.44 Magnum

The .44 Round, Magnum is a small guns ammunition found in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3 and Fallout Tactics.

Fallout and Fallout 2
There are two types of .44 ammunition:
 * .44 Magnum FMJ
 * .44 Magnum JHP

Weapons using this ammunition

 * Scoped .44 Magnum
 * Lincoln's Repeater
 * Blackhawk
 * Mysterious Stranger's .44 Magnum (NOTE: Available only by using a cheat)

Description
The .44 Round, Magnum is the rarest small guns ammunition found in the game, even rarer than the .308 Caliber Round used by the Sniper Rifle. Very few enemies carry weapons that use this ammunition, and as such it is virtually never found on bodies and must be either purchased or looted from stockpiles, where it is equally uncommon. This means that while the damage is high and the accuracy is high (especially Lincoln's Repeater), the scarcity of ammunition renders the weapons far less useful overall.

Players who intend to make use of weapons chambered for .44 Magnum rounds would be well-behooved to take the Scrounger perk as soon as it is available. With this perk, although .44 Magnum ammunition remains less common than 10mm or .32 caliber ammunition, significant caches can be found, drastically improving the usefulness of those powerful weapons.

Merchants
Several merchants will frequently have large quantities of .44 magnum ammo in stock (10, 15, even 20+):
 * Chief Gustavo in Tenpenny Tower.
 * Flak 'n Shrapnel's in Rivet City.
 * Sydney after completion with her as a companion in the Stealing Independence quest.
 * Lucky Harith, the Caravan Merchant dealing in weapons (after merchandise upgrades at Canterbury Commons).
 * Smiling Jack in Evergreen Mills.


 * Hint - At least within the Citadel ammo is restored to the armory (within the lab, and conveniently next to a room with sleepable beds) every 3 days. If you simply sleep for (3) 24 hour periods .44 ammo can almost always be bought in decent to large quantities from the armory. I believe this also works with any of the other arms supply shops in the game however I found it easiest in the Citadel.

Fallout Tactics
There are three types of .44 ammunition:
 * .44 Magnum JHP
 * .44 Magnum AP
 * .44 Magnum Ball