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The caravan shotgun is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics

Caravan shotgun expanded
This is a double-barreled shotgun that sports barrels mounted in an over-and-under configuration. It features several signs of wear and decay following extensive use and has been maintained in a makeshift manner.
When using iron sights, the target has to be placed behind the screw that blocks the Courier's view. There are four horizontal marks on the screw; the target needs to be behind the second mark from the top. This weapon has a Strength requirement of 3.
Durability
The caravan shotgun can fire a total of about 695 standard shells, the equivalent of 348 reloads, from full condition before breaking.
Ammunition type | Durability | |
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Shots | Reloads | |
Standard, 3/0 buck, slug & pulse slug | 695 | 348 |
Magnum & 3/0 buck Magnum | 604 | 302 |
Variants
- Sturdy caravan shotgun
- Cass's caravan shotgun, a unique non-playable caravan shotgun used by Cass. It only differs from the standard caravan shotgun in its use of companion ammunition.
Comparison
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- Weapon name (melee or unarmed) | - Attacks in V.A.T.S. | |||
- Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive) | - Action point cost | |||
- Damage per attack (damage per projectile) | - Damage per action point | |||
- Damage per second | - Weapon spread | |||
- Area of effect damage | - Magazine capacity (shots per reload) | |||
- Effect damage & duration | - Durability (number of attacks before breaking) | |||
- Bonus effects | - Weight | |||
- Attacks per second | - Value in caps | |||
- Critical chance % multiplier | - Value to weight ratio | |||
- Critical damage | - Skill required | |||
- Critical effect damage & duration | - Strength required | |||
- With all mods attached |
Caravan shotgun | 45 (6.4x7) | 144.6 | 3.21 | x1 | 6 | 20 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | 695 | 3 | 675 | 225 | 25 | 3 |
Sturdy caravan shotgun | 50 (7.1x7) | 160.7 | 3.21 | x1 | 7 | 27 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 2 | 1495 | 3 | 875 | 291.7 | 0 | 3 |
Locations
- Aerotech Office Park - inside suite 200, on top of the fallen bookshelf to the left as you enter.
- Sold from various traders and merchants at higher levels.
- Caleb McCaffery carries one.
- May be carried by escaped convicts.
- One is given in the quest Beyond the Beef for completing the bad Karma option.
- One is rewarded upon joining the Kings.
- Equipped by many Fiends.
- Carried by members of Caesar's Legion at The Fort.
- Most of the NCR troopers at Camp Forlorn Hope are issued caravan shotguns, in place of service rifles.
- Crimson Caravan guards will occasionally carry this weapon.
- Gun Runner guards at the 188 Trading Post carry them.
- Trudy carries one in the quest Run Goodsprings Run.
- Sierra Madre Villa - when heading to the Villa police station you will come across a skeleton with a knife spear by a fountain. Nearby is a Dean's Secret Stash and next to that is a caravan shotgun and some 20 gauge shells.
- Lobotomites in the Big MT (Lv.20-30) may carry one.
Sounds
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Gallery
Caravan shotgun on the cover of Guns and Bullets in Fallout 4