Reservist's Rifle

The Reservist's rifle is one of two unique sniper rifles in Fallout 3

Characteristics
The Reservist's rifle has +50% more durability (item HP) than the regular sniper rifle, preserving the damage and critical rate more effectively. It also has a slightly higher rate of fire in exchange for a lower magazine capacity.

It uses 3 rounds instead of 5 in each magazine and costs 6 AP less to shoot in V.A.T.S. compared to other sniper rifles (32AP vs 38AP). The Reservist's rifle can be repaired with common sniper rifles.

As with generic sniper rifles, it has a very high critical multiplier of x5. Players with 10 Luck, Finesse (+5%), and Survival Guru (+3%), will be able to critical nine out of ten shots. During V.A.T.S. shots, with the flat +15% V.A.T.S. bonus for targeted shots, you'll critical 100% of the time.

The Reservist's rifle can fire a total of about 125 rounds, the equivalent of 42 reloads, from full condition before breaking, roughly 42 more rounds than the standard sniper rifle.

Variants

 * Sniper rifle
 * Victory rifle - While identical in strength to the sniper rifle, the Victory rifle has an additional 200 item HP, and knocks down targets with critical hits. However, it pays for this ability with a reduced critical chance of 3.
 * A sniper rifle with ridiculously high durability can be obtained through a glitch with the Operation: Anchorage add-on. See Operation: Anchorage glitches for details.

Location
This variation of the sniper rifle is used by the Drifter in Dickerson Tabernacle Chapel. It is recommended to shoot the sniper rifle out of his hands to reduce the risk of not being able to loot him.

Bugs

 * If you disarm the Drifter of the rifle, then come back in at least 72 in-game hours from when you disarmed him, he will spawn with the rifle again. This can be repeated for an infinite number of rifles.

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