Magnum

A Magnum is a large sized handgun that fires powerful rounds. Magnums appear in most Resident Evil games in the form of revolvers to differentiate them from standard handguns and can deal high amounts of damage to a single target. However magnums only have a small supply of ammunition to be found in an entire game, thus its use is limited and recommended to be used only on hard-to-kill enemies or in boss encounters. The Magnum is the second most powerful weapon type in Resident Evil next to the Rocket Launcher. An interesting note is that Semi-auto-style magnums fire faster than revolver ones thus hitting moving targets easier.