[Rodney C]

I've been thinking about the weapons and there in-game use, mainly are any weapons going the way of the Scoped .44 Magnum/.44 ammo, the Fat Man, and a few others? It really was kinda annoying that there really were no raiders, mercs, ghouls, or mutants in the game that spawned with one.

When I think about some of the weapons that have been confirmed, there are a few that strike me as .44 magnumish. At least in the sense that they might not be widely used in-game. I don't have a problem with good weapons and their ammunition being rare(sniper rifle and .308), but I'm not wild about them being non-existant(scoped .44 and .44 mag).

I can understand the Fat Man, but really there isn't a reason why the rest of the weapons can't be more utilized. If anything, it will add to the challenge which lots of people seem to want.

I think with a wider variety of weapons using .308 and other ammunition types that were pretty rare in FO3 it'd be detrimental to have a slew of new firearms and not be able to keep a relatively healthy supply of bullets for them. If you think about it the M1 Garand style rifle is most likely chambered in .308 if we get as much .308 ammunition as we did in FO3 the weapon will be damn near useless I'm all for making certain ammunition types rarer than others but only to a point, FO3 had a lot less variety in firearms so I could live with being forced to use the one with the most plentiful ammo pool. (I can recall having barely over 200+ .308 rounds in my whole (main) playthrough of FO3, although I may just be unlucky I even had Scrounger but still couldn't ever get any of those bullets.) :tops:

[Star Dunkels Macmillan]

The assault carbine uses 5mm rounds, so do you guys think this opens the door for different miniguns cambered in other rounds like the return of the vindicator minigun(uses 4.7 caseless in FO2). I still believe there are a few ammo types that are unknown at the time.

[Rik Douglas]

I never had a problem getting .308 and .44 ammo, I just bought it.
Rivet City, a fully upgraded Lucky Harith, that creepy ghoul in underworld, the citadel's armory, Sydney after her quest, Tenpenny tower, all of those were good sources of rare ammo.
Whenever I was low, I would just run through all of those places and end up with thousands of rounds of 5mm and EC, and hundreds of rounds of .44 and .308.

Finally, once you beat the Pitt, the ammo press takes away all of your ammo problems. You can turn all of your lesser ammos into powerful ones.

Now what's my point? I believe that through crafting we can convert ammo into other ammo, like the ammo press.
If we can, it shouldn't be a problem to feed our guns the stuff they want.

One thing I wonder about casings though, is can you only pull them off dead guys, or can you buy them in bulk from supply stores? It would be great to just buy a bunch of casings and craft away. Though, I also seem to remember that you can even craft casings yourself out of scrap metal.

[Kanaoka]

You can occasionally find boxes of primers, boxes of cases, or jars of powder on merchants (usually at the Gun Runners).

[courtnay]

Sawyer said it

WHERE

[Celestine Stardust]

You can occasionally find boxes of primers, boxes of cases, or jars of powder on merchants (usually at the Gun Runners).

Hmmmm, I wonder how much different primers, etc. will effect the over-all round performance........

This game needs to come out before I finally go off the deep end.

[Amanda savory]

*Random* So many little things you could add just for fun...
like setting C4 on fire and dumber people who see it try to stomp it out which would detonate it lol...
(No point since you could just throw a mine down or detonate it yourself, but I would still find it humorous)
Also what would the usual amount be in a box? like around 30?

[Stace]

WHERE

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1118124-weapons-mods-and-ammo-mega-thread-5/page__view__findpost__p__16440936

[Britta Gronkowski]

That's funny, for the 308. ammo and 5mm ammo, I used the Anchorage glitch sense of how rare it was. I didn't stop until I had 10,000 rounds of 308, to make sure I would NEVER run out.

I forgot all about the M1! Now I am stuck in between the service rifle or garand, which one will be main weapon throughout my playthrough.

[Hella Beast]

That's funny, for the 308. ammo and 5mm ammo, I used the Anchorage glitch sense of how rare it was. I didn't stop until I had 10,000 rounds of 308, to make sure I would NEVER run out.

I forgot all about the M1! Now I am stuck in between the service rifle or garand, which one will be main weapon throughout my playthrough.

I am stuck because we still don't have a confimed name for the M1 style rifle. Is it really "Semi-auto Rifle" and we haven't been corrected because that's right? Or are there some evil machinations going on here?

You can occasionally find boxes of primers, boxes of cases, or jars of powder on merchants (usually at the Gun Runners).

I'm assuming that these items are required to craft ammo then. Will each ammo bench come with some small supply of these items when we find them? Or will we be limited to crafting ammo only after we meet the Gun Runners, and then by how much materiel they can supply us with?

[Andrew Perry]

I am stuck because we still don't have a confimed name for the M1 style rifle. Is it really "Semi-auto Rifle" and we haven't been corrected because that's right? Or are there some evil machinations going on here?

I hope it isn't Semi-auto rifle, That is a pretty poor name in my opinion.
I guess all we can do is cross our fingers and hope it is called the M1, or something more unique atleast.

