Railway Rifle (Fallout 3)



The Railway Rifle is a Fallout 3 weapon. It is one of the weapons that can be assembled from Schematics found in the game world. It falls into the Small Guns category. When fired, its report is followed up with the sound of a train whistle.

The gun fires Railway Spikes at enemies. Though only moderately damaging, it is very effective at dealing limb damage, being able to outright cripple many foes' limbs in one shot. On the killing shot, a railway spike fired from the gun may tear off the struck body part and pin it to whatever wall was behind.

The Railway Rifle deals moderate damage, and has accuracy comparable to the Assault Rifle. However, its shots have a slower velocity than bullets, making it more effective at short to medium ranges, and most effective in VATS where its limb-destroying effects can be put to precision use.

Like all constructed weapons, obtaining more than one copy of the schematics will upgrade the plans. Two plans makes the condition of the weapon equal to your repair skill (as opposed to half your repair skill with just one blueprint). Three plans will net a condition of 125% of your repair skill at construction.

Components:
 * Fission Battery
 * Pressure Cooker
 * Steam Gauge Assembly
 * Railway Rifle Schematic
 * Crutch

Easy-to-find component locations:
 * Fission Battery: RoboCo Plant, Robot Repair Center
 * Pressure Cooker: Minefield Homes, Super-Duper Mart
 * Steam Gauge Assembly: Minefield Homes, Super-Duper Mart, RoboCo Plant, Robot Repair Center, Bethesda Offices West, Metro Tunnals
 * Crutch: Minefield Homes, Pinkerton's lab, Our Lady of Hope Hospital, Hamilton's Hideaway (In Bandit Room)

Schematic Locations:
 * Tulip (General Goods Vendor) Underworld
 * Control Room (On the Workbench) MDPL-13 Power Station
 * Reward for Stealing Independence from Abraham Washington

Appearances
Railway Rifle appears only in Fallout 3.

Laszlo Radford uses the Railway Rifle, he is a random encounter who can be found at any random place in the wastelands at any random time.

Laszlo also appears nearby the AntAgonizer's lair and can be randomly encountered in places, just like Mel and other random NPC encounters.