PC version, from Steam.

When I try to shoot the ghost people's gas bombs as they throw OR hold them using VATS mode, it screws up!
my character is left aiming/looking straight up vertically in the air after exiting VATS
and *NEVER* manages to hit the bombs (and he has high skills, tried this repeatedly)

thus, no damn point even trying to shoot their gas bombs, sigh :/

Do the bullets even hit the bombs??

I've had this problem too, even with 95% VATS chance and a clear line of sight - have tried police pistol, automatic rifle and holorifle. From what I can see the bullets don't look like they strike the bomb. Always have a 0% chance to hit once they are thrown.

I had this problem to, 95% 6+ shots an no gas tank hits I guess we have a bug.

bigcrazewolf

Well, sign me up for this issue also. This is a pretty big problem because that should be a really effective mechanism to combat these guys that is basically impossible now. They move too erratically to hit the gas bombs outside of VATS and I've been shooting at these things in their hands outside of VATS for an hour now and have yet to see a single one explode. REALLY REALLY FRUSTRATING.

Seems it is a bug that was introduced in one of the Fallout 3 patches, cause I remember being able to target grenades in the air and in the enemy hands, plus rockets in the air with VAT, but it stopped working after one of the Fallout 3 patches. I don't think it was ever added back in FNV. Maybe they thought the game was too easy being able to do that?

Then they should take Dean's dialogue out where it suggests you shoot the gas bombs while they're holding them if they don't intend for you to do it.

I had this same issue, but also one step further. When queuing up shots in vats, each with 95% chance, they will all miss. Did it once where there was a wall right behind them and watched as my char emptied my police pistol into into the wall just above their head. Might not be related, but I thought I'd mention it.

it worked for me, i dont know why it doesn't work for you guys...but shooting those bomb really don't do any damage to them.