H2:Magnum

Magnum
The Magnums in Halo 2 (top) and Anniversary (bottom).
Gameplay role
Faction:	Human (UNSC)
Weapon tier (?):	Dual wield weapon
Weapon class (?):	Pistol
Weapon type (?):	Bullet
Firing mode:	Semi-Automatic
Effective range:	Close to medium
Counterparts:	Covenant Plasma Pistol
Gameplay stats (as of Auto-Update 3)
Damage:	SP: 8 MP: 5.5
Damage type (?):	bullet_slow
Projectile effects:	Headshots
Projectile speed:	400 wu/s
Hitscan range (?):	~26.66 wu
Max range (?):	40 wu
Rate of fire:	0.1s fire recovery time (10 rounds per second)
Spread (?):	0.25 to 1.5 degrees
Magazine size:	12 rounds
Reserve ammo capacity:	48 rounds (4 magazines)
Auto aim (?):	3 degrees out to 12 wu
Sticky aim (?):	6 degrees out to 16 wu
Melee damage (?):	Strike Melee
Tag name (?):	magnum

This article is part of a series on Human Pistols in the Halo games

First-person shooters

CE:Pistol
H2:Magnum
H3:Magnum
H3:Automag
H3ODST:Automag
Reach:Magnum
H4:Magnum
H2AMP:Magnum
H5G:Magnum
HINF:Sidekick
CEV:Magnum

HFR:Magnum

Twin-stick shooters

HSA:Magnum

HSS:Magnum

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The Magnum is a weapon featured in Halo 2. It is one of the most common weapons throughout the game. Information on the Magnum in the multiplayer component of Halo 2: Anniversary can be found here.

Universe and lore

Main article: M6C magnum

In the original Halo 2, the Magnum featured is the M6C magnum; a magazine-fed 12.7x40mm handgun in the M6 series utilized by the UNSC Marine Corps and UNSC Navy.

Gameplay

Counterparts

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  Plasma Pistol

Campaign

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Multiplayer

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Production notes

"In Halo, the pistol behaved more like a rifle than the assault rifle, and the assault rifle behaved like a submachine gun. Now we have a rifle that behaves like a rifle, an SMG that behaves like an SMG, and a pistol that behaves like a pistol. Basically I initiated a 'throw off the shackles of FPS conventions' party and just about everybody showed up."

— Robert McLees

In Halo: Combat Evolved, the Pistol was infamous for being a powerful utility weapon, something which fans and developers considered illogical for a handgun. This caused the developers at Bungie to reconsider the sandbox for Halo 2, part of which involved taking the original Combat Evolved pistol tag and re-saving it as the newly-christened battle rifle. The Pistol—now renamed the Magnum—was also given a redesign, losing its ability to scope in, a significant debuff to its outgoing damage, and an increase to both its magazine size and rate-of-fire to feel more like a conventional sidearm. The weapon's visual design was accordingly changed, losing the wireless scope to reflect the gameplay adjustments, and becoming more distinct thanks to a matte black finish as opposed to the original design's reflective chrome.