That post by itself is a contradiction. I've had this whacky idea for another pistol. It shoots slow, weak, lacks distance... what it does is inject poison, and in 30 to 1 minute the target dies, falls over, bam. That way there's no way you could lose a battle, even when killed, as long as you hit.
wait, so you want a pistol that = win with even 1 bullet? that is the cheapes thing I've ever heard of, sorry dude.
the poison pistol could have limited range, and need to be reloaded longly after each shot. also, if you get medical attention, then you are cured. sounds fun!
it still sounds unfair. a gun where you only need to land one shot and then they die is dumb. also, a rifle man with this could poison someone, then start rifling them.
Mind, you wouldn't lose any health. Just, say, get a poison icon visible on the screen, with a timer. After that you simply die.
meh I like my semi-auto machine pistol more :D this is one example: http://www.remtek.com/steyr/tmp/tmp.gif
holy **** empires noob, that top machinegun IS the one that you get in half life 2. it even has the Picatinny rail and square laser ironsight, it's litterally identical.