Night Hawk better known in Counter-Strike as the 'Deagle' short for 'Desert Eagle' is the weapon of choice for many players during round 1 (pistol round). The Night Hawk has excellent aim & power, one shot to the head would get the kill. The Night Hawk also psses through objects like doors, thin walls, boxes etc and can really mess up players in a close combat. Only downer to the Night Hawk is that it only holds 7 rounds and reloading is slow. Tip always go for the upper body & head when shooting for long range duct and aim again for the head. You will need to dive in & out of danger with this weapon more it's not like playing with the glock you really are going for long range aim & slower shots as the glock is more of a run & shot weapon.

The Five-Seven is a weak under performing sidearm, ok it has 20 round but it's low power means you end up using all 20 just to kill one person. It's again a case of looks good sounds good but when playing you'd be better of dropping this weapon and running.

The 5.40 Dual Elites or 'Elites' for short are a great combo for the first round pistols and even come in handy as a backup side arm when in close combat. This Terrorist only weapon has no real bad areas really, ok it's not great for long range shooting but you are getting 2 guns instead of 1 so that makes up for the aim and as for close range when you really need your sidearm to perform well the elites with their dual shooting action mean you fire quicker and pump more lead into the other player in return. That can't be all bad although when facing the deagle most players would chose the deagle any day for it's super power & nice long range aim. With this in mind the elites do tend to just sit their and not get chosen.

The D3/AU-1 used only by the T's known better in Counter-Strike as the 'auto-sniper' or 'n00bs cannon' same as that of the 550 Commando. It one again provides auto sniper fire that can penetrate through objects like doors, timber boxes, thin walls etc. 3 well placed shots will lay waste to almost any player. The D3/AU-1 only has 20 rounds to that of the 550 that the CT's have and again costs more to buy. It's does have greater power & far better aim than the 550 but both weapons are pretty much the same in every other way and both are seen as n00b's weapons.

The Krieg 550 Commando used only by the CT known better in Counter-Strike as the 'auto-sniper' or 'n00bs cannon' this weapon is seen by many as a newbie's weapon. It can be lame at time as it's strength, firing rate & easy aim makes it do good and even newbies to the game can get kills without any real effort required. The 550 Commando is one of those defencive weapons that help backup team members. Position near the back the 550 Commando can be used to blitz a door way or route in to an eare. With it's fast firing rate it can deal with 3 or 4 opponents at once and there will be no running from this weapon when trapped in it's crosshairs. The 550 comes with 2 level zoom, it's rounds can pass through thin walls, doors, boxes etc. You will ony require 1 good head shot or 3 or 4 round to the body to get a kill. With it's 30 round mags reloading isn't a problem and most games will be over before reloading is required. It's a great weapon and is pretty good for rushing/attcking too. Only problem is it's too lame for most players to use and if you think you are a good player don't use this gun or he respet for you will fade away to nothing. Although in later updatesthe g550 has more recoil making the weapon less lame I would say, in fact it's quite hard now to kill without the recoil on the weapon driving you crazy. Tips with this gun, well hold a key route and just fire repeatedly at it... Knowing the luck of it this gun will kill 1 or 2 players passing through or hiding around that area of the map. Best lame tip is to use it on the map de_aztec, just camp the brigde or double doors and keep shooting. You're bullits will pass right through and strip away any one hiding behind the boxes or the doors at those locations.