Hand Gun (RE3)

The Handgun is Jill Valentine's starting weapon in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis on the Hard Mode. On the Easy Mode this weapon can be found in the Item Box. Also, this gun has another name - "Samurai Edge" - the custom weapon of S.T.A.R.S unit. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is actually the first game, where the name of that custom Beretta M92F "Samurai Edge" is mentioned.

This weapon is loaded with 15 rounds and is a preferred choice when fighting lesser enemies such as zombies and Zombie Dogs. However, due to its limited stopping power, it tends to be rather useless against stronger and fast moving enemies such as the Hunters. The Handgun is also able to use Enhanced Handgun Bullets which increases the firepower.

M92F Enhanced
The M92F Enhanced is created by loading the Enhanced Handgun Bullets into the Handgun. While it does not change the appearance, this weapon has a noticeably different "boom" when firing the gun. In performance, the M92F gains a strong stopping power and firepower. When firing, the gun has much larger recoil, but the fire rate of the gun remains the same and Jill doesn't stepping back, like she's doing when firing Enhanced Shotgun Shells from her Benelli M3S. With the strong stopping power, it often knocks back a zombie with one shot and requires less rounds to kill a zombie with its firepower. The bullet counter of this weapon in the inventory screen changes to red to denote that it is loaded with Enhanced Handgun Bullets. The ejected shell of the bullet has more darker colour, than of original one.

While loaded with normal ammo, enhanced ammo cannot be uploaded, until the weapon is empty. Combining the enhanced ammo with the weapon must be made in the status screen, because in the game after the weapon is empty, auto-reloading on the next shot will upload the type of just used ammo. When player wants to change the type of ammunition from enhanced to normal, he must follow the same rules.

Examine Description
Handgun "M92F Custom. A custom handgun made for S.T.A.R.S. It uses 9mm parabellum rounds."

M92F Enhanced "Enhanced M92F Custom. It is loaded with enhanced 9mm parabellum rounds."