Hey everyone,I want to know your overall impression about the guns in the game soo far and which one is your favorite.

For me the winner is the Cowboy Repeater, very usefull in most situations but degrade fast ''in my opinion''.

For the weapons in general, I have to say that they are a lot more scarce than fallout 3. I'm lv 19 and I never encountered any sniper rifle or minigun or any big weapons. Big weapons and rare ones and VERY expensive , ( I bought a hunting shotgun and it costs 5400 caps).

Of course, the most common guns get the job done : like the 10 mm sub and cowboy repeater.

SPOILERS I'm currently in vault 34 (?) getting [censored] by ghouls and radiations trying to get the all-american.

What about yourself?

Right now it would have to be the Displacer Glove. I love how it sends my enemies flying.

anything that uses 5.56 ammo
its very common ammo, and almost all vendors sell it along with hp and ap

and so far all the guns ive used are extremely accurate

ive got a varmint rifle with a silencer and night scope
just found the penitentiary, got up in the hills surrounding it, crouched down and sniped out everyone out in the open, extremely effective

and the service rifle with a mod that increase rate of fire and 50% durability
decent damage, good rate of fire, and reloads quickly. and when used with hp or ap ammo, extremely effective

And with just the Varmint rifle? Are you talking about the Powder Ganger penitentiary?

Varmint rifle is one of the best early on imo, i only traded it just recently for the marksman carbine which fires the same rounds but is all round better.

Edit: anyone find some ammo recipes?

I'd have to say that my favorite weapon right now would be the Maria.

As of right now (not very far in) I haven't gotten any super cool named thing, but I adore my 9MM. It does a great job and the thing had night sights.

i bought a sniper rifle from the gun runners around level 14
i dont ever use it though as .308 ammo is pretty scarce, but im holding on to it because it has pretty good damage(50)
i just use my varmint rifle for sniping

if you crouch, and stay far enough away, youll almost always get a critical one shot kill

now on tougher enemies probably not

what id like to find is a weapon that can take down deathclaws easier.
ive only had one encounter and i hope i dont have to do it again.

i had to throw down 6 frag mines to slow it down then it took me a good 40 5.56 rounds to the head to kill it


one thing i really like about new vegas is its ammunition. the damage output seems to be alot more dependent on the ammo you use and not as much as the gun its self




yes and yes





i havent found any yet, but alot of them appear when you level up your skill level

id really like to be able to make hp and ap ammo

Brush gun + cowboy perk + hand load ammo (or HP if it's an unarmored enemy) = happiness

Too bad the ammo is so ridiculously rare.

Depends about which ammo your are taling about. But for this one, yeah, ammo is a pain int the mighty butt

My repair is 100 and i didn't get any ammo recipes except when i took the hand loader perk, and that only gave me stuff like JSP no HP or AP...

Right now, Cowboy Repeater with all mods installed. Effective, light weight and ammo isn't hard to get.

But using just one gun is a bad idea. I also keep around a Hunting Rifle to cover the high end and Varmint Rifle for the low end. On top of that, keep a shotgun for close range and a 10mm SMG as the panic button. Toss in 4 grenades and I'm set.

I have a "NCR RANGER" sort of character build. High emphasis on guns, especially sniper rifles and revolvers.

I'll describe my current loadout, since it's my "Favorite" group of weapons.

My primary weapon, as a bit of a sniper, is my Anti-Material Rifle with a mod to make the bolt cycle faster. Standard ammo, AP and Incindiary. Love using the incindiary ammo. It's a great weapon, and the sneak criticals that I get are amazingly powerful. Enough to drop a deathclaw in one hit. It's also funny to fire from the hip at human enemies up close, and watch them rocket backwards 10 or 15 feet.

My Secondary is a hunting shotgun. Works very well. High rate of fire, beanbag rounds are fun. Normally keep it loaded with slugs and switch to buckshot for close-up work or if I'm getting swarmed.

My sidearm is the MYSTERIOUS MAGNUM. It's a 44 Magnum with very nice detail work and engravings, high damage, and it plays the mysterious stranger guitar intor and outro whenever you unholster and reholster the weapon. Great fun. Keep it loaded with hollow points for squishy targets.

My melee fallback weapon is a fully repaired hatchet that makes great use of the cowboy perk. I have the killcam set to player perspective, so when I get a critical with it, it's always hilarious to watch a head go flying in slow motion without being ripped out of your perspective. Love this thing.

And lastly, I carry a few throwing knives for giggles as a last resort.

Pushy or Chance's Knife(with cowyboy,ninja, finnesse, and better crits = lol)

Gobi Campaign Sniper Rifle is my favorite.

I also sometimes use This Machine (almost completely replaced by the Gobi), All-American, and my trusty 10mm Submachine Gun.

Don't underestimate that 10mm. It's my wildlife-killer of choice, and I'll never run out of ammo for it or have to worry about having adequate repair fodder.

I've got a silenced sniper rifle right now and it's probably my favorite.

I didnt get the magnum due to low barter, and not wanting to kill the guy. So thats out, but my char will be like an ncr ranger, so where did you get the rifle ? I have seen no snipers

I'm rather enjoying my Trail Carbine --> Assault Carbine --> AMR --> 9MM combo.

I have a lot of Guns.

My best and favourite is my Sniper, with a silencer, it kicks the butt of anything in one hit pretty much. I only use it on Deathclaws or something scary, or if I don't want to use other ammo. I would daresay it's my Primary right now, considering I have about 250 rounds.

I have a marksman carbine for mid range encounter, it's probably my secondary, I haven't used it much because it was nearly broken. I just bought a new one, so I'm probably going to sell my service rifle. I have about 650-700 rounds for it.

I have a assault carbine in case I get scared. I hate it though, I need an auto weapon with higher DAM. I wouldn't even consider it as one of my weapons....

My sidearm is my weathered 10mm, gonna sell it soon though, I barely use it now, I don't ever find molerats or anything now.

My second favourite weapon is the Ballistic Fist, it's a beauty! It kills everything in 1-2 hits! I do need to repair it though.

my favorite would have to be the alien blaster,i went up to the fort and killed everybody,mostly in one shot

Hunting Shotgun + Long Tube + Choke + Shotgun Surgeon + Center Mass. Very effective combo. The fully upgraded Hunting Rifle is also very good.

My favorite weapon is the "Mysterious Magnum" hands down, now that I've got the ability to make .44 Semi-wadcutters it makes the gun formidable against foes like Super Mutant Masters; 2-3 shot (sometimes 1 critical sneak shot)

But I carry the "Maria" 9MM as a back-up pistol, or for weaker foes. I also carry the Hunting Shotgun with an extended tube (extra ammo) with magnum buckshot and slugs as an alternative to my .44 Magnum. And to top it off, I now carry the Anti-Material sniper rifle with normal and armor piercing rounds to dispatch Death Claws from a distance.

Gauss Rifle.... 'nuff said.

I actually like the Gobi sniper more, simply because the Gauss takes too long to reload!

it may be useless and have super heavy ammo but [censored] i love my anti matter rifle. maybe it is just cause it goes with the armor i stole off some NCR patrol [censored] heads.