Metal Gear Solid 4 weapon charts

The following tables compare the statistics of Metal Gear Solid 4's weapons, grouped by their categories.

Pistols
Tactical reloading: When reloading most pistols that require bullets, when there is at least one bullet left from the current clip, an extra bullet becomes available for the next clip when the reload finishes. This effect does not happen with any other firearm type. The only exceptions (even with the wall-reload trick) to this are the Thor .45-70, which has a single bullet, and the Type-17, which requires that the clip be empty to reload.

Submachine Guns
Note: All SMGs select-fire with full- and semi-auto.

Shotguns
Note: Effective range also varies with ammo-type.