Victory Rifle (Fallout 3)

The Victory rifle is one of two unique sniper rifles in Fallout 3.

Characteristics
While identical in damage to the sniper rifle, the Victory rifle has triple the item HP and knocks down targets with Critical hits. However, it pays for this ability with a reduced Critical Multiplier of 3.

Durability
The Victory rifle can fire a total of about 250 shots, the equivalent of 50 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Sniper rifle - Common variant.
 * Reservist's rifle - Also identical to the sniper rifle in damage, the Reservist's rifle uses less AP to fire in V.A.T.S, but only holds 3 rounds in a magazine. It also fires slightly faster and has slightly less recoil when using the scope.
 * Sim version - A sniper rifle with very high durability can be obtained through a glitch in the Operation: Anchorage add-on. See Operation: Anchorage glitches for details.

Location
The Victory rifle is inside a locked (Very Hard) locker in the sniper shack overlooking Rockbreaker's Last Gas from a hill to the west. Getting it will require a Lockpick skill of 100. There is no key or trigger that will open the locker; however, Dogmeat can be told to find a weapon in the house and retrieves it from the locker. Star Paladin Cross, Jericho, Butch, and Clover will also pick it up to kill the caged radroaches.