Ballistic Fist

The ballistic fist is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The ballistic fist is one of the most powerful Unarmed weapons in the game. It consists of a wrist-mounted shotgun, with a pressure plate trigger worn over the knuckles, which fires when a punch connects with the target. This amplifies the damage given due to the power of the user's fists and the deadly ballistic from the mounted gun.

Durability
The ballistic fist can successfully strike about 395 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Two-Step Goodbye - A unique variant with additional effects.

Locations

 * Crimson Caravan Company - Can be purchased from Blake.
 * Hidden Valley bunker - Can be purchased from Torres.
 * Hoover Dam - Can be purchased from Quartermaster Bardon in the offices.
 * Mick & Ralph's - Can be purchased from Mick after convincing him (Speech 30) to show his special inventory.
 * Great Khan armory - Can be purchased from the Great Khan armorer.
 * The Fort - The Praetorian guard, Caesar's personal bodyguards, carry ballistic fists. They can be found inside Caesar's tent. The guards in the weather monitoring station also carry them.
 * Legate's camp - Carried by some Praetorian guards.

Behind the scenes
Sometime before release, ballistic fists were supposed to use shotgun shells as ammunition, but it wasn't supported by the game engine.