Vance's 9mm Submachine Gun

Vance's 9mm submachine gun (SMG) is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas. It is the unique variant of the 9mm SMG and was once owned by Vance of the crime duo, Vikki and Vance.

Background
Vance and his wife Vikki were "master criminals" before the Great War. The player character can hear the story of Vikki and Vance by consulting Primm Slim in the Vikki and Vance Casino. Slim's account implies that Vikki and Vance were in fact small-time white-collar criminals. According to Slim, Vance purchased this high-quality mint condition 9mm machine gun immediately prior to his death but never fired it.

Characteristics
Vance's 9mm SMG has several differences from the standard 9mm SMG. First and foremost, it does more damage, the damage-per-second is higher, and it has a drum magazine with a greater capacity. Aesthetically, it is in pristine condition with wood or Bakelite grip panels, lacks a stock, and has a different Express-type iron sight. Its high rate of fire, common ammunition, and high DPS makes it a valuable weapon to one skilled in Guns.

Durability
Vance's 9mm submachine gun can fire a total of about 3745 standard rounds, the equivalent of 63 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Variant

 * 9mm SMG - Standard variant found throughout the Mojave Wasteland.

Related quests

 * A Pair of Dead Desperados, I
 * A Pair of Dead Desperados, II

Location
The weapon is missing from its display case in the Vikki and Vance Casino, but Primm Slim does not notice. With high enough Science skill (50), however, one will gain a dialogue option to reveal that the weapon was taken to Wins hideout, where it can be found inside the safe with a Very Hard lock. The lock can be picked or with a high enough Speech skill (55), one can convince the Wins to provide the combination.

Behind the scenes
Vikki and Vance are a reference to the real world Bonnie and Clyde. The combination of the safe is 05-23-34, the date the crime duo was killed in real life.

Bugs
Sometimes the magazine may not be where it should; it will hover near the end of the gun. Primm Slim will continually ask if you've found Vance's gun, if you found the gun before passing Primm Slims dialogue skill check.
 * Reloading the gun will fix this, as will drawing the gun out and then re-holstering. Switching weapons may also fix this bug with this weapon and others.

Sounds
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