Magnum Pistol

The Magnum is a powerful handgun in Left 4 Dead 2. It has an eight round magazine and appears to deal a lot more damage. However, it cannot be dual-wielded, like the regular pistol can. The Magnum is modeled after a .50 Desert Eagle. It is probable that this weapon will do more damage, fire faster, or have better accuracy than regular pistols, considering it can only be single-wielded.

Based on footage seen at PAX 2009, it seems that the Magnum can be obtained in safe rooms and in other parts of levels.

Trivia

 * Even though the magnum is modeled in the .50 AE caliber, the 8 round magazine is only used in the .44 magnum variant. This could be linked to the "Handcannon" weapon from Tripwire's "Killing Floor" game, which also has 8 rounds while claiming to be .50 AE caliber.
 * Due to the size and power of this gun, it could be considered by some to be a tier 2 pistol.
 * In the game the magnum is named "Magnum Pistol".
 * The Magnum will likely re-use code from its Counter-Strike counterpart just like the Left 4 Dead weapons did.
 * Many people expected this weapon to be a "revolver" style magnum weapon, similar to the one used by The Spy from Team Fortress 2.