.44 Magnum Round (Fallout: New Vegas)

The .44 magnum round is a type of ammunition in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
A very high powered round.

.44 Magnum, Hollow Point
Hollow point bullets mushroom and break up on impact, causing massive trauma on fleshy, unarmored targets. However, this also means they break up when they hit things like armor plate, drastically reducing the weapon's penetrating power.

.44 Magnum, SWC (Hand Load)
An ultra-sharp, flat-nosed round designed to deal maximum damage to targets at close range, by tumbling when it hits. Originally designed to shoot paper targets. Schematics for making these can be obtained from Jules after passing a check for Guns (50) and Survival (60) (see Bugs).

.44 Special Round
A less-powerful caliber of ammunition with physical dimensions similar enough to be used in guns chambered for the .44 Magnum caliber. As of patch 1.2, these rounds are the rarest type of .44 caliber ammunition in the game, with a single box appearing in only one location: the NCR Ranger Safehouse.

Weapons using this ammunition

 * .44 magnum revolver
 * Mysterious Magnum
 * Trail carbine

Bugs

 * Due to a misplaced condition, .44 SWC, Hand Load rounds cannot be made unless the player has both the Hand Loader perk and has received the ammunition's schematics from Jules.