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The .357 Magnum revolver is a powerful handgun, more accurate and powerful than the USP or Glock, featured in most of the Half-Life series' titles.

Overview
In Half-Life, the player finds his first .357 Magnum near a dead security guard in the chapter Blast Pit, near the Tentacle roots. In Blue Shift, the player finds the weapon in the chapter Captive Freight next to a security guard pulled out of his car and killed. In Half-Life 2, the first .357 Magnum the player acquires is in the chapter Water Hazard, in a Civil Protection outpost on the Canals. In Episode One, it is found in the first room of the Technical trainstation. In Episode Two, it is found while trekking through the Antlion caves in the Victory Mine.

Tactics

 * The .357 fire one round at a time with a decent recoil. It packs a large punch, but it has a long reload time and low rate of fire, so one must aim carefully and make every shot count, as it only holds six rounds at a time.


 * Since it has no built-in scope, the HEV Suit zoom can be used to aim for long distance shots, then the zoom must be quickly released before firing.


 * Ammunition for this weapon is very rare in all of the games, so the player should use this weapon only when its pinpoint accuracy and stopping power is required.


 * Using this gun in the multiplayer deathmatch modes can result in many easy kills at any range as long as the player aims for the head.

Trivia

 * The .357 was originally to be a .44 Magnum revolver.
 * The Half-Life Deathmatch .357 model features a attachment under the barrel that resembles a laser pointer but acts as a scope.

List of appearances

 * Half-Life
 * Half-Life: Blue Shift
 * Half-Life 2
 * Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
 * Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
 * Half-Life 2: Episode One
 * Half-Life 2: Episode Two