Pistol

The Springfield Armory 1911 pistol is mainly used as a support or emergency weapon. When a Survivor is knocked down the only weapon that can be used is the handgun, but accuracy and rate of fire are greatly diminished in this state. Pistols have an infinite ammo supply but are still limited to a 15 round magazine and still have to be reloaded.

Dual-wielding
If a second pistol is found, they can be dual-wielded. This allows for twice the ammo capacity, as well as a slightly faster rate of fire. The downside of having two pistols is that it takes slightly longer to reload. When dual-wielded, the pistol in the left hand will not have a light.