In comparison to the Desert Eagle, this weapon deals more damage and is capable to kill a player at close range in one hit, primary fire is more accurate and can fire one shot more before reloading. The secondary attack is a quick shot using the fanning technique, resulting in a much faster but less accurate shot. As the hammer is drawn back, the accuracy of the revolver increases, movement speed drops to 180 units per second and then the gun fires after a 0.42 second delay.
The primary attack draws the hammer back before firing. The Revolver is capable of firing 8 rounds via two separate attacks with only 8 rounds in reserve.
It can be switched out for the Desert Eagle in-game.
The R8 Revolver is the third pistol to be introduced to Global Offensive since the game's retail release. When emergency point-blank stopping power is required, fanning the hammer boosts rate-of-fire, but eliminates precision. The R8 Revolver delivers a highly accurate and powerful round at the expense of a lengthy trigger-pull.
