Hunting Shotgun

The hunting shotgun is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The hunting shotgun was built for greater range and power over similar shotguns. Using the less common but more powerful 12 gauge shells, the hunting shotgun is designed to be the mid-to-end game shotgun class weapon, only outclassed by the riot shotgun.

It's pump-action, which means there's a slightly longer delay between shots. It also loads through the bottom, so expect longer reload times, even with the rapid reload perk. Due to the gun having an internal magazine, it is reloaded by hand one shell at a time, as such it can be interrupted mid-way through reloading and fired if needed. Because of this, it gives the gun the advantage of being quickly available to fire again if only a single or few rounds are needed.

However, it shares the common weakness of most shotguns and automatic weapons in Fallout: New Vegas, in that much of its theoretical power is negated by the damage threshold system. This weakness however, can be somewhat countered if the player has the Shotgun Surgeon perk. It is worth noting that the high spread of this weapon requires the player character to be at close ranges for all of the rounds fired to impact on the target.

Modifications

 * Hunting shotgun long tube - +3 magazine size (5 -> 8).
 * Hunting shotgun choke: - reduces spread by 40% (from 1.5 to 0.9).

Variants

 * Dinner Bell, a unique variant of the hunting shotgun given as a reward by Red Lucy for completing the quest, Bleed Me Dry.

Locations

 * Horowitz Farmstead - in the bed of the pick-up truck next to the barn, along with an ammunition box. The shotgun is in incredibly poor condition. This location is pretty much exactly where the fast travel point for Horowitz Farmstead is located.
 * Old Nuclear Test Site - inside the shack propped up against the table.
 * Bloodborne Cave - by a skeleton around the campfire, along with some ammunition.
 * Followers safehouse - located on the right most bed.
 * Charleston cave - inside the cave, behind a (hard) locked door.
 * Vault 34 - inside the Vault.
 * The Thorn - Red Lucy carries one.
 * Executive Suites, Sierra Madre Casino - can be found in the security room.
 * Gun Runners - can be bought off of the Vendortron.
 * NCR heavy troopers (particularly at the 188 Trading Post) and Great Khans will equip hunting shotguns from time to time.
 * While not a normal spawn, the Legion soldiers in the double-cross at the end of Birds of a Feather quest may also spawn shotguns.
 * Some Legion Centurions that lead squads of Legion Soldiers against the PC will have the weapon equipped.
 * Carried by White Legs depending on your level.
 * Zion Fishing Lodge - Found propped up behind the bar, along with a box of twelve 12 gauge shotgun shells in the Honest Hearts add-on.

Bugs

 * Sometimes when changing ammo type or reloading the user may become stuck in an infinite reload animation, this can simply be fixed by pressing the fire button once or changing ammo type again. The unique variant, Dinner Bell can also suffer from this glitch.
 * The texture file has the wrong shell when reloading. It loads an all brass looking shell but will eject an normal red plastic shell.
 * If you're in third person mode while changing ammo types, the reload will generate a pump-action being pumped for every shell. (the animation will not be paused, but a pump is heard every shell)

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