.44 Magnum Round (Fallout: New Vegas)

The .44 magnum round is a type of ammunition in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
A very high powered round.

.44, Hollow Point
Hollowpoint bullets mushroom and break up on impact, causing massive trauma on fleshy, un-armored targets. However, this also means they break up when they hit things like armor plate, drastically reducing the weapon's penetrating power.

.44, SWC (Hand Load)
An ultra-sharp, flat-nosed round designed to deal maximum damage to targets at close range, by tumbling when it hits. Originally designed to shoot paper targets. Schematics for making these can be obtained from Jules after passing a check for Guns (50) and Survival (60) (see Bugs).

.44 Special Round
Though present in game code and referenced in at least one loading screen, .44 Special rounds cannot be purchased or obtained through normal gameplay. It can be assumed, based on their name and statistics, that they were intended to serve as a "surplus" version of .44 magnum rounds.

Weapons using this ammunition

 * .44 magnum revolver
 * Mysterious Magnum
 * Trail carbine

Bugs

 * Due to a misplaced condition, .44 SWC, Hand Load rounds cannot be made unless the player has both the Hand Loader perk and has received the ammunition's schematics from Jules.


 * I was able to find a few .44 sp. rounds in the NCR Ranger Safehouse on the PS3

Appearances
The appears in Fallout: New Vegas.