.32 Pistol (Fallout 3)

The Smith & Wesson .32 Pistol is a small guns pistol in Fallout 3.

Characteristics
As the name would imply, this handgun uses .32 Caliber Round ammunition. It is commonly found to be in use by Capital Wasteland Raiders. Although it is a light weapon, it pales against the 10mm pistol in terms of rate of fire and damage, and might be considered a waste of ammunition. It can, however, be fired quite fast if the player can get a rhythm down.

Overall it is a pitiful weapon, barely useful even to a player fresh out of the vault, and only really would be useful as a last resort for when the aforementioned player runs out of ammo for his or her 10mm, or if it breaks, but later in the game after couple of level ups (or even after leaving the the Vault 101 if S.P.E.C.I.A.L. - points are placed correctly), even your bare fists can be a better choice than .32 Pistol, with .32 ammo being much better used in the powerful and accurate hunting rifle. Only real use to the player though is just to sell it.

Locations
These are not very hard to come by. Most locations to find it are in shops, and on Raiders.
 * One can be found at Minefield, near the mattress where Arkansas snipes at you.
 * One can also be found at the Small Ranch near Megaton, which can be entered right after exiting the vault.
 * One can be found in the National Guard Bunker on a wooden shelf, next to a box of 5 bullets for it.

Trivia
It is possibly based on the "pocket revolvers" of the early 1900's - they were almost all top-break and the most common caliber was one of the many .32 cartridges made at the time, all equally anemic.

It may also be based on the weapon Charle Bronson's character in Death Wish used.

This weapon is similar in appearance to an Iver Johnson .32S&W revolver, sharing both the five-shot capacity and the cheap, unreliable construction.