Sawed-Off Shotgun (Fallout: New Vegas)

The sawed-off shotgun is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The sawed-off shotgun is a break action, 12 gauge shotgun that fires both shells at a time. Each shot delivers 14 pellets (instead of the typical 7), and while its damage-per-second is low, it inflicts good burst damage at close range.

This weapon, like all other shotguns, has a large weapons spread. In fact it has the largest spread of all weapons, so much so that in order to gain the high damage of its shot, you have to fire it at point blank range so that all the pellets impacts the intended target.

Furthermore, it is also considered an improved holdout weapon, and can be concealed and taken into weapon-free locations so long as your sneak skill is 50 or greater.

A fully repaired sawed-off shotgun can discharge 395 times (790 shells) before breaking. Considering the double shell usage, it is over four times as durable as its Capital Wasteland counterpart.

Variant

 * Big Boomer, a unique variant carried by Old Lady Gibson.

Locations

 * Atomic Wrangler Casino - there is a gun case in the back room behind the bar. You can find two sawed-off shotguns, as well as some shells.
 * Billy Bettis and Jessup both carry a sawed-off shotgun.
 * Gun Runners - can be purchased from Vendortron
 * Sawed-off shotguns are carried by the bartenders at The Tops Casino in the restaurant and theater.
 * You can receive one from Heck Gunderson during the quest Beyond the Beef, right after contact with Chauncey, head back to Heck and tell him that his son was kidnapped and is being held in the hotel.
 * Should you help Cachino kill Big Sal and Nero in How Little We Know quest, he'll hand you a sawed-off and thirty 12 gauge magnum shells when you enter Nero's office.
 * Sloan - In the worker barracks in a easy-locked cabinet.

Behind the scenes

 * The sawed-off shotgun, as well as its Fallout 3 counterpart, is visually almost identical to the shotgun used by Max in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. This is just one of the many Mad Max references in the Fallout series.