I've seen ALOT of .45s, which is good b/c i like those, but the .44 mag better be returning.

Road Warrior anyone?

as I understand it the .357 magnum has taken over the .44 role

You should check out the Ranger Revolver in the new dev diary released today. I don't know if it is a 44 or a 357 but it is pretty sweet.

I still want a .50 caliber handgun like Resident Evil 4 and the movie Alien Nation.

they specificly say it uses a rifle caliber.

Yes, It's cool but I like modern revolvers best.

Wow...that thing better kick some [Censored} haha.

Actually, we haven't seen any .45's yet. The ".45" is actually a 9mm Hi Power, not a 1911. And the grease gun is in 9mm as well.

And yes, .44 is returning, there is one .44 lever action rifle we've seen and it's likely there will be a .44 revolver as well.

And that big range revolver probably shoots .45-70 Govt, which is a .45, but not the type you're thinking of.

Hasn't there been a .44 Revolver of some kind in every game? Why would they leave it out at this point in the series.

Besides, Saying "Make my day" does not carry the same cachet when you are weilding a .357 or 10mm

Really? I thought he said it shoots like a rifle, as in powerful and long range. I guess I misheard.

I heard the same.

Nevertheless can't a .44 be fired from a rifle?

BTW what I know about guns could fill a thimble so if I'm wrong don't start shouting at me.

There wasn't a .44 in FO1 (never played FO2 or tactics)

The Desert Eagle was arbitrarily left out of FO3.

So it's quite possible they will leave it out.


And you definately have a point about "make my day"

The revolver your speaking of is the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_Research_BFR and it is more than likely chambered in .45-70, We've been speculating a lot in the Guns/Ammo thread about what could be the elusive .45-70 weapon. One of our speculations was this beautiful revolver that has been added to the game. (Credit goes to .46ACP, it was his guess.) :tops:

On-topic: I'm pretty sure there will be a .44 Magnum it'll just have its own strengths & weaknesses compared to using a .357 Magnum, We'll find out more about how exactly that will play out when we get our hands on Fallout New Vegas October 19th.

Yay me!

Josh clearly said that the revolver caliber hierarchy would be .357>.44>.45-70. For those of you that don't know it, the .45-70 Government (as it is called) was a military round designed for the 1873 Trapdoor Springfield rifle, the standard issue rifle for the US Army from 1873-1893. It is a black powder round, but for that time, a very high velocity, flat shooting small caliber round. There were many rifles chambered for it, included but not limited to: the Sharps 1874; the Winchester 1885 & 1886; some Remington Rolling blocks; some Marlin-Ballard rifles; the first military issue bolt action repeater, the 1879 Winchester-Hotchkiss; and the first successful box magazine bolt-action the Remington-Lee 1885.

During the second half of the 19th century, sport target shooting with rifles like the Creedmore Remingtons and Ballards was as popular a sport as golf is today. It was huge and there were many, many very well made single shot targer rifles made during that time in .45-70 Gov. In more modern times, Winchester, Ruger, Remington and many antique firearm replica companies have come back out with these kinds of rifles. There are also a number of pistol manufacturers that have produced firearms that chamber this round, most notably Thompson/Center and Magnum Research. Magnum Research makes a HUGE frame revolver called a BFR. Biggest, Finest, Revolver. Yeah, right. Well is is famous for chambering absolutely huge rounds like the .500 SW, the .454j Casull, and mine and Alois Hammer's favorite, the .45-70. This is a really big rifle round fired from a handgun. Much more oomph than that puny little .50AE. Just so you can get a feel for how powerful the round is, in my books of ammo listings, it is the second most powerful round before they start to list the kind of rounds used on elephants. When I say buffalo rifle, the picture that pops into your mind is probably chambered in .45-70.

The Ranger Revolver is the next best thing to this
http://policelink.monster.com/nfs/policelink/photos/0163/2514/600_NITRO_max600.jpg?1233281368 I suppose

I hope the .44 Magnum is modeled after the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Anaconda instead of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_&_Wesson_Model_29 from Fallout 3, I think the beautiful Anaconda just looks like its got a lot more bite to it. :tops:

I disagree w/ you reinbach
They should have both :hubbahubba:

I disagree with you the Anaconda is better.

I disagree with this disagreement. Plus I lok how the http://www.taurususa.com/product-details.cfm?id=193&category=Revolver&toggle=&breadcrumbseries=RB2 looks. I'm not sayin I'd buy one, I just like how modern it looks. All smooth and stuff.

Oh I was being sarcastic. Damn, they really need to make a font that indicates sarcasm.

I was disagreing with him that there should only be one of those two. We need both. heh

No you were being http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/facetious. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sarcasm is often confused with facetiousness. Of course, I was being facetious also, and this reply is slightly facetious. I suggest we hereby start using this lovely fuscia color when being facetious, and simply aviod being sarcastic at all.

As for having both, I would have no problem at all with Obsidian taking the time to build 2 or 3 completely different skins for the same basic gun. The stats could be the same, but you could have your S&W, he could have his Ruger, and I could have my Colt. Or they could make different models, using different barrel lengths.

There's a .357 AND a .44 Magnum. No need to argue when you have both.

I hope they have one, but I think it looks so bad with a scope.... idk about you guys but in F3 it was an ugly, but effective weapon

ha ha

I actually bought FO3 because there was a scoped .44!
Other reasons too of course but when I saw that I was like 'omfg I NEED this game'.
Everyone is different though

So, are you saying we should denote when we are being... Fuscicious?

As for your second point, I don't see why not- after all, it's already been done with clothes and armor, remember the Merc outfits, merc charmer, merc adventurer, etc. All with the same stats, in the same repair list, same values, etc, but different names and appearances.