Eh, I got it when I first visited GNR, and she was my only Merchant option at the time, trust me I feel your pain.

umm could you go get this...ohh and while your there get that...ohh yah go shoot this...- Moira. You know what do it yourself....thats what i wanted to tell her...

Exactly, she has a damn merc in her store, thats her guard throughout the Wasteland.

Yah she was severly annoying right when i get out of that vault im like:" ahh the fresh air...oh wait moria...Damn

Who knew an in game character could be SUCH a buzz kill.

Its not that shes a buzz kill its that shes ANNOYING. Plus every time i hear here i want to get out a fat man and shoot her with it...

Evergreen Mills is a MIRV worthy target. Snipe the cage generator from the cliffs to free the Behemoth, and as soon as it begins to engage the Raiders, MIRV the Behemoth then walk down and loot the corpses. It's frikking beautiful, man.

Never have done that but sounds EPIC.

I laughed so hard at the Kennedy/Reagan debate over nuke launchers.
On topic, what others said.

The easiest gun to get early on is the A3-21 Plasma rifle.

* Go to Rivet City (I like swimming there, it gets you irradiated, which makes Moira happy)
* Proceed to the lab in back
* Talk to Zimmer (he will find you)
* Find holotapes in Preston's lab (talk to the doc), the church pulpit, and Sister's quarters.
* If Victoria Watts finds you, you can probably blow her off.
* Find Pinkerton in the broken bow, get his story.
* Find the android and restore his memory.
* You have received the plasma rifle!

I got mine at Level 3.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the alien blaster. I'm not completely sure where it is though, but if you go up to Minefield you will see a power plant or factory near there, go there and head north/northwest, you'll find a crashed alien ship with an aliens body by it, look around there and you should find the alien blaster, there are around 80 alien power cells scattered around it. You'll probably find better directions on youtube though. It's the best energy weapon in the game, and is still awesome even if you have a low energy weapons skill. It'll take out most targets in just a couple of hits and has a chance to instantly disintegrate the target.
Oh and if you have the Mothership Zeta add-on you'll get abducted before you can pick up the blaster and get probed by some aliens.
BTW if you decide to take a pop at the Mothership Zeta quest, bring A LOT of stimpacks! I went on that quest with 150 stimpacks and came back with around 40.

Guess I will add my fav weapon from Point Lookout... the double barreled shotgun. Up close and personal, I can take off an Enclave soldier's head out of VATS pretty easily. svcks at about 20 yards and beyond. I actually face Reavers with it.