Yep this is annoying, I put C as my ammo swap and I still can't assign 2 for a weapon.

It's annoying.

I've been using Xpadder for a 360 controller on my PC for a lot of games, and have remapped every game I play using the controller so they have the same buttons for similar things. FNV is the only game that doesn't match the others due to the lack of a 2 hotkey.

Again, I think this was change for the sake of change and reinventing the wheel but only so you can paint it a different colour.

PC gaming design 101: If you implement something to the PC version of a multiplatform game only because it's an obligation in its console versions, you're doing it wrong.

I hope it wasn't hardcoded so it can be solved by Obsidian themselves or by the community via mods.

I agree completely! It's totaly pathetic to cut out the 2 key for PC users.

I normaly use 1-4 for weapons and 5-8 for aid (stim ect.)

but now I'm down one slot and it keeps bugging me.