Semi-Automatic Pistol
A semi-automatic pistol, fires rapidly and with good accuracy.
The Semi-Automatic Pistol is a semi-automatic weapon in Rust. Its default ammo is the Pistol Bullet. It deals 40 damage per shot at 400 shots per minute from its 10-round magazine. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the Semi-Automatic Pistol
A full reload takes 2.9 seconds, and switching to it takes 0.5 seconds. Aiming down the sights narrows its spread from 2.75° to 0.75°, 3.7 times tighter than firing from the hip. Its 15 compatible attachments include a silencer. Mounted in an Auto Turret, it deals 35% of its normal damage.
There are 3 kinds of ammo for it: Pistol Bullet, Incendiary Pistol Bullet and HV Pistol Ammo. With the remaining ammo type, its damage per second is 94 for the HV Pistol Ammo. The HV Pistol Ammo flies fastest, at 400 m/s, and the Incendiary Pistol Bullet slowest, at 225 m/s.
From full condition it fires 400 shots with the Pistol Bullet before it breaks, which is 40 full magazines. Recycling it returns the Semi Automatic Body (50%) and Metal Pipe (50%) only by chance.
On the tech tree it sits behind 7 other unlocks: Homemade Landmine, Pump Shotgun, 12 Gauge Buckshot, Metal Shield, Salvaged Icepick, Salvaged Axe and 1 more. In all, 25 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Semi-Automatic Pistol damage and stats
Loaded with the Pistol Bullet, the Semi-Automatic Pistol deals 94 damage per second. The Incendiary Pistol Bullet raises it to 105.
How to craft the Semi-Automatic Pistol
Crafting one takes 25 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 1 × Semi Automatic Body, 6 × High Quality Metal and 1 × Metal Pipe.
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How to get the Semi-Automatic Pistol blueprint
Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 8 Blueprint Pages in total.
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100 Scrap Blueprint 100 
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1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 8 How to repair the Semi-Automatic Pistol
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 3 × High Quality Metal, and you need its blueprint.
×3 Semi-Automatic Pistol compared with other semi-automatic weapons
Among the 10 semi-automatic weapons it ranks 5th for damage per second, 6th for damage per shot, 2nd for fire rate and 7th for magazine size.
The closest to it in damage per second are the SKS, Semi-Automatic Rifle, Python Revolver and Revolver.
Pistol Bullet 40 94.1 0.8° 300 ×25–45m 
Incendiary Pistol Bullet 44.8 105.4 0.8° 225 ×25–45m 
HV Pistol Ammo 40 94.1 0.8° 400 ×25–45m Damage & DPS are per-shot with the listed ammo; aim cone is the spread in degrees, velocity in m/s.
Variable Zoom Scope –––––+50 %––– 
Burst Module –+30 %-35 %-35 %–-35 %––– 
Extended Magazine –––––––+25 %– 
Weapon flashlight ––––––––– 
Gas Compression Overdrive +20 %-20 %––+30 %+10 %––+20 % 
Holosight ––-20 %–––––– 
Weapon Lasersight ––-20 %-50 %––-90 %–– 
Muzzle Boost –+10 %+0.15+0.5––––– 
Muzzle Brake -15 %–+0.5+2–-50 %-100 %–– 
Simple Handmade Sight ––––––––– 
Oil Filter Silencer -30 %–––-30 %–––– 
Military Silencer -25 %–––-25 %–––– 
Soda Can Silencer -30 %–––-35 %–––– 
8x Zoom Scope –––––+50 %––– 
Targeting Attachment ––––––––– What the Semi-Automatic Pistol recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 3 × High Quality Metal for one.
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×4 75% 50% 75% 
×2 40% 40% 40% Where to find the Semi-Automatic Pistol
Elite Crate has the best chance at 7.2%, followed by Metal Detector (deep sea) at 6.1% and Bradley Scientist at 5.1%.
Metal Detector (deep sea) — 6.1% ×1 
Metal Detector — 0.5% ×1 
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
