Matilda (RE4)

""Ah! An awesome choice, stranger. It's got a three-round rapid-fire capability, although it uses up ammo rather quickly.""

- The Merchant

The Matilda is available for purchase from the Merchant for 70,000 pesetas. It can be bought only after completing the game once. It has a permanently-equipped stock and fires in rapid three-round bursts, although it is possible to fire one or two rounds at a time. The Matilda takes up 10 spaces (5x2) of Leon's inventory. It is the second-largest 9mm handgun in the game, after the Red9 and its stock.

Strategies
As the Merchant implies, the Matilda does indeed burn through ammo very quickly. While a fully-upgraded Matilda can perform the same role as an automatic, care must be taken to preserve ammunition.
 * By lightly tapping the trigger button, the player can fire single shots or two round bursts. Mastering this technique will prove useful, as a two round burst has overall 5.0 damage, almost as much as the Red9 with it's Exclusive upgrade.
 * It may not be a good idea to purchase the exlcusive upgrade for this gun, as the 30 round capacity may help to limit the player's firing. With the 100 round capacity it is more likely the player will get carried away and fire off a full magazine.
 * Continuously tapping the trigger will allow this gun to fire in a near fully automatic fashion, dealing massive damage to boss enemies, but draining the player of 9mm ammo.
 * A method to conserving handgun ammo is to use the TMP or a Shotgun against most regular enemies, and save the handgun ammo for tougher enemies such as Colmillos, Novistadors, or bosses.