Zhu-Rong v418 Chinese Pistol

The Zhu-Rong v418 Chinese pistol is a small gun in Fallout 3. It is a unique incendiary version of the Chinese pistol.

Background
The Zhu-Rong is a unique incendiary pistol created by L.O.B. Enterprises for the People's Republic of China. The v418 was the final version of the project and was slated for mass production, smuggled in by the CEO of the company. However, a federal investigation led to the discovery of their involvement with the Chinese military, and the company's office in Falls Church was raided by the authorities shortly before the Great War. The company was subsequently shut down, causing the gun to remain the only prototype in existence.

Characteristics
The Zhu-Rong pistol fires slower than a regular Chinese pistol, and does the same four points of base damage per shot, but has an incendiary effect that adds to its exceptionally low damage over the course of 5 seconds. It has the second-longest range of all incendiary weapons, and enemies killed with this pistol will often explode into dozens of flaming chunks. Its damage-per-second is actually lower than a regular Chinese pistol (without considering reloading times).

Durability
The Zhu-Rong can fire a total of about 1667 rounds, the equivalent of 167 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Chinese pistol

Location
The Zhu-Rong pistol can only be found in L.O.B. Enterprises. It is found behind a Very Hard locked door (requires a Lockpick skill of 100) in the CEO's office in the case on his desk in the east wing of the building. The key to the case is inside his desk. It is also possible to reach the case by moving along the edge of the destroyed top floor until reaching the other side of the locked door.

Behind the scenes
The name is a reference to the ancient Chinese god of fire, Zhu Rong (祝融).

Bugs

 * There is a bug where only the first shot from the pistol in V.A.T.S. does any damage. Once an enemy is on fire, additional hits from the Zhu-Rong seem to have no effect.
 * This weapon is unaffected by Pyromaniac, even though the Fallout 3 Official Game Guide says it is.