Railway Rifle (Fallout 3)



The Railway Rifle is a Fallout 3 weapon. It is one of the weapons that can be assembled from Schematics found in the game world. It falls into the Small Guns category.

The gun fires Railway Spikes at enemies. It is fairly good at crippling body parts in a single shot when it hits and is capable of impaling body parts and affixing them to surfaces, it will ONLY do this on a killing blow, and it won't do it every time, it seems to be about a 1 in 10 chance.

The Railway Rifle deals moderate damage, and has accuracy comparable to the Assault Rifle. While ammunition is fairly easy to come by, the weapon's low armor penetration makes it inappropriate for use against many humanoid enemies.

Like all constructed weapons, obtaining more than one copy of the schematics will upgrade the plans. Two plans makes the condition of the weapon equal to your repair skill (as opposed to half your repair skill with just one blueprint). Three plans will net a condition of 125% of your repair skill at construction.

Components:
 * Fission Battery
 * Pressure Cooker
 * Steam Gauge Assembly
 * Railway Rifle Schematic
 * Crutch

Easy-to-find component locations:
 * Fission Battery: RoboCo Plant, Robot Repair Center
 * Pressure Cooker: Minefield Homes, Super-Duper Mart
 * Steam Gauge Assembly: Minefield Homes, Super-Duper Mart, RoboCo Plant, Robot Repair Center, Bethesda Offices West, Metro Tunnals
 * Crutch: Minefield Homes, Pinkerton's lab, Our Lady of Hope Hospital, Hamilton's Hideaway (In Bandit Room)

Schematic Locations:
 * Tulip (General Goods Vendor) Underworld
 * Control Room (On the Workbench) MDPL-13 Power Station
 * Reward for Stealing Independence from Abraham Washington

Appearances
Railway Rifle appears only in Fallout 3.

Laszlo Radford uses the Railway Rifle, he is a random encounter who can be found at any random place in the wastelands at any random time.

Laszlo also appears nearby the AntAgonizer's lair and can be randomly encountered in places, just like Mel and other random NPC encounters.