I was just wondering what you all thought was the best gun out there. Im new to this site and sorry for re posts or copying someones idea(s) its all by pure luck if i did. =) (Has anyone tired to not fight through the whole game?) OH and i like guns... and anti whatever sniper rifle.

I have only used Guns, so my vote may be biased.

But looking at the weapon stats at the wiki page, I just cannot see how other weapons can be better.

Guns have sniper rifles that allow you to 1-shot kill enemies from a safe distance. It has damage, range, and abundance of ammo.

The rest do not have such a huge range, do not do as much damage, and ammo for energy weapons is more scarce than guns ammo. The perks for melee look interesting, but comes at a huge risk.

I just can't see how energy weapons are viable with damage threshold as anything but the gauss rifle is fairly low power per shot compared to guns and there is no armor piercing lasers.

best rifle is probably this machine, though i like sniping with the ratslayer which is not always possible due to high DT though..

Unarmed is insanely powerful. A Ballistic Fist or "Pushy" kill almost everything in one hit, even without a lot of strength and skill points.

I've found that the YCS/186 packing MC MFCs gets the job done. 262+ dam is nothing to scoff at... as a matter of fact it erases anything it hits quite thoroughly.
Sadly, its true that energy weapons took a nerfbat to the face in this fallout, but still gauss rifles make the skill worth maxing for two simple reasons:

1. MFCs (or Microfusion Cells) are somewhat common all throughout New Vegas

2. Max Charge cells (when you can make them) are almost a 2x power jump, but they burn up your gun slightly faster. This useful tidbit combined with a high or maxed proficiency generally yields greater wear but unquestionable results.

I voted guns, because when there needs to be combat, well, I need a weapon. That said... I use my speech and barter skills as much as possible. I just haven't found a way to talk a fiend down yet... But my sawed off shotty has.