Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31602879-20170411093746/@comment-26360837-20170524064059

Pistols are not only good for when your main weapons are out of ammo.

they can be used if you dont want to spend expensive normal ammo on weak zombies at the beginning of a mission (a good example of this are the waves of weak zombs at the beginning of onslaught)

Also if you want to know the best pistol, its mustang, as it beats every pistol at short/medium (hell, sometimes even at long) range.