.308 caliber round (Fallout 3)

For an overview of .308 ammunition types in various Fallout games, see .308 Caliber Round.

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The .308 caliber round is a Small Guns ammunition found in the game. It is only used with the sniper rifle and its unique variants.

Background

Main article: .308 Caliber Round

.308 Caliber Round

Characteristics

The .308 Caliber Round is the third rarest small guns ammunition found in the game, next to .44 round, magnum, and the BBs; very few enemies carry sniper rifles, and many are located in hard to reach places or have only a small number of rounds to be looted. A notable sniper is Arkansas in Minefield. The hunting rifle largely provides the same effect while using the much more common .32 caliber round, making the sniper rifle and variants limited in effectiveness until the player gathers a stockpile of ammunition.

Used in

• Sniper rifle
• Reservist's rifle
• Victory rifle

Locations

Merchants

• Various vendors such as Chief Gustavo, Flak and Shrapnel, Knight Captain Durga, Karl, Moira Brown and others will sell this ammo.

Map locations

Closest map marker	Amount	Description
Bethesda Ruins	At least 50 (with the Scrounger perk)	There is a sniper perched in a window of a dilapidated office building. While the Sniper Rifle itself is in poor condition, there are Ammunition boxes by the window and a dead Raiders corpse to be looted for .308 caliber rounds.
Calvert Mansion (Point Lookout add-on)	Roughly 5 .308 rounds	To the west in an old green house (average locked ammo box)
Megaton	Roughly 10 .308 rounds	There is a Hollowed-out rock south east behind Megaton where you can find the .308 Caliber Rounds, you can also find a Sniper rifle and some stimpaks.
Minefield	A set of .308 ammo boxes	The set of ammo boxes can be found near Arkansas.
Rivet City	Several ammo boxes roughly 5 rounds in each box	There are several ammo boxes on the upper balconies.
Rockbreaker's Last Gas	Roughly 10 .308 rounds	In a sniper shack west of Rockbreaker's Last Gas. .308 rounds in average locked ammo box. You can also find the Victory rifle here in locker which requires 100 lockpick skill to open.
Turtledove Detention Camp (Point Lookout add-on)	Roughly 50 .308 rounds	In the administration office, to the left.
Yao Guai Tunnels	Roughly 10 .308 rounds	South west of the Yao Guai Tunnels, near the wastelander tent at the sniper perch.

Notes

• If The Pitt has been downloaded, the ammo press can be utilized to make this ammunition out of scrap metal as long as the Free Labor quest has been completed.
• There is a glitch in the Operation: Anchorage add-on that can be exploited to acquire the ammunition in large amounts. Please refer to Operation: Anchorage bugs for details.

Ammunition in Fallout 3 Small Guns BBs · 10mm round · 5.56mm round · .32 caliber round · .308 caliber round · .44 round, Magnum · Dart · Ingots · Railway spikes · Shotgun shell Big Guns 5mm round · Electron charge pack · Flamer fuel · Mini nuke · Missile Energy Weapons Alien power cell · Alien power module · Energy cell · Microfusion cell · Mesmetron power cell