.357

WEAPON

.357

An Equalizer in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

A .357 in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

A .357 in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Also known as

• .357 (GTA Vice City & GTA Liberty City Stories)
• Colt Python (GTA Vice City; original PS2 v1.40 version)
• Equalizer (GTA Vice City Stories)

Appears in

• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

Caliber

.357 (GTA Vice City & GTA Liberty City Stories)

Firing mode

Double-Action

Prices

Price

• $2,000 (GTA Vice City & GTA Vice City Stories)
• $1,500 (Phil's Shooting Range discount; GTA Vice City Stories)

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The .357, also known as the Equalizer, is a revolver featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

Appearing in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the .357 is based on the Colt Python, a .357 Magnum caliber revolver, specifically the version with a 6" (15 cm) barrel.

The GTA Vice City Stories rendition is named Equalizer and features a scope, although this scope cannot be used. However, the cutscenes of the missions Caught as an Act, The Exchange, and Blitzkrieg Strikes Again feature a non-scoped Python.

The .357 is one of the few weapons that used real-life names in the original releases of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, appearing as the Colt Python in the day-one v1.40 release for the PlayStation 2. It was renamed .357 in later releases. Rockstar North remodeled and renamed the Colt Python to .357 in later versions of GTA Vice City, possibly to avoid copyright and trademark infringements.

The .357 is the most accurate handgun available in the 3D Universe and is also the most powerful handgun (along with the Desert Eagle), able to kill an NPC with a single shot. However, the gun cannot be fired while running, and must be fired from a standing position (grasping the butt of the gun with the right hand, then cradling the right hand and gun with the cupped left hand, all while planting feet at a wide stance) due to the heavy recoil. It also has a moderate cylinder capacity of 6 shots, making it excellent against small groups.

• 48 rounds are given to Tommy during The Job.
• 24 rounds are mandatorily collected in the mission Gun Runner.
• Available at the Vercetti Estate, Hyman Condo and Ocean View Hotel after collecting 30 hidden packages.
• Starfish Island, Ocean Bay – In the recreation room just west of the main entrance of the Vercetti Estate after the completion of Keep Your Friends Close....
• Downtown, Vice City Mainland – Available to buy from Ammu-Nation ($2,000) after completion of Rub Out.
• Little Haiti, Vice City Mainland – In an alley near the 'Welcome to Hell' billboard. Tucked in a little alley by a road curve.

• Available at the safehouses upon collecting 50 hidden packages.
• Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale – Above the East Airport Entrance. At the front roof behind an electronic billboard, the roof can be reached by a ramp near the Francis International Airport Fire Station.
• In the mission The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade, there is a .357 spawning right before the staircase that goes down to trigger the mission.

• Outside every safehouses after popping 80 Red Balloons.
• Prawn Island, Ocean Bay – On the small pier just outside the west side of the InterGlobal Films studio, to the left of the Jetski that activates the Watersports courses.
• Vice Point Mall, Vice City Beach – Available to buy from Ammu-Nation after the mission From Zero to Hero for $2,000 (or $1,500, if completed Phil's Shooting Range).
• Ocean Beach, Vice City Beach – Hidden at the hotel swimming pool, south of the Pole Position Club and behind the apartment building directly next door east of Ocean Heights Apartments.

• If the player fires the .357 while pressing the move left and move right buttons, Tommy will stick his knees together, but after the firing animation ends, he will also stick his legs to next to each other, and then will slowly return to his normal position (tested on PC).
• Against groups of enemies, it is possible to increase the fire rate of the .357 to near that of the standard pistol by pressing the "Fire Weapon" and "Cycle Target" buttons at the correct time, one-shot killing several enemies in a few seconds. This is difficult to achieve, as the inputs must be during the same frame. If timed incorrectly after firing a shot, Tommy will cycle his aim to the next target and the firing animation will play, but a round will not be fired. This can be dangerous as the standard wait time between shots is already high. (tested extensively on the PS2 version, both console and emulator copies).

• In GTA Vice City and GTA Liberty City Stories, the spent shells are ejected while firing, which is impossible for any revolver.
• Though the weapon itself does not appear in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the model from GTA Vice City is used for the giant Python at the entrance of the Ammu-Nation in Market, Los Santos.
  • Animation assets under the same name exists, which are used for the Desert Eagle (another heavy handgun with high damage), alongside a pythonbad variant for the 'Poor' weapon skill.
• The name Equalizer may be a reference to the saying "God made man, Samuel Colt made them equal". 
• The scope on the Equalizer in GTA Vice City Stories may be visually inspired from a gun used in the movie "The Terminator", although the gun from the movie was actually an AMT Hardballer (clone of the Colt M1911) rather than a revolver. Another possible pop culture reference is from "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior", a raider boss name Lord Humungus uses a Scoped Revolver, the slight inaccuracy being that Lord Humungus' scoped revolver is a Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum, not a Colt Python.
• Since the Manhunt 0.69 build was leaked, it was revealed that the .357's firing sound was shared with the Tranquilizer Rifle during Manhunt's development.^[1]

• Snub Nose Python – An unused short-barrel variant in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
• Revolver – Another revolver appearing in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
• Heavy Revolver – Another revolver appearing in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Executives and Other Criminals update.

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