Weapons / Pistols
Sidearm Pistol
Sidearm Pistol is a pistol in the current Fortnite loot pool, available in 5 rarities. Numbers below come from the api-fortnite.com loot-pool feed, not our own game-file mining.
- Best DPS
- 196.9
- Damage
- 31
- Fire rate
- 6.35
- Magazine
- 14
- Ammo
- Light Bullets
Sidearm Pistol stats by rarity
| Rarity | DPS | Damage | Mid | Long | Fire rate | Mag | Reload | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legendary | 196.9 | 31 | 27.9 | 24.8 | 6.35 | 14 | 1.40 | 30 |
| Epic | 184.1 | 29 | 26.1 | 23.2 | 6.35 | 14 | 1.47 | 28 |
| Rare | 177.8 | 28 | 25.2 | 22.4 | 6.35 | 14 | 1.55 | 27 |
| Uncommon | 171.5 | 27 | 24.3 | 21.6 | 6.35 | 14 | 1.63 | 26 |
| Common | 158.8 | 25 | 22.5 | 20 | 6.35 | 14 | 1.71 | 24 |
DPS is damage per second on body shots at point-blank range. Mid and Long are the damage the same shot does at range — Fortnite guns fall off with distance. Structure is damage to builds. Reload is in seconds.
Where Sidearm Pistol spawns
- Chests5.3%
- Supply drops4.9%
- Rare chests4.9%
- Floor loot (warm-up)4.4%
- Floor loot2.7%
- Fishing1.8%
The chance that a given chests roll produces this weapon at any rarity. It also appears in 7 other loot sources whose in-game names we can't state with confidence, so they're left out rather than guessed at.
Handling and range
- Spread (hip)
- 0.15
- Spread (ADS)
- 0.35
- Recoil (vert)
- 1.89
- Recoil (horiz)
- 0.2
- Falloff starts
- 4750
- Max range
- 27500
Spread is the cone of fire — lower is tighter, and aiming down sights tightens it. Falloff is where damage starts dropping toward the long-range figure; both are in Unreal units. You can carry 102 spare rounds.
Shots to eliminate
| Target | Shots | Time | Within one magazine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 HP | 4 | 0.47s | Yes |
| 100 HP + 50 shield | 5 | 0.63s | Yes |
| Full (100 + 100) | 7 | 0.94s | Yes |
Body shots with the Legendary version, every shot connecting. Time runs from the first shot landing to the last, so a one-shot elimination is 0.00s. A full magazine delivers 434 damage. Headshot figures are left out on purpose: Fortnite's headshot multiplier varies per weapon and isn't in the data, so any number here would be a guess.