WEAPON DOSSIER · CS2 · Precision heavy sidearm

Everything about R8 Revolver in CS2

The R8 Revolver delivers a highly accurate and powerful round at the expense of a lengthy trigger-pull. Firing rapidly by fanning the hammer may be the best option when point-blank stopping power is required.

Pistols In-game price $600 8 / 16 rounds

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R8 Revolver CS2 / R8-REVOLVER

Damage 86 Body

Armor penetration 93.2% Body · armor: 80.2

Rounds / min 120 Recoil magnitude: 20

Magazine 8 16 rounds

R8 Revolver round profile

Effective range Close to medium

Firing rhythm Prepared trigger pull

Defining trait

86 damage and 93.2% armor penetration require a prepared trigger pull; a miss leaves little time against faster guns.

01 / DAMAGE

Damage by distance

Move the slider to inspect calculated damage per hit. Values are rounded; actual damage also depends on hit zone and armor.

Distance 500 game units

015003000

about 13 m

Head 323.4

Head · helmet 301.4

Body 80.8

Body · armor 75.4

A headshot beats a helmet at this distance

02 / CONTROL

Accuracy and spread

Compare first-shot spread bounds from game parameters. Stance changes inaccuracy; the distance slider changes the zone diameter.

Recoil magnitude20

Base spread0.00052

Standing Diameter up to 6.4 cm at 12.7 m First-shot spread bound in the weapon’s primary mode

03 / FIELD NOTES

How to play it

Choose a range that suits the damage profile and stop before precision shots.

04 / HANDLING

Handling

Move speed: 180 u/s
Reserve ammo: 16
Reload fire lockout: 2.3 s

Values checked against CS2 weapon data · snapshot 2026-09-23 Source ↗

Reading the numbers

Why does damage change with distance?

The game applies a range modifier for every 500 game units. The slider models that modifier; it is not a guarantee for every encounter.

Is this a bullet spray pattern?

Compare first-shot spread bounds from game parameters. Stance changes inaccuracy; the distance slider changes the zone diameter. Coordinates from recorded OP.GG sequences: camera recoil without mouse compensation. Random bullet spread is excluded.