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"The .38 is the most effective pistol in close quarters and is capable of one-shot kills at point-blank range. Combine it with a long-range dual handed weapon for a very powerful loadout."
―Social Club description

The .38 Revolver is a handgun in Max Payne 3.

Overview[]

The .38 Revolver is a six-rounds grey-black American police revolver, with an average barrel size. This is one of the most famous revolvers in history and has been in use since the early 1900s and is widely used by both police and gangs.

It has much more stopping power than all other handguns but less range and accuracy than the 608 Bull or Desert Eagle, requiring its users to engage at short range to secure kills. In multiplayer, this issue can be partly rectified by attaching a barrel upgrade, but it will still fall short of other pistols in distance and accuracy by a considerable amount.

The .38 can be dual wielded with any other handgun that is seen in Max Payne's story in 2012.

In 2012, the .38 revolver is mostly used by Sao Paulo's gangs, such as the Comando Sombra, who use the revolver as one of their primary handguns and light weapons, alongside the PT92 and the Micro 9mm.

Appearances[]

Multiplayer[]

The .38 Revolver is one of the starting weapons immediately available to a rank 1 character, and also comes with the Soldier and Lookout preset loadouts.

Attachments[]

Icon Name Slot Effect Unlock
Attach barrel Barrel Upgrade Barrel ++ Range
+ Weight
Level 7
Attach compensator Compensator Barrel + Accuracy
+ Weight
Level 2
Attach gasblock Gas Block Internal −− Weight Level 4
Attach gold Gold Plating Tint Colors the weapon gold Collect all golden parts
Attach chrome Chrome Plating Tint Colors the weapon silver Connect to Social Club
Dualwieldicon Dual-wielding - Allows this weapon to be equipped twice in a loadout Level 3

Grinds[]

Icon Grind Objective Requirement XP Award
KILLSWITH38 Tools of the Trade Kills with .38 Revolver 50
250
500
1000
200
750
1000
2000
HEADSHOTSWITH38 Dead Reckoning Headshots with .38 Revolver 10
25
50
100
100
250
750
1500

Behind the Scenes[]


Weapons in Max Payne 3
Pistols White 38 revolver.38 Revolver2 ·White colt 191119112 ·White taurus 608608 Bull2 ·
White glock18Auto 9mm2 ·White deserteagleDE .502 ·White taurus pt92PT922
Shotguns White gpshotgun(Hammerhead) · White benelli m3 M4 Super 90 · White mossberg 590 M500 ·
White doubleshotgunSawn Off2 · White franchi 15 SPAS-15 · White shotgun Super Sport
Submachine guns White mac 10M102 ·White beretta pm12M9722 ·White miniuziMicro 9mm2 · White hk mp5MPK ·White famaeSAF .40
Assault rifles White ak47AK-47 · White fn fal FAL ·White hk g36kG6 Commando · Weap imbel ia2 white (IA2 AR) · Weap galil white (IMG 5.56) ·
Weap m4assault white (M4 Assault) · White imbel md97 MD-97L · White ruger mini 30 Mini-30 · Weap tar white (UAR-21)
Sniper rifles White hk sg1 FMP G3S · Weap m24 white (M24) · White barret m82 M82A1
Machine guns White hk 21e LMG .30 · White rpd RPD
Launchers White grenadelauncher (G9) · White law LAW · White rotary grenade Rotary Grenade Launcher · White rpg (RPG)
Projectiles Weap grenade betty white (Bouncing Betty) ·White grenade flash(Flash Grenade) ·White grenade he(Grenade) ·White molotov(Molotov) ·
White grenade smoke(Smoke Grenade) ·White grenade gas(Tear Gas) ·White grenade tincan(Tin Can)
Other Weap cattleprod white(Cattle Prod)2 ·Weap nightstick white(Night Stick)2 ·Weap pepperspray white(Pepper Spray)2 ·Weap stungun white(Stun Gun)2
2 indicates that a weapon is dual-wieldable.
(Parentheses) indicates that a weapon is only usable in multiplayer.
Italics indicates that a weapon is added by downloadable content.
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