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The hunting rifle is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics[]
Hunting rifle expanded
A bolt-action rifle set in wooden furniture with attached iron sights chambered for .308 rounds. Though the weapon has a high damage output, its cycling action limits the speed at which it can put rounds in a target at close range.
When fully modified, the hunting rifle is a very stable platform for long-range sniping and overall combat. The increased magazine size of the fully upgraded hunting rifle coupled with the higher damage per shot, faster reload speed, moderate Strength and Guns requirement and very high durability make it a viable sniper rifle in its own right. The maximum damage of the weapon stacked with damage perks and Sneak Attack Critical multipliers will kill most enemies in one shot. It also matches the other top-tier 3.5x magnification scopes of other weapons, though with a different appearance when the scope modification is attached. Its significantly high maximum condition also allows it to fire .308 JSP ammunition for a prolonged period.
Durability[]
The hunting rifle can fire a total of about 1,495 standard rounds, the equivalent of 299 reloads, or 150 reloads when modified with extended magazines, from full condition before breaking.
| Ammunition type | Unmodified | W/ Extended mag | ||
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| Shots | Reloads | Shots | Reloads | |
| Standard, HP, & AP | 1495 | 299 | 1495 | 150 |
| JSP | 995 | 199 | 995 | 100 |
Modifications[]
- Hunting rifle custom action - Increases rate of fire by 33.3%.
- Hunting rifle extended mag - Adds +5 rounds per magazine.
- Hunting rifle scope - Adds long-range optic scope with 3.5x magnification.
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- Hunting rifle stripper clip - a mod that was cut from the game, no model exists and is listed in the game by name only.
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Variants[]
- Boone's scoped hunting rifle - a unique non-playable weapon used by Boone. It only differs from the standard hunting rifle in its use of companion ammunition and having a pre-installed scope as well as its decreased critical damage.
Paciencia - a unique variant sold by Cliff Briscoe in the Dino Bite gift shop in Novac.
Comparison[]
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | - 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 | |||
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| Hunting rifle | 52 | 49.3 | 0.95 | x2 | 52 | 40 | 1.3 | 0.01 | 5 | 1495 | 6 | 2200 | 366.7 | 50 | 6 |
| Hunting rifle | 52 | 65.7 | 1.26 | x2 | 52 | 40 | 1.3 | 0.01 | 10 | 1495 | 6 | 6300 | 1050 | 50 | 6 |
Paciencia  | 55 | 65.1 | 1.18 | x2 | 110 | 35 | 1.6 | 0.01 | 3 | 1745 | 6.2 | 12000 | 1935.5 | 50 | 6 |
Locations[]
- Boulder City - Located next to a skeleton by the locomotive engine in the Boulder City train station, along with a box of ammunition.
- Camp Guardian caves - Found in an alcove, just before reaching Private Halford.
- Camp McCarran
- One of the two guards in front of the Concourse entrance carries a hunting rifle.
- Sergeant Daniel Contreras owns one, The player can also occasionally purchase them from him.
- Carried by some troopers in the main camp at higher levels.
- Walter Hornsby, an NCR Corporal who guards Silus, carries one.
- First Recon carries hunting rifles, save for Corporal Sterling, who uses La Longue Carabine instead.
- Cottonwood Cove - Can be stolen from inside Cottonwood Cove HQ, to the left of the desk at the top of the metal shelves.
- Great Khan supply cave - Inside the cave with Oscar Velasco, located on the metal shelves.
- Gun Runners - Vendortron sells hunting rifles at level 6 and onwards, the hunting rifles sold here are in 98% condition.
- Gun Runners - Gun Runner guards at the factory all carry a hunting rifle.
- H&H Tools factory - On the ground next to a house between the factory and the northern passage.
- Manny Vargas, Cannibal Johnson, Aurelius of Phoenix, Lucullus, Harland and Ranger Dobson all carry a hunting rifle.
- Miguel's Pawn Shop, Westside - On the bottom shelf of a small bookcase. Must be stolen.
- New Vegas home - Under the veranda in poor condition.
- The Thorn - Gifted by Red Lucy after bringing her radscorpion eggs during the side quest Bleed Me Dry, also carried by one of the guards.
