it is a good weapon but it loads slow, i always sell mine to abraham washington, i prefer the hunting rifle

I always disliked the reloading animation of Lincoln's Repeater, I never really understood what was supposed to be happening. It's a great weapon, though, but far from my favourite unique small gun,

I never understood why LR is repaired by hunting rifles, yet uses .44 ammo. Also, the Backwater Rifle is the same basic model, yet uses 10mm ammo and crits like a sniper rifle.

:flamethrower: You do not have a shield big enough! How dare you criticize my beloved LR!!

Honestly, I'm not very fond of any repeater rifles. I don't like how often you have to reload, so I ended up tossing/selling them early on in the game.

Okay okay, I take it back! Lincoln's Repeater is not moldy! It's mossy.

*ducks and covers*

I like the Lincoln's Repeater because it looks fancy with the gold on it but I agree ammo for it is scarce. Luckily I always roleplay a rich b!tch who lives in Tenpenny Tower so I'm always able to afford ammo for it every time I stop by weapon shops.

It's not mossy or moldy! It's fancy (listen to Sesame) and looks great with Lincoln's Hat. Besides, if you take the time you can have plenty of ammo for it. It's so accurate you don't need all that much anyway.

The Backwater is just a pale knockoff. Both in color and performance. I know the Backwater should be better. It uses 10mm ammo, it has a stunning crit % multiplier, yadda yadda yadda, but I just don't like it as much. I tried to like it, but...LR is just too wonderful.

Personally I'm one of those gamers who uses weapons not because they're the most powerful but because they fit my current character's style. So if I were to say roleplay as a Chinese Spy I'd probably use one of those pathetic Chinese Handguns for my game even if I'd have to waste a lot of ammo and stimpacks trying to kill a deathclaw with it.

Is fancy a nice way of saying old 'cuz LR is old and busted while the Backwater Rifle is that lovely sky blue that matches my eyes *bats eyelashes*

Okay okay, yes, I loved LR and my small guns characters used it almost exclusively until Point Lookout was released and I found the Backwater Rifle. By that time, I had thousands of rounds of .44 ammo saved up from my twice-weekly shopping trips so ammo was not a problem for either weapon. The Backwater Rifle just had a better feel to it for me and was my primary weapon for the rest of that game and the one after it. I was so distraught when I bought Zeta and one of the teleporters turned it perma-orange that I haven't been able to use it since :confused:

It does indeed! All you need to add is a long coat, and you are set. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/subrosa_florens/Computer%20Games/Fallout3047.jpg

I respect your roleplaying devotion if you would use the Chinese Pistol for real. I love the way it looks but it is so weak! I pretty much stick to my fave weapons regardless of what I'm RPing. Although I do move among the different types of weapons (unarmed, EW, SG, etc) as appropriate for the character.




Perma-Orange? Ouch!

The LR is more or less based on the Henry Rifle, which used a .44 caliber rimfire cartridge (.44 Magnum, OTOH, is a center fire cartridge). The rifle was fed by means of a tubular magazine mounted under the barrel - the reloading animation simulates that. You'd open the magazine near the muzzle, load your cartridges, close the magazine, rack the lever to chamber a round and fire the weapon.

The biggest thing about using hunting rifles to fix it, though, is that the LR is a lever action gun, while the hunting rifle is bolt action. The two would share absolutely no parts in common.

Nice! Very nice. I love that hat. I don't have any current shots of my character in her hat with LR. And, about characters only using lever-action rifles. I have played a few characters that have been Small Guns characters that have only carried LR once they obtained it.

I :wub: that rifle.

They may share some wearable parts in the trigger housing. And depending on your know how possible the firing pin. Since as it's a magnum we know that it couldn't of been the same rifle that Henry presented to Lincoln. So it must be one of the later Celebration editions.

And yes, Lr is one of my Favorites in game. I mainly use it as my oh Gawd I'm gonna die back up rifle.

Sounds like you've been tango'd :hubbahubba:

Just started using it after reading this thread. My Sniper rifle now resides in my locker lol

I just picked up the gun and it turns out ghouls was right, the gold part does have a little bit of green like mold.

I think it's your monitors. Lol

See! I'm not crazy! It is moldy!

Your crazy. You got to be crazy to have the amount of mods you have.

I play on the 360, so I use a TV screen. Hah!

Your tv has been magnetized.

Or what if my TV is moldy? :ahhh:

Windex should fix that. :vaultboy:

LR is not moldy (or mossy, ghouls!)! That's just the lovely patina it's gotten from age.