The Best Pistols in Escape From Tarkov

Going out it in a Raid with only a pistol is never recommended. Unless you catch your enemy by surprise or you’re a highly skilled player, it’s most likely that you’ll always lose against soldiers with primary weapons.

However, this doesn’t mean that you can’t try a pistol and get kills with it — or just have fun. After all, this is a game in which any weapon can be fatal when shot at the right place and with the right ammo. One bullet into a head without a helmet is a free kill.

Pistols have the same relevant stats as regular weapons: weight, recoil, the max distance at which they are effective, ergonomics, accuracy, rate of fire, muzzle velocity, and turn speed. But with more than a dozen pistols with different stats in the game, which are the best? Let’s check the following list.

Before going to our selection, please notice that any gun in Escape from Tarkov won’t get you far unless you load it with good bullets. Check our Best Ammo Guide for more info.

Beretta M9A3

The cheapest 9x19 pistol is also one of the very best in the game. It has decent ergonomics (71), a standard rate of fire (30 RPM), and a high accuracy score (9.97). This one can be purchased from Peacekeeper since Loyalty Level 1 at the cost of 124 Dollars.

SIG P226R

Also sold by Peacekeeper but in a later Loyalty Level (2), the SIG P226R is basically everything the M943 is, but better. A higher ergonomics (83) and accuracy (10.31) scores put this one a bit higher on the list. The only downside is that you have to work your reputation with Peacekeeper to be able to trade it for 4 Damascus knives.

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