- Vault 3 - In the overseer's office, mounted by the observation window.
- Sometimes sold by weapon merchants throughout the Mojave Wasteland.
- Many of the members of Caesar's Legion, mainly Legion explorers, may have this weapon equipped, usually when the player character reaches levels 10+.
- Super mutants use hunting rifles at lower levels.
- During the quest, I Forgot to Remember to Forget, prime legionaries might carry hunting rifles when they attack Bitter Springs.
- Can be stolen from the gun cases in Cliff Briscoe's bungalow and McBride house in Novac.
- Some higher level Fiends carry these.
- NCR Rangers at Hoover Dam carry them at earlier levels and before the quest You'll Know It When It Happens.
- One is carried by Neil.
- Can be found on the White Legs in Zion Canyon, albeit infrequently.
- Sink Central Intelligence Unit in the Sink will occasionally sell some in 100% condition.
Notes[]
- The hunting rifle texture appears to show the weapon is in poor condition, with the butt plate falling off, the barrel being taped in place, and part of the bolt receiver held together with wire. However, this does not affect the weapon's performance or durability in gameplay.
- The hunting rifle scope actually has more magnification than that of the sniper rifle or and anti-materiel rifle.
- Finding modifications for the weapon can be very difficult, as few vendors, sometimes not even the Gun Runners, have them in stock at certain points in the game.
- The hunting rifle is the standard issue rifle for the NCR's First Recon sharpshooter regiment, and is also frequently carried by recruit legionary soldiers out in the field.
Behind the scenes[]
- Joshua Sawyer describes the hunting rifle in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas as "pretty similar to" old Winchester Model 70 rifles.[Non-game 1]
- In Fallout 3, the hunting rifle used .32 caliber rounds; according to Sawyer, this was changed to .308 rounds in Fallout: New Vegas to help make the relative firepower more intuitive for players not familiar with guns, and because, in his explanation, revolvers and bolt-action rifles generally do not use the same type of case (in Fallout 3, the .32 pistol is the only other weapon which uses .32 rounds; this ammo type was removed completely in Fallout: New Vegas).[Non-game 2]
Bugs[]
- The iron sights of the hunting rifle (and, to a degree, all non-pistol-grip two-hand rifles) are misaligned with the center of the screen, with shots landing a fair bit to the right of the gun's sights. The scope mod rectifies this.[verified]
- If the gun is holstered while wearing Chinese stealth armor, zooming in while in first person will show a chunk of metal on the screen.[verified]
- The gun will sometimes be held higher than usual in first-person view.[verified]
Sounds[]
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Gallery[]
The hunting rifle with the scope modification
The hunting rifle with the scope and the custom bolt modification
The hunting rifle with the scope, custom bolt, and extended magazine modification
A collection of all of the hunting rifle variants
Concept art by Liquid Development
Hunting rifle in the perk image for Sneering Imperialist
References[]
Non-game
- ↑ Question: "What's the hunting rifle in FNV based on?"
Joshua Sawyer: "It's just based on Fallout 3's hunting rifle, which is pretty similar to old Winchester Model 70s."
(Formspring reply on January 30, 2013) - ↑ Question: "Not sure if you were asked this already or not, but in FNV, why were the .32 rounds and the Smith and Wesson .32 Pistol in FO3 but were removed in FNV and why was the Hunting Rifle re-chambered for the .308?"
Joshua Sawyer: "It was never really clear (to me, anyway) what real-world caliber .32 was supposed to represent. It was used in both a revolver and a bolt-action rifle, which generally aren't things that use the same type of case (revolvers use rimmed cases, bolt-actions usually use rimless -- though there are exceptions).
With F:NV, I mostly tried to stick to calibers (especially early on) that non-gun folk might be familiar with: .22 LR, .357 Magnum, .308, .50 MG, etc. People often use "22" to indicate relative weakness and "50 cal" to indicate high power. .308 Winchester is a common hunting round. .357 Magnum is understood as powerful -- even if .44 Magnum is understood as even more powerful.
While that doesn't necessarily help someone who knows *nothing* about guns, my hope was that it would make things a little more intuitive for someone who is casually familiar with firearms in popular culture."
(Formspring reply on July 11, 2013)
