Chinese Pistol (Fallout 3)

The is a common Fallout 3 weapon. It uses the Small Guns skill and is chambered for 10mm ammunition.

Characteristics
The Chinese Pistol is possibly a leftover from the United States' war with China, an event that triggered the Great War. Some of them can still be found in the Capital Wasteland. The gun resembles the Shansei C96 or Type 17, in our timeline a higher-caliber variant of the original German Mauser. It is arguably the weakest pistol in the game and is nearly useless as even your own fists can do more damage if you have a high enough Unarmed skill and a well maintained BB gun can do more damage. The only real purpose is either selling it as it is pound-for-pound the most valuable of all conventional weapons, or using it to repair its unique incendiary version, the Zhu-Rong v418 Chinese Pistol. it has worse spread than the N99 10mm Pistol, holds less ammunition in a magazine, and its ammo pool is the same as the N99, so it cannot even be used as an "out of ammo" backup weapon. its only use offensively is if every other weapon breaks, or for role play.

Trivia
The C96 Mauser, nicknamed the "Broom Handle" proved to be one of the most popular handguns of the early 20th century and was fielded by many of the world's armies. the C96 was originally chambered for 7.63mm Mauser, a caliber that offered excellent penetration and flat trajectory. The weapon was purchased by the Pre-Communist Government of China. After the Communist take-over, the weapon was manufactured as an unlicensed copy in the more abundant 7.62.25mm Tokarev caliber, which required minimal changes in tooling. This weapon was later replaced in Chinese service by license-made versions of the Soviet Tokarev TT33 and Makarov PMM. The weapon was renowned for its reliability, which was due to the fact that the C96 is made with interlocking machined parts, so that only one screw is needed for the handle.

Locations
One can be found in the Museum of Dave, which is conveniently located inside the Republic of Dave. Most traders usually have one or two Chinese Pistols in their inventory. Also if you just came out of the vault you can probably find one on a raider or two in the open section of the Springvale School. They are often found on low level Raider's and they are easy to find throught the Wasteland