Combat Arms/Pistols

The secondary weapon is a gun that isn't as good as your primary weapon, but it can still help you get kills if you are out of ammo for your primary weapon or find yourself in a tight situation. There are two types of secondary weapons - pistols and shotguns.

Pistols
A pistol is a small, portable gun, capable of only semi-automatic fire. While all the pistols have a maximum possible rate of fire, the real rate of fire depends on how fast you can repeatedly click. Pistols have a fast reload and moderate damage, with the exception of the Anaconda Black.

Beretta M92FS
Common Name: M92

The default pistol that is free to maintain lacks in many aspects. It is the only pistol of a five-hit kill and has relatively low accuracy. However, this pistol has a larger clip size and more ammo than the other pistols. Buying a better pistol to replace this isn't very necessary, unless you are going to play a Pistol-Only game.

Beretta M92F SE
Common Name: M92 SE

This special edition of the default pistol is basically the same as it in every way, except that it reloads faster.

Colt M1911 MEU
Common Name: MEU

The Colt MEU is the strongest pistol with the exception of the Anaconda Black. To compensate for the strong three-hit kill, the MEU fires very slowly and has high recoil every shot. Along with high accuracy, this is a good all-around pistol. It costs a relatively great amount of GP, though.

HK USP
Common Name: USP

A toned-down version of the MEU, the USP is just as accurate, but is weaker and faster. The USP borders around three to four shots to kill, usually four, depending on the enemy's armor. The USP has the highest recoil of any pistol besides the Anaconda Black.

HK USP Tactical (Supply Case)
Common Name: USP Tactical

A Supply Case upgrade on the normal USP, this version has green camo and a built-in silencer. Other than that, it is no different than the USP. Getting the USP Tactical is mostly a by-product of not getting what you wanted from a Supply Case, because you could just buy a USP and attach a silencer to get the same thing.

Glock G23
Common Name: G23

Specializing in a balance of stats and very low recoil, the G23 isn't as accurate as the USP or MEU. It has the fastest fire rate with the exception of the K5. The G23 is often a satisfactory choice to replace the default M92 with, considering that it doesn't cost a lot.

Glock G23 SE
Common Name: G23 SE

A special edition G23, this gun is absolutely no different besides the fact that it can be drawn faster. Along with its high rank requirement, and the fact that a draw speed improvement isn't worth 100 extra GP, not a lot of people have this pistol.

Glock G18
Common Name: G18

One of the most unique pistols in the game, this one is actually capable of selective fire between burst and semi-auto firing modes. It fires slightly faster and has slightly more recoil than the G23. Otherwise, this pistol is exactly the same as the G23. The burst ability alone gives this pistol a very hefty price.

Daewoo K5
Common Name: K5

The K5 is the fastest firing pistol, and it sacrifices damage to do just that. It is still stronger than the default M92, however. With additional low recoil, the K5 is the pistol that you can "spray" with the best.

Anaconda Black
Common Name: Revolver

This beast of a gun, although classified as a "pistol", should be given a category of its own because it is completely unlike a pistol. The Anaconda Black is a revolver capable of a two-shot kill, and lacks speed to compensate. The Anaconda Black also has massive recoil per shot, a slow reload, and costs more GP.

The Anaconda Black can not be fitted with a silencer or a magazine mod. The Anaconda Black is allowed in Pistol-Only games because of its official classification as a pistol.

Double Barrel
Common Name: DB

The double barrel shotgun is one of the only guns in combat arms not capable of any modifications.

The double shot setting does more damage, but since the Double Barrel's Damage is already very high, there is almost no use of it.

Saiga 20K
Common Name: 20K

The Saiga 20K an unique weapon in Combat arms being the only shotgun that is clip feeding. It is also the only semi-auto shotgun apart from the SPAS-12 and it's variants. It is in every stat better than the SPAS-12, but also costs more to maintain (1000 GP).