The Contractor is the choice of professionals. Often stated that if you see someone carrying it, you better run. Sleek design and simple handling makes it easy to carry as the heat comes down.
The Contractor is a compact assassin's pistol added with the release of the John Wick Weapon Pack.
The DLC that includes this weapon was delisted on Steam as of August 18th, 2024, rendering this weapon permanently unavailable, although players who purchased the DLC prior to this date is still able to purchase and use this weapon as normal.
The Contractor is a compact pistol with good handling but low base damage. Stats-wise, it is best comparable to the LEO or Chimano Custom, being a middling firearm that, while not excelling in any particular field, is rather well-rounded and easy to use.
Overall, the Contractor functions well as a close-to-mid range backup weapon, where its low damage is not that much an issue due to its ability to land many accurate hits in a small span of time.
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Pros:
Large magazine size and high total ammo
Well-rounded base stats
Very good base concealment that is only slightly reduced by its specific mods
Very low hip-fire spread modifier
Moderate damage
Cons:
Small mod pool
Requires skills and weapon-specific mods for max performance
Despite the fact that the purpose of compensators is to increase the user's control of their weapon's recoil, the IPSC Compensator actually increases the amount of kick up per shot.
The item is the decorative front bit of the WE-Tech Tenderizer, a full-metal muzzle brake designed for airsoft M1911s.
The original model name (Meat Grinder) helps confirm the link.
Tenderizers can be utilized in close quarters in the same manner as a bayonet, albeit dealing blunt trauma instead of impalement. Despite this, the weapon butt animation and damage for pistols modded with this part remains unchanged.
The point of a pronged flash hider like this is to split the single bright muzzle flash into a wide four-way cross for the shooter's comfort. Not only is it slightly dimmer overall to avoid blinding the shooter in a dark environment, but it also prevents the flash itself from obscuring the target between shots. By this account, it should help with accuracy more than anything. It might appear more intimidating, or possibly alter stability by changing the center of gravity, but it certainly shouldn't alter the speed and thus damage of the weapon it is mounted on.
The Roctec Suppressor is based on Gemtech's BLACKSIDE .45. It tries to competently suppress the strong .45 and .40 S&W cartridges in as little space as possible.
The Champion's Suppressor is based on the Knight's Armament Co. Mk23 .45 caliber Suppressor. The real life suppressor is designed to fit only the MK23, suggesting that the in-game suppressor is custom.
A "Monolith" is commonly a single massive monument of stone or rock, often carefully and uniformly carved into shape. A typical monolith possesses a lot of perpendicular and parallel lines and surfaces, similar to the shape of this suppressor.
The suppressor is, in fact, simply an oil filter with a bullet hole on one end used as a makeshift sound suppressor. This is somewhat alluded to by its name, as a "budget" item is a cheap, most commonly homemade substitute of dodgy quality for something currently not available.
The "Jungle Ninja Suppressor" weapon mod is a reference to the game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. It is used on Naked Snake's custom M1911A1. In the description of the weapon mod it says, "...this suppressor was wielded by a great warrior during the legendary sneaking mission in the 60's." This is a reference to Naked Snake and the mission he did in the 1960's dubbed Operation Snake Eater.
This modification was based on John Wick's custom compensator for his Heckler & Koch P30L in the movie.
Despite being a ported barrel extension, the Contractor Compensator strangely does not reduce accuracy or improve stability of the weapon it is applied to.
The Tactical Pistol Light is based on the Streamlight TLR-1, as indicated by its string ID.
On Update #16, players who played during the Halloween Event and who were part of the Official Payday 2 Group on Steam, will be stuck with another exact copy of this that says "This is a Community Item!".
The Tactical Pistol Light used to be exclusively used by law enforcers on their Chimano 88 pistols and was unavailable to players. After Update #16, the mod was available to players.
If combined with a Laser Grip (STRYK 18c, Gruber Kurz, Chimano Compact, Chimano 88, Chimano Custom), activation will cycle through the laser on the Laser Grip, the laser on the Combined Module, the light, and then off, in that order. This effect has no practical application but the STRYK 18c, Chimano 88, and Chimano Custom get improved stats from both attachments.
For Daisy Finish the Firestarter job on the OVERKILL difficulty or above with your crew only using the Contractor pistol. Unlocks the "Daisy" mask, "Dog Fur" material and "Daisies" pattern. This achievement, along with many others, was accidentally unlocked for players who hadn't actually completed the heist with the needed requirements on with the Difficulties & Sniper Beta 1.3 update.
The reload animation is the same technique employed by John Wick in the movie, during the shootout at the Red Circle club, done right after he punches a guard with the pistol and finds his gun is empty.
The reload animation is also based off the old reload animation of the Interceptor .45, according to the animator.
Despite its popular status as Wick's personal pistol, the P30L wasn't actually used all that much, since he is usually given a new pistol at the start of every movie, or takes new ones from the corpses of the enemies he kills. The majority of its screentime happened during the course of the first film, and it's only very briefly seen at the beginning of John Wick: Chapter Two, before being presumably destroyed in the house fire that burned down Wick's house.
Wick practicing in the target range with his Contractor.
Wick can be found occasionally practicing down at the safe house's target ranges with the Contractor fitted with its unique compensator. The pistol had a finalized world model even before it was formally introduced in the DLC.
Despite him firing non-stop at the targets, Wick will not register any damage on the counter at all.
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