it does not make sense for the alien disentegrator to be a small weapon but
when you give the alien disentegrator a quick weapon slot it comes up with a small gun logo and not a lightening bolt logo.
or maybe bethesda got the wrong logo for the weapon and it should have beem a lightening bolt.

has this been discussed before and can anyone give evidence one way or the other.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Alien_Disintegrator