[emma sweeney]

I hope it isn't Semi-auto rifle, That is a pretty poor name in my opinion.
I guess all we can do is cross our fingers and hope it is called the M1, or something more unique atleast.

I vote this:

(from Wikipedia)
These weapons were known as gas-operated firearms. Some of the earliest examples of these were most prominent in the Second World War, and were usually semi automatic, such as the American-made M1 Garand, first brought into service with the United States in 1936. These "battle rifles", as they were called, usually fired a "full-sized" (as opposed to an intermediate) rifle cartridge, such as the .30-06 Springfield or .303 British.

[le GraiN]

I vote this:

(from Wikipedia)
These weapons were known as gas-operated firearms. Some of the earliest examples of these were most prominent in the Second World War, and were usually semi automatic, such as the American-made M1 Garand, first brought into service with the United States in 1936. These "battle rifles", as they were called, usually fired a "full-sized" (as opposed to an intermediate) rifle cartridge, such as the .30-06 Springfield or .303 British.

This^ Battle Rifle would fit in well with the rest of the group. I will be ticked if that isn't the official name.

[jessica sonny]

I vote this:

(from Wikipedia)
These weapons were known as gas-operated firearms. Some of the earliest examples of these were most prominent in the Second World War, and were usually semi automatic, such as the American-made M1 Garand, first brought into service with the United States in 1936. These "battle rifles", as they were called, usually fired a "full-sized" (as opposed to an intermediate) rifle cartridge, such as the .30-06 Springfield or .303 British.

Battle Rifle is a good name for that ol' beautiful M1 Garand, Has that been confirmed? :tops:

[luis dejesus]

Battle Rifle is a good name for that ol' beautiful M1 Garand, Has that been confirmed? :tops:

Alas, brother, it has not.

[Genocidal Cry]

Battle Rifle is a great name.

[Jynx Anthropic]

Battle Rifle is a great name.

Most importantly, Mr. Sawyer knows this also, enough to know that an M-16 should not be called one:

J.E. Sawyer, on 19 September 2010 - 12:41 PM, said:

One more quick correction: the weapon most users refer to as the "Battle Rifle" is called the "Service Rifle" in F:NV. It is not of sufficient caliber to merit the title "Battle Rifle".

[lydia nekongo]

Most importantly, Mr. Sawyer knows this also, enough to know that an M-16 should not be called one:

How do you dig up these past quotes, you got a page edit'd just for Sawyer replies? :goodjob:

Good job finding this.

(looks around for the Sawyer Archives)

Hope your right about the 'Battle Rifle.' Or if they come up with another suitable name that I can stick with.

[Enie van Bied]

How do you dig up these past quotes, you got a page edit'd just for Sawyer replies? :goodjob:

Good job finding this.

(looks around for the Sawyer Archives)

Hope your right about the 'Battle Rifle.' Or if they come up with another suitable name that I can stick with.

Advanced search button. Search by name. Read every post if you want.

[ladyflames]

I'm confident in Sawyer to give it a good name and your quote only assured me more he'll give it a great name.(It'd be hilarious if it got called the Ping Rifle)

[Darrell Fawcett]

I'm confident in Sawyer to give it a good name and your quote only assured me more he'll give it a great name.(It'd be hilarious if it got called the Ping Rifle)

:celebration:

[Jodie Bardgett]

I think Battle Rifle is a fine name, and as .46 said, people were originally calling the Service Rifle "battle rifle" because they were convinced it was an AR-10.

Apparently, furnishings that look like wood/bakelite = AR-10.

Now that we know it is not a battle rifle (still don't know what it fires...), the Garand seems like a good weapon to take its place.

Unless we find out that it's actually a magical elephant gun that shoots .45-70 Govt and is the rifle companion to the Hunting Revolver, in which case I'll call it simply:

WHY?!?

[NO suckers In Here]

I think Battle Rifle is a fine name, and as .46 said, people were originally calling the Service Rifle "battle rifle" because they were convinced it was an AR-10.

Apparently, furnishings that look like wood/bakelite = AR-10.

Now that we know it is not a battle rifle (still don't know what it fires...), the Garand seems like a good weapon to take its place.

Unless we find out that it's actually a magical elephant gun that shoots .45-70 Govt and is the rifle companion to the Hunting Revolver, in which case I'll call it simply:

WHY?!?

I just hope its a .308 Rifle to be honest, .45-70 is a little ridiculous for the M1 Garand. :tops:

[Luna Lovegood]

I just hope its a .308 Rifle to be honest, .45-70 is a little ridiculous for the M1 Garand. :tops:

It was a yolk. :prod:

[Czar Kahchi]

I just hope its a .308 Rifle to be honest, .45-70 is a little ridiculous for the M1 Garand. :tops:

I think .308 is high enough to be qualified "Battle Rifle" isn't it?

EDIT:Thought you were talkin' bout the service rifle.