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Pistolero

Pistolero

Kill an enemy with a pistol in 100 multiplayer (Player or Ranked) matches of 3+ rounds

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How to unlock the Pistolero achievement in Gears of War - Definitive Guide

This achievement speaks for itself - simply kill one hundred enemies with the Snub Pistol in ranked matches.

As each player is equipped with a Snub Pistol at the start of each round, this achievement can be completed on any map.

A good way to get kills is to first down an enemy (with either the Lancer, Longshot, Boomshot ect.), and then take a couple of steps away from the downed enemy. Then pull out your pistol and take a couple of shots at them.

Be careful not to be too close when performing a pistol kill, otherwise it will sometimes be registerred as an execution kill (which won't net you the achievement).
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Nice to see you edited your solution to parrot mine after I posted.
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By The OG Megatron on 02 Apr 2009 17:33
Pretty simple, Played a lot of warzone and eventually got this one
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By ItsNismoAce on 06 Jun 2009 23:58
what does it count as if you get a headshot with a pistol?
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By o Elendil o on 21 Aug 2009 02:47
Good to note that your mentioned method (stepping away and shooting with pistol when enemy is downed) can only be done in Warzone matches.
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By Tm5k on 07 Oct 2009 22:04
I have over 200 pistol head shot kills in ranked matches (boosting). I am not sure it counts for anything. Didn't think making it so achievements weren't glitched was that hard ...
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By Harris36 on 29 Jul 2010 01:45
Description says *A* pistol. I'm pretty sure the Boltok does count towards this one.
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By AcE ViCTiMiZER on 10 Jul 2011 23:29
@Harris36 It took me a total of 236 headshots for my pistol achievement to unlock. This is a very solid and safe method, and it definitely works. 100% guaranteed.
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By Bjornsang on 26 Aug 2011 22:10
Any pistol can be used to get this achievement. I did about 55 kills with each of the 2 pistols and got the achievement.
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By Solario32 on 14 Sep 2011 15:13
You can also combine this with the headshot achievement when boosting, I was going for the 100 headshots using the pistol you start off with when I got this.
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By GsO Light on 24 Jun 2014 19:46
I can confirm that Pistol Headshots kills count
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By Ze Nightwolf on 29 May 2023 19:55
Starting up an Xbox group of players to boost all the ranked matches achievements. Will plan to be online around 10 PM - 2 AM EST (north america) most evenings. Message me via Xbox if you are interested!
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By theg00chmaster on 06 Jul 2024 13:17
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Credit to Benchem for coming up with this!

If you are suicide boosting for the Seriously achievement you can save yourself a weapon boosting session with this method. Please look at the details of suicide boosting in the achievement guides for Seriously. This is not a forum on what method is best for boosting Seriously. If you prefer suicide boosting this method will help you.

Make sure you are suicide boosting on the War Machine map.

Before the session starts ask to be the person getting shot by the torque bow. Make sure to explain what you are doing to the person using the torque bow first. While the effort is minimal on their part, not being on the same page is going to cause chaos.

Have your pistol selected. Stand a few paces apart from each other. Going to the same place every time makes this even easier. The person using the torque bow needs to aim at you and as soon as they start charging the torque bow shoot them IN THE HEAD until they die, about 5 shots should do the trick. When they die, the torque shot will release and hit you. They get their kill, you get a pistol/headshot kill.

Again, make sure the person using the torque bow is aiming at you and holds down the trigger without releasing it. Then start shooting their head.

The one caveat to this method is that you must finish before at least one of the grenade taggers. It should go without saying that you must both take the fastest path to the torque bow, no screwing around. Otherwise, the round will end before the person using the torque bow gets credit for their kill. Once you have it down, this shouldn't be a problem.

Anyone who has boosted Seriously with the suicide method knows that occasionally the torque bow is fickle. I did this with someone I'd been boosting with awhile so when the occasional mistake happened no one was blowing up about losing a kill. If it takes you more than 100 tries, well, you're in Seriously for 10,000+ so what's the rush? This achievement will pop up in one 2 hour suicide session or less.

Again, mistakes happen and this might take 1-3 rounds to perfect. Over the course of 10,000+ kills this will save you an hour or more and as any of the Seriously boosters know, every hour counts!
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I'd just like to add that, while using this method, each kill will count towards both Pistolero and The Money Shot, as you'll be getting a Pistol/Head-shot kill.

Also, like most of the other online achievements in this game, these two achievements can glitch for some people, so don't be put off by this method if you don't get either achievement bang on 100 kills. I myself unlocked both between 105-130 kills. Hell, I got my Grenade achievement at 170+.
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By Benchem on 07 Apr 2011 12:03
I'm now over 200 pistol kills using this method (i.e. head-shotting the torque bow user). Are you sure that headshot kills count for pistol (I have the head-shot achievement).

Thanks!
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By SinReturns03 on 26 Aug 2011 16:57
200 is pretty high, if that's really the case I'm afraid I don't know what the problem is. All I can tell you is that I earned the achievement this way as did a number of people in my sessions and the folks who gave this solution a thumbs up.

The pistol can be used for The Money Shot achievement which requires you to earn 100 headshots. Reference that achievement's guides for verification. Based on that I can only assume that those kills count and don't just vanish from the leaderboards.

I'm sorry this guide hasn't helped you yet. If you choose to continue using my method and it ends up working I'd really appreciate it if you commented later! If something's changed in multiplayer since I wrote this(though I doubt it) I don't want to be wasting people's time chasing a bad method.
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By braKito on 26 Aug 2011 17:32
Ok, I'll keep at it. I haven't voted yet but I'll be sure to do so once the cheeve pops! I'll comment later as well.
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By SinReturns03 on 26 Aug 2011 21:29
Works like a charm! This is how I got my pistol and head-shots knocked out of the way. Saves time by jumping straight into Seriously instead of weapons boosting. Great guide!
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By Rogue Ironhide on 26 Aug 2011 23:53
Confirmed: this does work, although my Pistol achievement unlocked after 300-350 kills (the headshot one popped waaaay before it). Regardless, pistol-head shots work and so this solution gets a positive vote from me!
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By SinReturns03 on 28 Aug 2011 04:46
Good to know it still works, thanks for the update!
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By braKito on 28 Aug 2011 05:22
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Just as the description says, kill 100 enemies total in ranked matches with either the Snub Pistol or the Magnum to get the achievement. The Snub is a starting weapon, you will spawn with.

For more information, see "Seriously...".

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Just as the description says, kill 100 enemies total in ranked matches with either the Snub Pistol or the Magnum to get the achievement. The Snub is a starting weapon, you will spawn with.

For more information, see "Seriously ..."

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