Pistol Bullet
Ammunition for a Pistol. Loses velocity when fired over long distances resulting in slightly decreased damage.
The Pistol Bullet is ammunition in Rust for 10 weapons, among them the Uzi, MP5A4 and M92 Pistol. Its damage per shot runs from 21 in the Handmade SMG to 55 in the Python Revolver. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Pistol Bullet
It fits 10 weapons, the Uzi, MP5A4, M92 Pistol, Prototype 17, Custom SMG, Thompson, Semi-Automatic Pistol, Python Revolver and 2 more; the full list of weapons gives its damage in each. It flies at 150 m/s from the Handmade SMG and 300 m/s from the Python Revolver.
One craft makes 4, so each costs 2.5 × Metal Fragments and 1.25 × Gun Powder. A full stack of 128 takes 32 crafts and 96 seconds: 320 × Metal Fragments and 160 × Gun Powder. When a Supply Drop has it, it holds 15 to 48. Recycling it in a green recycler returns 10% of its crafting cost. Recycling it returns the Gun Powder only by chance, 62% of the time.
On the tech tree it sits behind 11 other unlocks: Flare, Waterpipe Shotgun, Salvaged Cleaver, Mace, Mini Crossbow, Compound Bow and 5 more. Only one vendor sells it: the Water Well Shop Keeper for 20 to 30 scrap. In all, 40 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Pistol Bullet damage and stats
Of the weapons that fire it, the Uzi gets the most damage per second out of it: 180. Where it lands changes its damage: ×2 to the head and ×0.75 to the legs and feet.
How to craft the Pistol Bullet
Crafting one takes 3 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 10 × Metal Fragments and 5 × Gun Powder. One craft makes 4 of them.
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Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 1 tech tree for 12 Blueprint Fragments in total.
1 Item 
40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
Node 
1 Blueprint Fragment Unlocked 12 
Python Revolver 55 73.3 6 300 
M92 Pistol 45 150.3 15 300 
M15 Semi-Automatic Pistol 40 94.1 10 300 
Prototype 17 40 149.6 18 300 
Semi-Automatic Pistol 40 94.1 10 300 
MP5A4 37.5 163 30 270 
Thompson 37.5 115.9 20 300 
Revolver 35 60.5 8 300 
Uzi 32.5 179.9 32 240 
Custom SMG 30 130.4 30 240 
Handmade SMG 21 59.3 18 150 Damage is per shot and already carries each weapon’s own scale, so the same round is not the same number in every barrel. DPS assumes the weapon fires without stopping.
What the Pistol Bullet recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 1 × Metal Fragments for one.
×1 25% 62% ×1 50% 75% 
×1 88% 94% 
×1 50% 
Large Present 20%×20 
Silver Egg 17.2%×20 
Gold Egg 16.7%×30 
Large Loot Bag 16.7%×30 
Medium Loot Bag 14.7%×20 The chance is for a single roll of what the item gives when opened.
Where to find the Pistol Bullet
Supply Drop has the best chance at 98%, followed by Present Drop at 86% and Cannon Crate at 76%.
Metal Detector (deep sea) — 20.4% ×18–22 
Metal Detector — 2.7% ×8–12 
Shops that hand it out
Water Well Shop KeeperShop×20for20–30Scrap
StablehandShop×17–100paid for an animal, more for a better oneStablehandShop×10–60paid for a wool lot, more for a better lotStats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
