Automatic Rifle

The automatic rifle is a weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Dead Money.

Characteristics
The automatic rifle is a powerful weapon using the .308 caliber round, holding 20 rounds in a box magazine, it inflicts more damage per shot than any other fully automatic projectile weapon and has an unusually high critical chance. This makes it a particularly devastating weapon, especially at closer ranges where its combination of heavy punch, high critical rate, and reasonably quick fire rate enable it to tear most foes to shreds in short order, marking it as one of the most powerful guns in the game as far as DPS is concerned.

Although it is a rifle with a very long barrel and sniper rifle ammo, like most other fully automatic weapons, it does suffer from poor spread when compared to bolt-action and semi-automatic rifles. Also, it has a slow rate of fire for a fully automatic, even when upgraded, and its low durability means it will degrade rapidly with frequent use and requires regular maintenance. Additionally, the automatic rifle fires two rounds each time in V.A.T.S.

A fully repaired automatic rifle can fire up to 996 rounds before breaking.

Modifications

 * Auto. rifle upgr. internals - increases rate of fire by 10%.
 * Auto. rifle upgr. drum mag. - increase ammunition capacity by +30
 * Auto. rifle upgr. heat shield - increase condition by 50%

Locations

 * Villa Police Station - one can be found immediately to the left through the locked contraband store room door, amongst boxes of .308 caliber rounds (The contraband room is accessed via a computer terminal on a desk next to the door - science skill of 75 required).
 * Puesta del Sol- can be found next to a Dean's Secret Stash in a clouded area, in water.
 * Sierra Madre Casino - can be found across from a gun cabinet on the second floor. Another can be found in a gun cabinet in the cashier's office on the first floor.
 * Puesta del Sol switching station - can be found left of the lockers which contain Ennis' terminal password.
 * Salida del Sol Courtyard - next to a corpse in the water with all the Sierra Madre chips.