Holdt R4 Pitbulls

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Holdt R4 Pitbulls
Game artwork. Not an in-game screenshot.
Weapon in Just Cause
Type	Revolver
Usage	Dual Wield
Maximum ammunition carried	Infinite
Maximum ammunition in the weapon	12 (6 for each pistol)
List of owners	The Agency

The Holdt R4 Pitbulls are weapons in Just Cause (1).

Description

They are two small silver coloured revolvers, which are always carried by Rico, even after dying. The Pitbulls are available from the start of the game.

Looking closely, they have small what appear to be tiny grenade launchers under the barrels. These do not function in the game.

They are very similar to the Smith & Wesson Model 29, presumably modified by the Agency.

Performance

They have infinite reserve ammunition, with 6 bullets in a cylinder, although because they are always dual wielded, they behave the same way as a single pistol with a magazine of 12.

If you fire one round from one gun and not the other, you cannot reload, as the reloading animation depicts both guns being reloaded. Two shots from the Pitbulls seems to be more powerful than a single shot from the next most powerful gun, the Moretti P.94.

Despite seemingly being the weakest guns in the game, they get the job done against small numbers of enemies at low heat, and the infinite ammunition is also very convenient.

Trivia

• Although not particularly powerful, the Pitbulls make good weapons in an emergency (out of other ammunition), or for providing suppressive fire.
• They're replaced in Just Cause 2 by "Rico's Signature Gun", which is larger and more powerful. The under-barrel grenade launcher is still purely cosmetic and does not actually fire.
• It would not be for another decade until another weapon with infinite "ammunition" became available to Rico: the eDEN Spark.

Gallery

Rico and Tom Sheldon inside the Pocumtuck Nomad during the mission The San Esperito Connection. Note the Holdt R4 Pitbulls on Rico.

At the Hidden temple at Isla Maria Dolorosa.

In Rico's hand.

The HUD icon.