Seriously. This guy has caught me EVERY SINGLE TIME I try to pickpocket the Mysterious Magnum. I've got 100 sneak and I use a stealth boy every time I try.

100 sneak should make me one with the shadows, master of invisibility, unparalleled in sneaking and stealing.
Stealth boy should make me LITERALLY INVISIBLE.

I'm serious 0/40 on getting that gun and that's crap. Is this guy impossible to steal from or something? I haven't read anything about it on the wiki.

I don't pickpocket much stuff but one would think that being invisible and a master of stealth should be enough to STEAL A DAMN PISTOL FROM A DRUNKEN COWBOY!

I'm not trying to take the clothes of his back or a minigun or something. It's a 4 pound pistol.

I stole his guitar

So don't pickpocket it. There's an easy way of getting him to give that revolver to you for free.

[Its called shooting him in the head several times] :celebration:

I forgot the easy way to get it and tried stealing it. Same results you had. Stealth boy and sneak at 100, but no way. Fortunately, I had a slightly earlier save position and got it one of the easy ways. Barter is your friend.

I'm aware there's an easier way but that's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY back.

This is just stupid. Every time I play this game I get more disgusted with how many ways it's broken.

But thanks for the input guys, I wasn't sure if it was just me.

I don't think this is a case of the game being "broken". Mysterious Magnum is a unique weapon - I suspect it may be assigned as "impossible" to steal. Game designers may have wanted it that way . . . either kill him or get it the other quest way.

Personally, I don't see why you don't just kill him . . .

Ranger Sequoia on Ranger Chief Hanlon is much the same. I just ended up punching him, shooting the gun out of his hand and holstering my weapon and picking it off the floor, after I was forgiven for punching him.