usually spawn on the first level of each campaign. This occurs most frequently on easy and normal. However, on advanced and expert, they are often not available during the first level.

Upon picking up a melee weapon, Survivors drop their pistol (if they are dual wielding, they will drop both pistols). However, when they are incapacitated, they still pull out a pistol, and once revived, the pistol is no longer part of their inventory and the melee weapon is still in the pistol slot. While illogical, this is due to the fact that a survivor downed with no pistol is a sitting duck and it would be impossible to defend a team mate reviving them.

[edit] Dual-Wielding

If a second pistol is found, they can be dual-wielded. Once you equip another Pistol, that pistol will be a Glock, however the Glock will not be automatic. Second pistols are placed periodically by the Director and can also be picked up if dropped by a teammate who has picked up a magnum, melee weapon, or has died. This allows for twice the ammo capacity, as well as the rate of fire being increased from 300 to 600 RPM. The downside of having two pistols is that it takes slightly longer to reload, but this delay is marginal and doesn't affect gameplay much. When dual-wielded, the pistol in the left hand will not have a light. It is not possible to dual wield a magnum; instead one sacrifices that ability for extra power.

[edit] Trivia

• Unusually, if you pick up a P220 that another survivor drops when they pick up a melee weapon or the magnum, it changes to a Glock. In addition, if you pick up a Glock when you have a melee weapon or magnum, it changes to a P220.
• When a survivor using a melee weapon is downed and pulls out a pistol, once they are revived, the pistol quite simply disappears. It is not in the holster, nor present anywhere else on their person.
• The Glock in the dual pistol arrangement uses the single P220 firing sound, while the P220 uses a new sound. (possibly the Glock's)
• The P220 reuses Left 4 Dead's HUD icons.
• The P220 actually does not look at all like the real life Sig Sauer P220 that it claims to be. But, it appears to be modeled as the Sig Sauer P226.
• In Realism Mode, using a P220 on a Common Infected can cause body deformation. This may be because in real life, a pistol can blast holes in its target.
• If you shoot all but 1 bullet when dual wielding the pistols, and you switch to your primary weapon and back to pistols, after you cock the guns, the P220 will cock itself back.
• Strangely, the Glock Pistol holds 15 Rounds per Magazine, yet the model (Presumably a Glock 17) holds 17 Rounds per Magazine.
• Like in the original Left 4 Dead, if you crouch and hold still with the P220 (And/or with the Glock 17), you will have excellent accuracy, which is great at picking off targets in the distance.

[edit] Gallery

Coach holding the P220.

The Glock's ground model.

Ellis holding the P220 and Glock.

The P220 and Glock using the Left 4 Dead dual Pistol's reload animations.

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Weapons
Left 4 Dead
Tier 1	Pump Shotgun /  Submachine Gun
Tier 2	Assault Rifle /  Auto Shotgun /  Hunting Rifle
Sidearms	M1911 Pistol
Left 4 Dead 2
Tier 1	Pump Shotgun /  Chrome Shotgun /  Silenced Submachine Gun /  Submachine Gun /  Hunting Rifle
Tier 2	Combat Rifle (SCAR) /  AK-47 /  M-16 Assault Rifle /  Combat Shotgun /  Tactical Shotgun /  Sniper Rifle
Sidearms	P220 Pistol /  Magnum
Special Tier	Grenade Launcher
Other Weapons
Melee Weapons	Axe /  Baseball Bat /  Chainsaw /  Cricket Bat /  Crowbar /  Electric Guitar /  Frying Pan /  Katana /  Machete /  Nightstick
Grenades	Molotov Cocktail /  Pipe Bomb /  Bile Bomb
Upgrades	Incendiary Ammunition /  Explosive Ammunition /  Laser Sight
Other Weapons	Minigun / Heavy Machine Gun /  Gas Can / Oxygen Tank / Propane Tank / Fireworks /Cola / Gnome Chompski