La Longue Carabine

The  is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas. It is a unique variant of the cowboy repeater. It is carried by Corporal Sterling in Camp McCarran.

Characteristics
It has a scope mounted on the rifle. This rifle also reloads significantly faster than a regular cowboy repeater, and does not load through the loading gate (it lacks one) but through the front of the magazine tube, somewhat similar to Lincoln's Repeater. La Longue Carabine cannot be modified using cowboy repeater mods. It already has one mod attached, the extended feeder magazine, although judging by the appearance of the rifle the magazine tube on La Longue Carabine is smaller than a Cowboy Repeater with an extended magazine.

Locations
Can be found in Camp McCarran near New vegas, it is carried by an old Ranger by the name of Corporal Sterling. He is also part of the quest I Don't Hurt Anymore and killing him for the rifle will forfeit the quest. You cannot pickpocket the gun from Sterling, if you take his ammo and come back later the gun will be in his inventory but it is very difficult to pickpocket the weapon, as he will often catch you. A stealth boy, hidden status, and many attempts can get you this weapon. The easiest way is try shooting him with a weak gun and then shooting out his right arm so he drops the rifle, or perhaps shooting the rifle itself if you don't mind damaging it. Then holster your weapon and everyone should become non-hostile again. If you plan to use this method do not bring followers, as they may start a large battle with the NCR in the camp.

Alternatively, it is possible to kill him with one good sneak attack critical with a powerful suppressed weapon, even from very close range, as long as you remain hidden, or plant a C4 explosive on his person and detonate it from a hidden location. Even if you are next to him and there are other NPCs around, it should not provoke hostilities or NCR infamy and you will be free to take the rifle. Another way to obtain this gun without NCR infamy is to place a barrel infront of Sterling and run into said barrel it takes a long time but works. ''Also, shooting the weapon with Anti-materiel rifle while its on his back can drop the CND to zero. Then holster your weapon, once you have the NCR drop from combat pickpocket him this will make it able to be pick-pocketed without having to be hidden. (Needs to be confirmed because it worked for me four times on the xbox360, however this may be a bug since it said I got a sneak attack on the weapon when I was detected) ''

Appearances
The appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes
"La Longue Carabine" is a French phrase meaning "The Long Carbine." It is also a reference to the James Fenimore Cooper novel, the Last of the Mohicans, in which the main characters' rifle is dubbed this by the Iroquois, although Hawkeye (the owner of the rifle) calls it KillDeere. The above is incorrect. Not every little noun in a game has to be a reference to something.

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